Warrington's Own Buses

[Katie]

RE: WBT Network Warrington

(22/10/2015 07:52)Valandil Wrote:  It seems that frequency of service is the most important point in the town, as competitors only seem to do well when they match Network Warrington's frequencies.
Of course, this is easiest to do on the least frequent and the shortest services.
Fairbrothers's 21X doesn't seem to have taken off and neither does GHA's 16(A), but the two companies have done okay on the routes where they have matched the frequencies.

I for one am kind of surprised that no-one has tried to compete on the 5 during the day since Warrington Coachways went, with half of Warrington's now running as service 35 instead and picking up virtually no-one on the 35-specific section of the route.

I am sorry but I don't entirely agree that Fairbrothers 21X doesn't seem to have taken off or that GHA's 16A is only running with a couple of passengers on it. I have observed on a number of occasions i.e. this morning - when on my way back from Warrington Town Centre I noticed that GHA's 16A; (which I think was their 10.08 a.m. from Dallam to the interchange); had at least twenty passengers on it. Further along on Winwick Road by the College Fairbrothers 21X was packed with passengers and NW's bus was running immediately behind it with only 3 or 4 people on it. Admittedly the Fairbrothers 21X was for some reason running some ten minutes late.