Christmas and New Year Services: The Reckoning

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RE: Christmas and New Year Services: The Reckoning

(02/01/2015 15:43)CX54 DKD Wrote:  But surely if you're a one-off passenger you would take the initiative to check timetables online or elsewhere in advance of the trip? Particularly at this time of year when common sence would presumably dictate to most people that there's likely to be different operating hours just as shops have different opening hours.

This is a fair comment. Merseytravel and the major operators did their best on their websites to inform customers that services over the festive period would be amended. Having said that, I am still surprised by how many young people (under 30) are unaware of the existence of the various travel apps that would overcome this problem. For example, in the last week I have used the Merseytravel and Arriva sites and apps real time facility on several occasions to catch a bus. On one occasion a young woman assumed that I was an Arriva employee as I predicted that the bus would arrive within two minutes, which it did.