Arriva put Prices up again

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RE: Arriva put Prices up again

(24/03/2019 15:14)knutstransport Wrote:  I think his objection was he doesn't have confidence in some drivers finding a rarely issued £5.80 day ticket on the system.

No, it is more passenger simplicity. So few people travel 'through' Chester so the additional revenue would be minimal. Like I say, probably less than £3 per day. What is the point in making more zones and more ticket with more prices for the sake of earning an extra £3 per day. They might as well keep the current system in place.

If there were more routes which crossed the North West and Wales ticket boarders or more connecting towns, it would make sense but people would have to travel through Chester to make any use of the ticket. Given Arriva are reducing their services in Chester, the possible journey options are vastly decreased.

Let's say, for argument's sake, Arriva ran Wrexham to Nantwich on the old 89 route. You then have a route running through the ticket borders which would have passengers making use of the ticket and it allows people to connect onto other services at Wrexham or Nantwich as well as the services in Chester. I would say a good 98% of people who travel into Chester, do so because that is where they want to go. That is the end destination. The other 2% would be using a local bus to connect onto a longer distance bus. Ie Blacon bus to Chester and then X30 to Runcorn.

If the X4 was being kept on to the Oaks and Arriva decided the Chester zone was for Chester and the Oaks was in the North West Zone... This makes sense then as yes there would be few people who did it, there is a through bus making the journey and people are likely to connect from another service onto the X4 to do that last short hop to the Oaks.

Can people see where I am coming from?