Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

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RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(18/10/2018 22:57)mr t Wrote:  Because people from all over Chester/Cheshire and North Wales can get to Ellesmere Port/Cheshire Oaks by Arriva when they couldn't before and also Arrivas network is huge compared to Stagecoach, plus people have actually been asking for it since Arriva pulled off the 2/X2 so pretty sure they know what they are doing especially given Arriva never normally spend money on new services.

Oh, the price is reasonable if you are travelling from another Wales route and then using the X4, the price is reasonable. Even if you are in Mold, the 30p secures a more regular service. However, local journeys on the extension the price isn't great. Ellesmere Port has a lot of money if you take advantage of Stagecoach's disadvantages (slow, can be very busy at certain times, serves the major places which means it can get stuck easily in traffic). A big thing for people in Ellesmere Port is price. If you charge 50p less than the other operator, you will be very busy. Any budget operator would do extremely well in Ellesmere Port. The more you charge, the less people use your service. Arriva found that out when they ran the 2....

Chester - Ellesmere Port (A massive market for passengers should I add), if you price very reasonably, you will get passengers. Even if they did a specific Chester - Eport day ticket for £3.70. It would make a big difference.