Impera Bus & Coach

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RE: Impera Bus & Coach

(04/10/2013 10:36)wirralbus Wrote:  Would the Avon 86 and 87 extending beyond Leasowe Station to New Brighton be a possibility in the evening and on Sundays .

Considering that the evening 39s were near-enough empty daily from the July timetable change (the odd last journeys were occasionally popular on weekends), I don't think that it'd be worth it (for Avon, it'd be [at least] an extra bus and driver per day and I really don't think that it'd be able to cover the costs). It was such a shame that this happened as, before the end of July, the evening service really did pick-up. However, if a service was created and its timetable left for around six months for people to get used to again, it could work; this would enable people to trust such a service again.

I'd like to make the point clear that Impera didn't "go bust" (as such), so their commercial network wasn't a financial failure. Plans were in the pipeline for an evening 98 as that service was really becoming a success. There were many plans in the pipeline, but it's such a shame that some of them didn't have their day. In my opinion, it's a shame that Impera had their day altogether as they had some exemplary, dedicated drivers (which the industry are missing-out on whilst they're out of work) and were just starting to overcome their issues (such as staffing). They did have a rocky few years, which tainted their name permanently in some people's case, but I seen the dedication in the depot (that, perhaps, didn't fruitate as well as it could have done) which its passengers and people on here may never have done.

RIP Impera.