Warrington's Own Buses

[Mayneway]

RE: WBT Network Warrington

(03/01/2015 15:16)RSTurbo50 Wrote:  ^^^^

Iv never criticised Network Warrington even when I was at Fairbrothers and always held them in high regard. Obviously when I was at Fairbrothers I wanted the company to succeed and do well (still am supportive) and couldn't and still can't understand why the public don't use them more as they are cheap in comparison to both Arriva and WBT.

For me, WBT has to survive and make a profit. There is no point running empty buses of an evening if it's taking a huge loss as long term this isn't financially sustainable and the company will end up folding. It has to modernise and by combining services it is still getting the paying public to their destination and at the same time is not losing the amount of money it currently is having empty buses running around all night long.

Yes journeys may take a tad longer but ultimately you have a choice. Get a taxi, walk or use the service albeit if it takes a little longer than it currently does.

However let's wait and see what happens as I don't know myself what the changes will be.

You make a lot of sense and I think a lot of what your saying makes perfect sense. I think quite often the problem with these companies is they go stale - just look at EYMS and what's happened with Finglands and Whittles. They took their eye of the ball and didn't change with the times and there's always a chance if these changes arnt made at WBT then they could as you say go bust.

There is to a certain degree always going to be demand for evening services but obviously they need to serve the right people to make them work. One thing I've noticed in the past is that certain services seem to finish at 7pm on a Sunday. Now no one in there right mind is going to go for a drink in town and catch the last bus back at 6.45pm lol.

I think it was a few months ago that Buses magazine ran a very interesting article about Halton Transport and the big changes the new MD had made behind the scenes to save not just money but front line bus services. Rossendale have recently gone through big changes and now carry a striking moderner look and Blackpool Transport have gone through changes - with more to come apparently. WBT do come across as slightly old fashioned so these changes are exactly what's needed.