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RE: Halton Transport - St Helens Rider - 31/01/2020 15:34
Given most of Arriva's routes out towards the south of the City are in the 70s/80s, renumbering to 71 would be a reasonable fit.
RE: Halton Transport - trixmax2000 - 31/01/2020 19:32
(31/01/2020 14:16)T42 PVM Wrote: Should have been the case since day one, The 61 is a vital route that serves places no other route does
Sorry but Arriva had less than 48 hours to set it all up and put into place the replacement staff and buses, and to give some kind of service and Runcorn & Widnes now as they have taken on more driver they are able to look at in more closely,
Plus don't forget evan doe most drivers taken on are from Halton they still have to have medical's plus most will not be firmilery the the Arriva fleet so would need type training
RE: Halton Transport - Y458 KNF - 31/01/2020 20:14
(31/01/2020 15:34)St Helens Rider Wrote: Given most of Arriva's routes out towards the south of the City are in the 70s/80s, renumbering to 71 would be a reasonable fit.
I’m curious if Green Lane or Speke could run the 61 to save on Bridge costs I assume that’s the reason the 79C was replaced with the 500 and swapped with Speke
RE: Halton Transport - Gillmoss 0324 - 31/01/2020 20:37
(31/01/2020 15:26)Gateacre Wrote: Are they still going to use the number 61? - it looks like it on Arriva North West Timetables. Could bring some confusion with two Arriva routes using the same number overlapping in Wavertree area!
I wonder if they had issues this week on Queens Drive by the Rocket as both 61 routes were serving the same stop when the route looped back to Runcorn via Rocky Lane and pethaps anyone waiting there may have boarded one expecting to go to Aigburth?
With it going back to the city centre that's not so much a problem but if Arriva did decide to re-number it they could maybe use a number like the 5, 16 (similar to the 15 which runs in Huyton) or 76 which did a sort of similar route years back.
Reckon they'll just leave it and good news it's running back to the city centre from next week makes sense.
RE: Halton Transport - T42 PVM - 31/01/2020 21:11
(31/01/2020 19:32)trixmax2000 Wrote: Sorry but Arriva had less than 48 hours to set it all up and put into place the replacement staff and buses, and to give some kind of service and Runcorn & Widnes now as they have taken on more driver they are able to look at in more closely,
Plus don't forget evan doe most drivers taken on are from Halton they still have to have medical's plus most will not be firmilery the the Arriva fleet so would need type training
Actually Arriva has no intention to run the 61 into Liverpool in the first place and have only decided to do so on a Trial Period following complaints including from Politicians. The route will now be closely watched to see how it performs
RE: Halton Transport - Raawwwrrr! - 31/01/2020 22:23
To be honest, the whole Halton area could do with renumbering as none of the routes are in any form of sequence
Perhaps a 9* prefix following on from South Liverpool routes for example?
3a/b/c/d - 94/95/96/97
17 - 33
61 - 91
62 - 92
79 - 99
79c - 79a
110 - 90
500 - 100
X1 - X1
X30 - 93
If the 61 was GL operated I’d nominate it to become the 6
RE: Halton Transport - trixmax2000 - 31/01/2020 22:31
(31/01/2020 20:14)darylyates17 Wrote: I’m curious if Green Lane or Speke could run the 61 to save on Bridge costs I assume that’s the reason the 79C was replaced with the 500 and swapped with Speke
What do mean by cost of the the bridge I am confused ????
Here are some fact about the Merseygate Brdge any bus that is on a stage carriage route are not charged so all routes operated by Runcorn are free
Runcorn had a staff bus that picked up staff around Widnes and Speke as this was a service it would have cost £8 each way.
To get around this it changed to a service the number been 982 check this link https://www3.halton.gov.uk/Pages/publictransport/pdf/BusTimetables/Timetable982.pdf
RE: Halton Transport - Y458 KNF - 01/02/2020 10:41
(31/01/2020 22:31)trixmax2000 Wrote: What do mean by cost of the the bridge I am confused ????
Here are some fact about the Merseygate Brdge any bus that is on a stage carriage route are not charged so all routes operated by Runcorn are free
Runcorn had a staff bus that picked up staff around Widnes and Speke as this was a service it would have cost £8 each way.
To get around this it changed to a service the number been 982 check this link https://www3.halton.gov.uk/Pages/publictransport/pdf/BusTimetables/Timetable982.pdf
Oh really I thought they still got charged
RE: Halton Transport - Metroline1511 - 02/02/2020 18:33
(31/01/2020 13:46)buses7675 Wrote: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/61-bus-route-city-centre-17653159
Arriva's replacement 61 to run to Liverpool again from 3rd February
By now, this or the other route 61 (Bootle - Aigburth Vale) surely needs renumbering?
RE: Halton Transport - T42 PVM - 02/02/2020 18:38
(02/02/2020 18:33)Metroline1511 Wrote: By now, this or the other route 61 (Bootle - Aigburth Vale) surely needs renumbering?
Why? There are 2 number 1's in Chester, So long as people are not silly and look at the front of the bus theres no problems