Merseyside & Cheshire Service Changes

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RE: Merseyside & Cheshire Service Changes

(25/03/2021 16:35)iMarkeh Wrote:  It was commercial under Avon. Then Stagecoach ran it commercially but they messed with the route a lot which killed the demand and ran it from Rock Ferry (which is not only higher wages but also costs for the shuttle car and driver). Finally Stagecoach put no care or attention into the route (the 22 is one where a transdev stlye branding, advertising and regular driver would do wonders for passenger numbers). Due to all of that and Stagecoach dropped it and it went out to tender. Stagecoach won the tender so it continued, now the tender went back out and Happy Als have won it.

I think at the time time they got the 22 from Avon , i dont think there was any room at Chester for the 22 hence operating Rock Ferry .

That route would have a lot of dead mileage at the start and end of the day , back to Rock Ferry on top of what the poster above says about driver changes taking place at Arrowe Park Hospital.

A mainstream operator like Arriva and Stagecoach there really isnt enough passengers to make it profitable throughout , but a small operator with lower operating margins could make a good go of it .