Merseytravel Timetable Changes

[mrd97]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes

(03/11/2018 20:40)iMarkeh Wrote:  If there are cash constraints, it is cheaper to shrink the route. Admittedly only about 5 minutes less but if Stagecoach charge for the dead time from the garage, you are looking a good 10 minutes less which isn't a massive saving but every saving is more money in the kitty.

When I say like for like, I don't mean exactly like for like as I know some routes will cost a lot more but the 16/17 has an extra 2 buses compared to Avon. The 84/85 (which the extension replaces) has as PVR of 2. Keeping both routes the same would have no cost increase but could have a cost decrease. Things like the stupidly early extra trips as well. 38 and the 80 are good examples of this.

Totally agree with this. 83/83A should run as a Circular again, with a Saturday services on 83 (via Greasby). Hourly on both should be a PVR of 3 (same as now with 83A) 22 should return to its old route via Irby and Mill Hill Road, which would give Merseytravel an extra bus to play with. Perhaps the 82 could extend to Heswall to give a (needed) half hourly service between Heswal and West Kirby. 84/85 should be reinstated, pvr of two buses, perhaps bypassing Poulton Lancelyn so Thornton Hough and Raby could also be served. 73 looks a decent route, but now Town Lane and Kings Lane have no bus at all, and for the elderly, it’s a long walk to either end of the road to catch a bus. A suggestion could be the 77 could run as a Circular to and from Birkenhead, Via Town Lane and Kings Lane. I think the PVR would be very similar to what we have now. Another issue is the 38 timetable is very confusing, especially the evening service, at inconsistent frequencies, this has been the case since last year, however