Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(08/07/2016 19:55)Turbostar Wrote:  Arriva got the poorer end of the deal when the QBP was set up.

Not exactly, it wasn't the Chester corridor arriva wanted, they got what they wanted which was a decent share of the 471/2s. Don't forget arriva where running only 472s and they finished around 7pm, and they ran alongside firsts services. They didnt go in to Arrowe park hospital either. So now they get a share of Arrowe park users and they now run until last bus while the last stagecoach 471/2 finishes at 10pm, although when it was first they finished earlier.

The heswall corridor was biased towards Arriva, hence why it was renumbered 471/2 instead of 71/2 and no longer serves BBS heading into Liverpool.

They had influence over one while first had more influence over the other. In my mind it would work better as a simple 50/50 partnership