HTL Buses

[iMarkeh]

RE: HTL Buses

(07/12/2022 19:04)NathanR Wrote:  Merseytravel have opened a consultation on combining the 152 (HTL) and the 315 (SCMSL) services together to provide a link from St. Helens to Southport via Ormskirk.
https://lcrlistens.commonplace.is/en-GB/...sals/step1

Also mentioned in the consultation is the 153 service to have revised times, albeit with a later start but an extra last journey in the afternoon.

Which plonker decided that it would be a good idea for the 153 to have different times on Saturdays which are 1 minute difference to the Mon-Fri.

People who compile these timetables are meant to be professionals and as a bus industry/PTE, the aim should be to make buses simpler to use to encourage usage. Not create stupid timetables which are intentionally confusing. What a farce.

Whoever created these wants sacking since they are clearly incompetent!


Feedback on the general 152 proposal though, It's not a bad idea but given how slow it is, would anyone use it end to end? Interesting to see such an uplift too for Bickerstaffe. It wouldn't save much money but if Bickerstaffe was reduced slightly, that could generate some additional patronage through faster journeys (5 mins faster each way). Some other changes perhaps which could speed up the route but they would bring more routes into the mix.

(07/12/2022 19:57)T42 PVM Wrote:  Now i wonder if Solo and Saveaway Tickets would be valid on this given it would start/finish in Merseyside

They should be valid as they are valid on the 300 aren't they but only for travel 'through' Lancashire, not boarding or alighting.