Arriva orders 2016/17

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RE: Arriva orders 2016/17

(29/03/2017 22:14)St Helens Rider Wrote:  No wonder a basic 30 minute frequency is struggling. It's a corridor which Arriva really have run down over the years. Not helped by the fact Arriva withdrew the quicker 6 not so long ago.

It's a really poor frequency - if it remains single deck then it really needs to be increased to every twenty minutes would would add another vehicle to the route's PVR - and that would be the only way of helping alleviate the capacity problems on the route without purchasing double deckers (or bringing some cascades in from Speke for example) for the route. You never know - if there's more capacity there then more people might be encouraged to use the 7 - but as I've said before only time will tell really