Merseyside Bus Review 2022

[iMarkeh]

RE: Merseyside Bus Review 2022

(29/06/2022 12:30)CX06 EBK Wrote:  The 135 and 235 are the same route for the majority of it so it is not just a gimmicky evening service like you wrongly stated - I'm not interested in "core" service as what "core" service is going to operate via Fernhill Road & Menai Road anyway? The vast majority of the passengers on these services are older so expecting them to walk further distances to catch buses is just not going to happen.

If people want door to door, that mode of transport is called a taxi. Not a bus. There is no service there during the daytime, makes no sense sending a bus there at night when there is no proper service

(29/06/2022 12:30)CX06 EBK Wrote:  Also the link to Aintree would probably be more effective IF the 235 ran that way of a daytime - one of the biggest complaints from the daytime 235 is that it doesn't serve Orrell Lane or provide that connection, making that link more useful would be taking the 135 away from Aintree and terminating it at the hospital given the demographic of the route.

You raise a good point on the 235 and it's certainly something that could be looked at. Costly though for it to happen as a basic extension. There would have to be a bit of a wider review done but yes, I agree the link to the hospital would be good.

(29/06/2022 12:30)CX06 EBK Wrote:  Obviously Merseytravel see a future in the route as it is one of the routes we were told was getting chopped altogether.

Merseytravel see a future in a number of empty bus routes because it looks good on them. Doesn't mean it's a good use of taxpayers money. Especially when there are so many other cuts, the money could be much better spent elsewhere.

(29/06/2022 12:30)CX06 EBK Wrote:  Extending the 159 to Cavendish of an evening, might match the daytime route but there are STILL differences going forward. The evening service will serve Switch Island Retail Park as it does now but that section has no buses whatsoever of a daytime but has (and will remain with) the 52A and 159 going forward, make sense of that. Also the evening 159 between Bootle and Walton will largely mirror the 58A, with the only unique road served of an evening being Cavendish Drive and buses will be expected to layover in an area which has ASB issues in daylight, nevermind darkness.

Switch Island is a silly one really. Should be all day, daytime only or nothing. Evening only services are not popular with passengers and complicate the bus network needlessly.
The evening layover is only 2 minutes and if it's that bad with ASB, drivers could wait up at Sainsburys then pull down at the right time. Also, if ASB is that bad, Merseytravel would reroute the 159 as they did with the 121 and 898/899 in Croxteth.