Liverpool City Centre bus re-routing proposals

[iMarkeh]

RE: Liverpool City Centre bus re-routing proposals

(26/11/2020 16:50)Liamkennedy2231 Wrote:  79C already runs via London Road as per the extension/reversion to Runcorn in August. Thanks for the summary though, interesting to see the changes being made and glad to see the 82 returning to its old route. I agree with you on the cross city service front, Would have thought it would be free between QS and L1, as plans previously suggested, but then again Merseytravel have have spent quite a lot already because of the pandemic

Thank you for that information.

I don't think a free bus would have been the way to go simply because a lot of people exploit loopholes and unless you had 10As (towards St Helens) stop and kick everyone off at QS then load up, you would have people continuing beyond the free travel area which could result in a lot of lost revenue for operators. Given that all 'returns' are actually day tickets in Liverpool, the majority of passengers will have no issues as they can just use their normal bus ticket and change. Those which will be affected are those who purchase single tickets.