Halton Transport

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RE: Halton Transport

(16/03/2018 21:33)RSTurbo50 Wrote:  I’d imagine it sounds the Merseytravel contracts that are keeping them afloat. They do pay very well so in a sense it doesn’t make too much difference if the buses are running pretty much empty during the day as it’s these lucrative contracts that keep the company going..let’s jope it continues.

Although they will massively help, most of the merseytravel contracts only operate a morning or evening journey. Very few operate in both peak times, and these either return to the depot dead or move onto a commercial service. The thing that actually maximises profits is that Halton operate several school services which can then interwork with another school service.

A good example of this is the 611 service:
The 611 terminates at Broadgreen at 8.05, this then becomes the 666 which starts at 8.17 at Netherley terminating at St Julies, Woolton for 8.40, It would be logical to then assume that this becomes the 2 service operating Woolton Village to Riverside College Widnes at 8.50.

I do know that some of the St Helens contracts operating around 3pm, would then move onto the Riverside college services. Historically it used to be the 41/43 where this would be the case using buses from the De la Salle services, and that the 687 morning service used to become a 14 running Bellevale - Widnes at 8:53am.