Halton Transport

[iMarkeh]

RE: Halton Transport

(12/03/2019 23:00)Bevan Price Wrote:  Here we go again - more unsubstantiated rumours. Just because something appears on social media does not mean it is true. May be just wishful thinking by someone who would like to get their hands on Halton Transport.

Experience of takeovers elsewhere is that they rarely give benefits for the passengers. Maybe a token few new buses, but often followed by service reductions and/or higher fares.....

It took around 6 years for that to be the case in Chester with Stagecoach. While there have been some service cuts, there has also been new services and big improvements (gold, X8, extended X2, much bigger area valid on day ticket, sunday buses on Blacons. I could continue. Some takeovers can be bad news for passengers but I think Halton could be different because of how competitive Arriva are in the area. Forever playing silly sods trying to rid competition. Halton isn't one of those areas where you are the only operator and can do as you wish. It is surrounded by competition and fare saving schemes (like MyTicket and the Merseytravel tickets on the 14, 61 and 17)