Stagecoach MCSL - Gillmoss Depot

[mathias]

RE: Stagecoach Merseyside - Gillmoss Depot

(15/06/2014 11:58)Busser Wrote:  Just wondering how well does the X3 do? Is it ever full up because every time i see it, it looks totally empty.

Got talking to someone within Stagecoach about the X3 route.
They said it was originally designed to be a limited-stop service linking Kirkby Civic Centre with Liverpool City Centre via the East Lancs Road (hence eXpress 3).

Someone else then realised you might as well divert it to include Fazakerley Hospital, then another person said limited-stop services were unpopular on Merseyside, so it would be expected to stop at all designated stops.
Of course by then, it was too late to change the route number as it had gone through with VOSA as registered.

All a bit of a mess if you ask me.
I can't really see the X3 lasting very long, new route numbers tend to confuse passengers especially if they're not supported by route branding (unlike the successful X2 decker route).