Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(02/09/2017 21:03)CKC 312L Wrote:  It will need a bus to Arrowe Park even more now that the walk-in centre is up for closure and it is being recommended that people from the Eastham/Bromborough area using the walk in centre as Arrowe Park Good thinking just as the bus service gets axed the health authrity want to close the walk-in centre

As annoying as it might sound, the reality is that in a free market economy the primary and sole focus of any privately owned bus company in this country is to make a profit for its shareholders. Prior to bus deregulation buses were called PSV's (Passenger SERVICE Vehicles) but now they are PCV's (Passenger CARRYING Vehicles). It's been over 30 years since buses were a public service and the fact that poor, sick people can't afford to get to a hospital is not the concern of Messrs Arriva, Avon and Stagecoach. Harsh but true.