Merseytravel Timetable Changes

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RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes

(24/02/2017 16:24)wirralbus Wrote:  Clatterbridge - Heswall has always to my knowledge always been a route with hardly any fare paying passengers , most of the times i have been on the bus its been concessionary pass holders.

Bus operators are reimbursed for concessionary pass holders (exactly how much I don't know) and with the new ticket machine readers it is easy to calculate how many are carried. I suspect that a bus full of concessionary pass holders is more profitable than a dozen or so cash fares. Also, at the moment both Stagecoach and Arriva still offer paper day and weekly tickets and these are not registered on the ticket machine readers and what might appear to be a lightly-used route may, in fact, be heavily used.