Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

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RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(27/07/2023 12:36)iMarkeh Wrote:  St Helens and Warrington would just be competing with the train though and what would slow them both down is the Edge Lane traffic which they will hit. The road to/from the motorway isn't the best.

St Helens to Liverpool doesn’t follow the train line from Prescot, and would probably be the most feasible route. Something like all stops to Alder Hey then non-stop to the City would be well received, even if just a peak-time service

(27/07/2023 12:36)iMarkeh Wrote:  I think for a St Helens 'express route', you would be looking more at St Helens to Kirkby, Widnes, Speke or Ashton but that depends on what the demand would be for faster buses in these areas.

There’s no demand for destinations like the above.

St Helens to Kirkby can barely sustain a two hourly 9-5 service currently
Ashton in Makerfield is already well served by frequent services that take less than 30 minutes, in my books that’s not completely unreasonable.
Widnes would be better served simply by splitting off serving both the estates of Sutton Manor and Sutton Leach to other local services to reduce journey times to around 30 minutes again.
Also, very few passengers take the full 89 route to Speke, its large passenger flows travelling to/from all points on the route that make the 89 a success.