Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(11/04/2013 10:49)Gillmoss 0324 Wrote:  

(11/04/2013 10:40)CX54 DKD Wrote:  

(11/04/2013 10:34)tinytears87 Wrote:  Green Lane used to run the 10A until Arriva took MTL over, and quickly transferred the route to St Helens. If you think reliablity is poor now, try using the 10A when GL had it.

Exactly.

I'm still adamant that the reliability of the services contributes more than its fair share to high loads on the Pulsars/Enviro300s. It was certainly better before the changes introduced by the QBP. Until they give drivers enough time to actually run the services in areas where they need it, busses will continue to run in threes leaving a crippling load for the service behind.

Good point CX perhaps if reliability of the Prescot Road corridor was improved the overcrowding may not be as much of a problem. I still think deckers should to some degree have a role on one of the region's busiest route corridors and maybe if Merseytravel had've okay-d them the ex-London Citaro bendies would've been a good idea on the 10/10A etc. Having said that it is a bit of a joke that Dart and worse Solo sized vehicles are appearing on these routes and the yes maybe there's a shortage at SH but they should only be a last option for these routes. or have the appropriate PVR of full sized vehicles to cover them adequeately.

The situation is made worse with Stagecoaches persistence on using Solos on the 10C as well!