Merseyside Bus Review 2022

[CX06 EBK (Administrator)]

RE: Merseyside Bus Review 2022
The 135 and 235 are the same route for the majority of it so it is not just a gimmicky evening service like you wrongly stated - I'm not interested in "core" service as what "core" service is going to operate via Fernhill Road & Menai Road anyway? The vast majority of the passengers on these services are older so expecting them to walk further distances to catch buses is just not going to happen. Also the link to Aintree would probably be more effective IF the 235 ran that way of a daytime - one of the biggest complaints from the daytime 235 is that it doesn't serve Orrell Lane or provide that connection, making that link more useful would be taking the 135 away from Aintree and terminating it at the hospital given the demographic of the route.

Obviously Merseytravel see a future in the route as it is one of the routes we were told was getting chopped altogether. Extending the 159 to Cavendish of an evening, might match the daytime route but there are STILL differences going forward. The evening service will serve Switch Island Retail Park as it does now but that section has no buses whatsoever of a daytime but has (and will remain with) the 52A and 159 going forward, make sense of that. Also the evening 159 between Bootle and Walton will largely mirror the 58A, with the only unique road served of an evening being Cavendish Drive and buses will be expected to layover in an area which has ASB issues in daylight, nevermind darkness.