Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(01/03/2018 20:36)clarkethomas94 Wrote:  The 1 doesnt need to go to the railway station. THE END. Its long enough as it is. The X8 provides a fast link and a cheaper alternative than the train to liverpool and calls at the key areas. Most people get on the X8 from chester station and go to the zoo, something which they can not do on the 1. The X8 doesnt need to serve birkenhead. There are enough buses that service birkenhead bus station and it is very easy for passengers to change buses at either bolton road/shore drive or magazine road. What we have here is a debate that is just in dream land. The X8 does what it needs to..it provides a quick link from liverpool to the oaks, provides fast limited stop route ellesmere port to liverpool and it serves chester railway station. There are people actually getting on the bus at ellesmere port railway station and buying the day ticket instead of going by train, but using the car park as a park and ride. If anything in my opinion the 2 shouldn't go to liverpool. it should go chester to ellesmere port the way it does but maybe swing into capenhurst. You have the technology centre over the bridge and no bus services. It was either the 25 or the 5 that used to run from the port to the wirral 100 pub and swing round at the roundabout before capenhurst station. It would also provide an alternative to the train to chester considering the trains on a monday-saturday only stop at capenhurst every half an hour.

In bus movements news its welcome back to 18002 the ex scotland trident which has spent the last 6 months at gillmoss in the pool. It arrived yesterday along with 19034. 2 MAN'S at chester 24173 and 24156. these are covering repaints, breakdowns and accident damaged vehicles.

Well, if you read what I said properly, I was suggesting removing the X8 from the Zoo and so extending the 1 would act only as a replacement for Chester station - Chester Zoo passengers. It wasn't meant to serve any other markets. Merely only a suggestion to ease suggestion of removing the X8 from Chester Zoo.

I do think Capenhurst would be a good stop. there is even a somewhat turning circle near Capenhurst Train Station. Bit tight in it's current form but remove that kerby bit and that could be a bus stop. And bus down the A41 from Hooton into Chester (whether the bus starts at Hooton or is extended north, it is irrelevant) as journey times using public transport from Little Sutton and Great Sutton into Chester are very high compared to that of driving. Extending into Capenhurst is only needed at shift times and would be useless at any other time. The village is too small. Maybe compromise and stop in the Wirral 100 lay-by and turn around there back to the lights.

Service 2 I think does well with 'through' passengers. Passengers around Bebbington and Tranmere I think appreciate and do use the 2 through to Liverpool. Cutting it would affect those numbers and would basically mean the 2 is useless north of Port Sunlight as the 38 already operates.

Now obviously as no body on these forums is allowed an opinion, I will end here. I wouldn't want anyone to get their knickers in a twist over other peoples OPINION.