Merseyrail Rail Replacement Buses

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RE: Merseyrail Rail Replacement Buses

(23/02/2019 18:09)gka472l Wrote:  Had a brief look on Friday at what was out with the Formby/Sandhills closure.....Arriva doing the stopping service & Stagecoach doing the express service which called at Waterloo only....

Arriva 4565, 4571, 4502, 4517, 4509, 4576 (Freshfield standby)
Stagecoach 15589 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/46460257964 , 15595, 15563, 15564 was on standby at Freshfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/46460258144 along with 18441 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/46460257774 and in addition (as you'll see on the pic of 15564), Peoplesbus 0823 was also on standby at Freshfield

Was up the same way today but on a family day out, only thing noted was St Helen's 4620 on the Formby by pass with 'Rail Replacement' on the destination.....

The next closure is the line between Rock Ferry & Hooton from 2-22 March....presume Arriva & Stagecoach will feature once again....

HTH

I think the main reason for Stagecoach popping up for this closure is because it is a big closure. the Rock Ferry to Hooton one shouldn't be as big. The PVR would be 8 stoppers, plus 3 express (if buses had little layover and ran as if it were a normal bus service) but taking into account the fact they seem to give lots of layover, let's say 12 stoppers and 4 express. You are looking at around 22 buses I would say being used for the Formby run. All the road works meant extra buses were needed in case of delays, then add that a few of the stations aren't even close to normal buses to Liverpool.

This next phase closure has a lot more buses running very closely to the railway, there are a lot less opportunity for delays, the affected stations aren't really busy. The Express buses will be well utilised though with a LOT of Chester and Ellesmere Port commuters but that being said, there are normal buses which people may choose to use to save changing twice on the way.