Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

[First Class]

RE: First Chester & Wirral

(29/11/2012 21:03)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  The 1 won't be re-routed, as part of the QBP and (subsidised?) agreements with merseytravel it is required to stop directly outside Bache station as it is the "Bus-link" to the zoo as featured on all station name signage and the "merseytravel/chester zoo" ticketing offer.

It isn't the advertised rail-bus link to the Zoo any more, (although tickets remain valid that way). That's why the signage at Bache was removed, and the on train "change here" announcement replaced with Countess of Chester hospital instead of the Zoo.

They changed the rail-bus link to the P+R 32 from outside of Chester Station.

http://www.chesterzoo.org/plan-your-visi...n%20Ticket

They didn't want train passengers using the 1 so that passengers travelling beyond Chester Zoo (i.e. the majority) could get a seat and the bus wasn't full of prams.