Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(08/01/2016 14:51)wirralbus Wrote:  Million dollar question how many will use there own transport to get to work and shun the public transport option offered by this extension.

To be fair it offers a 30 minute service throughout the night and has decent connections throughout the day on other services so I guess it would be welcomed. Call centres aren't renowned for paying decent wages and generally employ younger people so my guess would be that most of the workforce would probably not have access to a car all of the time and would therefore rely on the bus.

I think it's a good idea to extend the service, though the way in which they've done it is questionable at best, but one question that is in my head is what happens when the Birkenhead tunnel is shut and the bus is diverted via its own route - will it be allowed to stop given that it is running down its own route, albeit just a lot earlier on, or would it just drive past ignoring passengers waiting who see a 423 to Birkenhead with no idea that it has just come from Liverpool.

I guess Arriva would implement a policy to divert via the 410 route from the tunnel back to Birkenhead so this doesn't happen, which would just be nonsensical.