Halton Transport

[Bevan Price]

RE: Halton Transport

(27/01/2020 01:26)Valandil Wrote:  This is just anecdotal and only one experience, but from my own point of view I really wanted to like the X5, but had so many problems on the few occasions trying it.
Issues included drivers being clueless about the Widnes area, issuing no / the wrong ticket, services being highly delayed at peak times, terminating short and being sent back to the depot etc.
Even one bad experience can put people off - I had many, almost every time using it, and even as an enthusiast was unfortunately reluctant to use the service.

But in my opinion if they had stayed on there and improved standards, then by now they could have a monopoly in the Weates Close area and be equalling Arriva's 30-minute frequency between Coronation Drive and Widnes (Arriva's 500) and could be doing well, maybe even expanding.

I do not live in Widnes, so did not need to use X5 regularly, but I made perhaps 10 to 20 trips on it, and observed it more frequently - albeit outside peak hours - and I can repeat - at those off-peak times, there were never many passengers on board, either at the Widnes or the at the Liverpool end - and nowhere enough to support a commercial bus service. .