Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(24/07/2014 14:34)R557 ABA Wrote:  My personal view is that I would have expected them to extend the X2 service hourly to Liverpool, continuing on from Ellesmere Port Bus Station to Cheshire Oaks, then onto the Motorway and on towards Liverpool via a similar route - to me that sounds much more logical than the X8.

It would be way too complicated to do that as the route would be half QP, half not yet still serving the Chester/Ellesmere Port to Liverpool corridor, as the 1 and 2 do.

Apportioning revenue from passengers wanting to travel across Ellesmere Port (of which there would be a number, given that it would become the fastest Chester to Liverpool bus) would not be an easy thing to do - in fact, it would probably be impossible and would lead to no end of disputes between drivers and passengers.

On that note, it will be interesting to see what Arriva's response to all this will be. I can't imagine that they're overly impressed with it given that Stagecoach is once again a legitimate competitor on what was allegedly a quality partnership corridor. Let's all keep an eye on what goes on along the Liverpool to Heswall axis in the future!!