GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

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RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

(24/02/2016 19:26)telf23 Wrote:  Also, does anybody know how well used the 36 Runcorn to Ellesmere Port service is? The last few times I've seen it it's had quite low loadings but it was around 1/2pm, so not exactly a peak time.

This 36 actually only runs between the Halton Lea area of Runcorn and Ellesmere Port.
When I've seen/travelled on it, I have actually been surprised at how many it's picked up.
Granted, it's not packed out, but for a half-hourly service mainly through rural areas, it does better than I would have imagined.
Weirdly, the vehicles branded for it (if they are still branded -- I can't find a mention on http://www.ronsbusesandcoaches.com/gha/gha-liveries ) are very often used on other routes.
I would have thought that a less frequent service connecting more areas would do better (say Widnes - Runcorn - Halton Lea - Frodsham - Ellesmere Port), as Runcorn town centre and Widnes aren't connected with Frodsham/Ellesmere Port (or even Chester), though I think GHA's lack of success with their X36 service which ran all the way from Liverpool Airport to Ellesmere Port has put an end to the idea of extensions, and Arriva(/Halton?) might not like further competition between Runcorn and Widnes, even though this wouldn't be the point of the extension.