[Archive] Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
Arriva are in a difficult position.

They can play the long game, and do nothing, watching to see if Impera eventually vanish or their frequent revisions to services put passengers off, in which case, Arriva have only lost a few quid in the short term. It's a gamble though, because the few quid builds up in the long term. If they concede a route to an independent, it may well give the independent more ambition on other routes, which eventually could lead to a bus war.

If Arriva go all out on bus revisions they may be weary of their revisions causing more passengers to move to other operators, it may also give Stagecoach the perfect opportunity to launch their own attack, citing "improvements on the Wirral across all operators".

I don't think anyone wants to make the first move yet.

Avon, Impera, Arriva & Stagecoach would be one hell of a bus war.

It's going to come down to contracted services IMO.

Anyone know when the 118/119 contract is due for renewal?