Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(30/09/2015 11:38)Myllenium2453 Wrote:  Or better still let another company have the 1 & 2 so that services like the 38 could come back down from every 30 or 60 minutes to every 15 minutes daytime & 20 minutes at night like the 437 does although the 437 is every 10 minutes during daytime but anyway if they did that thrn they would ensure that there are plenty of standby vehicles in case of failures.

They don't run the 38 more frequently because there is not demand for it, at night they carry a handful if lucky, so no need to change the frequency. It's not comparable to arrivas 437s, they have a much larger demand for the service and even at night can be seen busy, particularly weekend evenings, last bus is often full. As far as I know evening and Sunday 38As are part funded by Merseytravel anyway serving Saughall Massie and Sandbrook to replace avons 40/40A. Same with the 41A, that was to replace the 80 contract hence why it serves Prenton Dell and Arrowe Park.

Stagecoach would never abandon the 1 and 2, it brings in the most money of all the routes at Birkenhead, although I'm told the 471/2 is slightly more profitable as its less distance and less buses required etc.