ACE Travel

[MPTE1955]

RE: ACE Travel

(06/06/2013 07:23)bolton bus basher Wrote:  at my school you was given school buses (costing about 50p while i was in year 7 but probs be more now as that was almost 8 year ago as i never used them) and if the school buses was no good for you then you had to pay your way to school on normal service buses or walk it

When I was at Senior School I just used to pay on normal route, primary I used to have a school bus. In Liverpool Area the kids I see on the routes that I use just get a normal service bus and either pay the driver or have passes.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: ACE Travel
must go from green lane - queens drive as a 10/10A looking at route map then, good idea by ace travel as thats a key area where a new service is needed but if it was me i would of done 2 services as a circular (like 26/27)

service 24 liverpool - tuebrook - old swan - kensington - liverpool
service 25 liverpool - kensington - old swan - tuebrook - liverpool

i personly think that would take huge advantage of lack of servies down both roads

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: ACE Travel

(06/06/2013 07:53)MPTE1955 Wrote:  

(06/06/2013 07:23)bolton bus basher Wrote:  at my school you was given school buses (costing about 50p while i was in year 7 but probs be more now as that was almost 8 year ago as i never used them) and if the school buses was no good for you then you had to pay your way to school on normal service buses or walk it

When I was at Senior School I just used to pay on normal route, primary I used to have a school bus. In Liverpool Area the kids I see on the routes that I use just get a normal service bus and either pay the driver or have passes.

years 7 and 8 i lived near the school so i used walk it year 9,10 and 11 i got the train from thatto heath to st helens then walked it from there as it was cheaper to do that than get a school bus (yes shocked me as well)

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: ACE Travel

(06/06/2013 07:53)MPTE1955 Wrote:  

(06/06/2013 07:23)bolton bus basher Wrote:  at my school you was given school buses (costing about 50p while i was in year 7 but probs be more now as that was almost 8 year ago as i never used them) and if the school buses was no good for you then you had to pay your way to school on normal service buses or walk it

When I was at Senior School I just used to pay on normal route, primary I used to have a school bus. In Liverpool Area the kids I see on the routes that I use just get a normal service bus and either pay the driver or have passes.

years 7 and 8 i lived near the school so i used walk it year 9,10 and 11 i got the train from thatto heath to st helens then walked it from there as it was cheaper to do that than get a school bus (yes shocked me as well)

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: ACE Travel
The school busses are only standard Merseytravel fare as they're just Merseytravel tenders.

[buses7675 (Website Founder)]

RE: ACE Travel

(06/06/2013 09:34)CX54 DKD Wrote:  The school busses are only standard Merseytravel fare as they're just Merseytravel tenders.

This is correct - I've only driven one 'school bus' so far (route 663 (St John Bosco - Stockbridge)) but standard Merseytravel fares apply on them, thus children pay 50p!

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: ACE Travel
And Sixth formers £1.20. Causes a lot of complaints as kids move up into the sixth form each year here!

[dave4jackie]

RE: ACE Travel
saw a preserved double decker in the ace depot today anybody any idea what it could be please

[Raawwwrrr!]

RE: ACE Travel

(06/06/2013 16:09)CX54 DKD Wrote:  And Sixth formers £1.20. Causes a lot of complaints as kids move up into the sixth form each year here!

When I was at SFX (route 173) it was and still is 50p... Driver's don't really care tbh

[Raawwwrrr!]

RE: ACE Travel

(06/06/2013 07:56)bolton bus basher Wrote:  good idea by ace travel as thats a key area where a new service is needed but if it was me i would of done 2 services as a circular (like 26/27)

service 24 liverpool - tuebrook - old swan - kensington - liverpool
service 25 liverpool - kensington - old swan - tuebrook - liverpool

i personly think that would take huge advantage of lack of servies down both roads

TBH its an idea with low fare paying patronage, to an area of which most people will have Arriva weekly tickets, and your also competing with a QBP route from Queen Square to Old Swan.

They would have been better commercialising a route like the 201, and running it every 30 minutes (PVR 3). This service can get an average loading on a good day, far better than the 11's I saw earlier today.