Remaining Independents in Merseyside

[Bevan Price]

RE: Remaining Independents in Merseyside

(28/01/2020 22:03)MPTE1955 Wrote:  I agree , it's not going to help with the plans in Liverpool city centre, buses will be stopping further from the centre Anderson seems to want to make everywhere pedestrianised but it will even be awkward for cars. Anderson is doing the opposite to every other city, I have my own thoughts on why but they can't be given on here. Anyway, the amounts of independents has reduced markedly over the last few years, I can't see that trend changing , it's going to get tougher and the big boys are the winners.

I can even see Arriva and Stagecoach getting out in the next few years. Arriva in particular have been reducing some frequencies to the level where services become increasingly unattractive to passengers, e.g. the recent weekend cuts to the 329 and 360, and the post-Halton reduction to 17 (St. Helens / Widnes)