Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

[iMarkeh]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(09/09/2022 16:43)trixmax2000 Wrote:  Looking like the new 61 timetable is not working most are running around 30min late with one running over 50 minutes just now toward Runcorn
Talking to a driver this morning he said it is now a joint Merseytravel/Halton Council tendered service and they have set the running time's

Thankfully, someone has seen sense and the 61 journey time is being increased from the 9th Sept to the longest that it has ever been. 2 hours, 20 minutes. A 16 minute journey time increase since Feb 2020 when Arriva took over the full route. https://merseytravel.adidocdn.dev/timeta...9Oct22.pdf

I do have to ask though what is the point in paying people to build a timetable if they are too lazy to do it properly. They haven't compared journey times for comparable trips as somehow the 61 takes 6 minutes longer between Widnes and Halton Hosp versus the 79C which goes the exact same way.
You also now have the 05:31 now off Prescot to Runcorn seems to run fine now (though some minor adjustments look to be needed to some intermediate points, the end to end time is ok), so they have thrown another 20 minutes onto it needlessly. Similarly, the 19:11 currently seems to run to time (any delays seem to be delays from earlier trips so if earlier trips get solved, the bus will start ontime and be ok), this trip now gets the luxury of an additional 25 minutes running time. For a trip which has kept running on time! There will be more trips but these are the 2 easy examples to prove my point. Needlessly throwing loads of extra time onto the route. Wasting fuel and resources. At a time of driver shortage, adding 20 minutes extra time onto trips which don't need it, is not a wise idea.