[Archive] Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(23/06/2012 18:43)126th street Wrote:  

(22/06/2012 08:55)P450 SWX Wrote:  

(22/06/2012 08:10)My Arriva Source on Facebook Wrote:  QBP INFORMATION
ROUTE 1 First no info.

ROUTE 2 Arriva will run this every 40 minutes and first will run every 40 so combined 20 minute service

On a Everning & Sunday first will operate both 1 & 2 and will accept Arriva Bus Passes.

ROUTE 471
Towards Liverpool - First
Towards Heswall - Arriva

ROUTE 472
Towards Liverpool - Arriva
Towards Heswall & Barnston - First

ROUTE 171 & 172 withdrawn.
Arriva will operate all Everning & Sunday services and early Barnston Trips

On all above routes First & Arriva accept all Arriva Day Savery, Arriva Weekly Saver, FirstDAY and FirstWEEK tickets

If that is indeed the way it pans out then it would seem to me in terms of mileage operated First have very much come out on top on the Wirral QBPs. Half the Heswalls and the vast majority of the Chesters is not a bad result for them all things considered. This, of course, for a division that the doom mongers on here have written off for the past three years or more.

I actually think you will find if the information is correct then First gains on the Chester service namely because of having depots on route and Arriva seem to have come out of Heswall better than when they started in the 1990's with Merseybus . Remember in Oct 1986
Merseybus didnt operate there the route 71A was given up to Crosville.