Merseytravel Timetable Changes

[busdude]

RE: Merseytravel Timetable Changes

(31/12/2018 00:51)mrd97 Wrote:  No, but bits and bobs all help I guess. For example, instead of extending the 407 to West Kirby (absolutely pointless, it literally follows the Railway to Birkenhead) they could of used that funding plus whatever they saved on the 216/217. I use this example as I believe Merseytravel have subsidised this extension, although I could be wrong.

That’s silly if Merseytravel are funding the 407 extension, considering it’s covered by the 22 and 38. The 216/217 would probably be more beneficial running the journeys of an evening rather than a morning.
You have the likes of Oxton, Beechwood, Noctorum and Birkenhead North that have lost the 118/119/293/492/495 over the years, which the 216/217 covers the majority of. Why not have the 216 depart Woodside at 19:15 and 20:15 rather than 06:15 and 06:45 and have the 217 depart Woodside at 18:45 and 19:45 rather than 06:00 and 06:30. Use the funding that way rather than it following an already funded service at the same time.