Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

(17/07/2019 10:33)wirralbus Wrote:  The main roads are where most of the passengers are , agreed some areas are devoid of buses but whilst Merseytravel are running out of money these areas will get minimal service provision.

With these changes Stagecoach seem to have reassessed where there was room for investment and looked again and withdrew from areas where there was over provision of services

Lets see how long before the 22 gets the cut again , i see that as a Heswall - Chester service to honest .

What are Merseytravel going to do with the 80/82 , isurely they will have to be revised alongside the changes upcoming.

True. The 22 will probably get cut down to Heswall, however surely if that happens Merseytravel have to step in.

In regards to them running out of money, I acknowledge austerity has crippled their budget, but pardon my naivety, but isn’t the idea of the metro Mayor to boost our public transport network in the Liverpool city region? Because so far since the role was introduced all we’ve had is cuts to services. Apparently austerity is coming to an end, which if it does (I’m skeptical) is good merseytravel pull their finger out and reinstate some of the lost services which have disappeared over the last decade

It’s shameful Beechwood and Noctorum have no evening or Sunday service whatsoever. Surely there’s a market for a Sunday daytime commercial service if there is no money to fund a tendered one, Avon’s 492/495 always looked packed whenever I seen them Sunday daytimes. Evenings less busy, so unlikely to be enough for a commercial operation but enough patronage to warrant a tendered service, rather than the useless Moreton circulars

Also the changes to the 22 will leave West Kirby and surrounding areas without a link to Arrowe Park whatsoever. This has to be looked at. Perhaps the 80/82 could do some sort of circular from West Kirby to Arrowe Park via Caldy, Thurstaston, Irby, Arrowe Park and Greasby