Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

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RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

(24/01/2024 19:24)iMarkeh Wrote:  Rotue 272 being withdrawn is hardly a shock, always found it bizzare that there is a refusal to merge the 272 into the school services, huge missed opportunity for increasing profit and enabling cross subsidy.

The 272 has been cut back so much over the past 15 years or so I am surprised it has lasted this long - originally it ran between Arrowe Park Hospital and Hooton Station if i remember rightly, eventually extended to Ellesmere Port to replace the withdrawal of Arrivas 59, cut back to run between just Neston and Ellesmere Port - no weekend services I dont think, infrequent service and very unreliable. I seem to recall it was briefly extended to Cheshire Oaks for a while (Saturday only?) but that didn't last long. At one point there was even a Merseytravel tendered evening (and sunday?) version ran by Eazibus between Arrowe Park and Heswall.

Seems a big shame that Ellesmere Port to Neston cant have a decent bus service between them!