Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(01/03/2018 01:13)iMarkeh Wrote:  Was Daresbury even that busy?

I think it is a good gesture but independants rely on the 'passing trade'. Obviously Arriva weren't getting that as Link run just in front. Cat and mouse ends badly as I am sure Arriva must know from other battles faced elsewhere. If they start playing that game, it ends up in either lots of lost revenue for both companies or it ends with a QBP. Neither company wants that. Arriva have lost enough money in Merseyside with the strikes, they need to make up as much money as they can to make up the depot profits.

The Daresbury extension wasn't busy at all - it was funded through the LSTF for a while, but when that ended so did the extension.

By creating as even a headway as possible (running 15 minutes either side of Link), they are choosing to split the passing trade among the two companies as evenly as possible.
In my opinion, this is an admirable thing to do, especially given that such a large company could easily put Link Network out of business if they wanted to in the market-driven economy.