Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(06/01/2016 19:18)MTL0201 Wrote:  The new 423 timetable is up, & that's going to cause some confusion as the extension terminates at Birkenhead Bus Station & Argyle Street with buses running via Arrowe Park & going to the terminus run in the same direction, plus reliability could be an issue unless there's an extra bus allocated to the route, with only 4 minutes layover at Birkenhead & 6 minutes layover in Liverpool. Would have been better if the extension went to Woodside following the 409 route rather than Birkenhead Bus Station.

Having a bus route that runs in the opposite direction yet shows the same final destination on the same stretch of road is a recipe for confusion. I do wonder sometimes who devises these timetables and how much he/she has of driving a bus in service, if any. In the trade press these days we read about how high-flying graduates are fast-tracked to senior positions in the bus industry and I do wonder if this is always a good thing.