Merseytravel Timetable Changes

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RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes

(25/10/2018 07:34)wirralbus Wrote:  Sounds like a Merseytravel cost cutting exercise , and to ensure that no complaints go in for running late.

I know when services have gone every 40 mins or every 75 mins its harder for the travelling public to comprehend but its better than no service at all ?

Merseytravel aren't funding it. It's the council themselves. If it was reduced so that driver numbers or PVR was reduced, I would fully agree but it's still using 2 buses and surely the same amount of drivers so really there is no cost reduction.

Huyton to Whiston had 10 minutes on the 139. It has been reduced to 6 mins each way. Whiston to Prescot was 14 minutes, it's now 10 minutes but has a longer route (As it goes around to the bus station and not straight up past Tesco as previous).

I do genuinely think they cut timings as far as they could to make it half hourly and they have cut times too far so services are suffering. Like I say, if there was a cost benefit, I would agree with you but with the same PVR and probably the same number of drivers, there is no cost benefit.