Impera Bus & Coach

[M113 YKC]

RE: Impera Bus & Coach

(19/08/2013 19:04)KU02 YUH Wrote:  

(19/08/2013 16:03)busdude Wrote:  Tbh i dont see the 31/31A & the 98 lasting much longer either. I reckon they'll be gone by the beginning of next year.

Would you like to expand on your thoughts?

(19/08/2013 22:35)busdude Wrote:  Tbh i dont think i have ever seen the 31 leave Liverpool with more than 3 or 4 people on board. Ive seen it pull up so many times and everyone just staring at the bus and not bothering to get on, also when passengers do get on they usually have a pre-paid pass. Surely this is not profitable or making any money for the company. Also it has a massive competition with Arriva with a every 10 minute more of a direct service to New Brighton and every 5 minutes at a peak time.

Rest assured - the 31 is more successful than your observations.

(19/08/2013 22:35)busdude Wrote:  The 98 however is a massive hit and miss service, as a very regular user of the 98 and gets to see a lot of its progress i think its very rare that it gets a decent loading, the only times this service is full is around 9:30 am - 10:00am when all the OAP's use the service when they can use their passes. The Moreton link between Moreton & Liverpool are completetley empty due to passengers using the 407 and the train.
Again the loadings from Liverpool are usually very poor, i atleast use the service once a week from Liverpool and i have been the only person that has paid through the whole journey until Beechwood. Surely £2.80 doesnt match the cost of using the tunnel/petrol/drivers wage for that 45 minutes.

Again, rest assured that your observations are definitely not a true reflection of how the service is really doing.

(19/08/2013 22:35)busdude Wrote:  Its going to take a long time for these services to peak up a lot more and get a customer base. At the moment i think Impera have lost a lot of passengers over the past few weeks due to a number of services not running. And it will take time for them to trust and get use to the company.

Actually (if you're referring to the 31, 31A, 39 and 98), during the past few weeks, more-or-less every journey should have turned-up. That's why the 15, 16 and 47 were sacrificed - so that the busier services could remain operationally-viable. If they're not showing-up, you need to phone the depot (0151 641 0897) so that your issue can be looked into and the problems can be addressed and eliminated.

(19/08/2013 22:35)busdude Wrote:  I just feel that Impera are being a bit impatient, and are getting fed up of the lack of passengers and the lack of money they are making and they think the easy way out is to just pull the plug on services without giving them, a chance. For example 15, 16, 30 & 47.

Nonsense!

(19/08/2013 22:35)busdude Wrote:  I am not critisicing the company at all, i really do like Impera but at the moment they seem to be flopping, hopefully they will finally settle down and improve and become a bigger and better independent bus company.

To be completely honest, you've done a terrible job of not criticising them... I now completely understand some of the reasons why certain companies frown upon this forum!