Diamond Bus North West

[Bevan Price]

RE: South Lancs Travel

(30/03/2015 21:52)St Helens Rider Wrote:  Sadly I encountered a similar number of passengers when I used the service on Saturday. It is a possibility if the service went furthet as I'm suggesting that it may generate more traffic. I mean I wonder how much would be generated from having a direct Skelm - St Helens link.

Not much - Skem people are more likely to travel to Wigan or Ormskirk / Southport than to St. Helens, and Skem has not much to attract visitors from St. Helens unless they have relatives there.

Apart from Edge Hill University, Ormskirk mainly attracts passengers from St. Helens on Thursdays (Market Day). A few others travel via Ormskirk to catch an Arriva bus onwards to Southport - but as Fairway found out, there were not enough passengers (without passes) to support a St. Helens - Southport through service.