Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(09/09/2014 20:59)LJ51 DDA Wrote:  Just buy a Saveaway thats £4.90 any day no matter what the time of purchase is bar the fact of the weekday peak times thats it.

As regarding Cheshire oaks Etc..why doesn't the X8 just do Chester - Chester Station - Ellesmere Bus Station - Ellesmere Station - Cheshire Oaks Express via Motorway to Birkenhead then over to Liverpool that would be a much nicer service and quite quick to be honest like i said 1 Hour 10 minutes is not a Express at all in my opinion.

A £15.00 megarider plus works out cheaper if a) commuting in the peak hour and b) works out at considerably less than £4.90 a day. I travel to work 5 days per week & have to use services in the morning peak.

Stagecoach won't route the bus via the Motorway to Birkenhead as a) it's quite a bit further round and b) there's no revenue to be had going that way. As things stand, Stagecoach will get a cut of the Saveaway/Solo/Trio pot by stopping along the A41 (albeit limited stop). If the service went via the motorway, they wouldn't get any of that revenue.

The point of the service is not an end to end express service - there's little point in doing that. It's to create a fast link from Chester railway station & the east side of Chester to Cheshire Oaks/Ellesmere Port, and additionally a fast service from EP to Liverpool (which is faster than the parallel train between those two points).

27780 was back out this evening on the 17.05 ex Liverpool.