Upcoming service changes in Merseyside

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RE: Upcoming service changes in Merseyside

(16/12/2023 08:19)MTL0201 Wrote:  What are these increases in service then, as all i see is a dramatic decrease in services on Boxing Day/New Years Day, with areas left with no bus service whatsoever when last year they had a bus service.

Stagecoach operating 1/X1, 10A, 14A, 17/17A, 19, 20, 21, 31/32/33, 41/42, 53, 82, 86, 471/472 & A1 Amazon on Boxing Day, with no services other than 31/32/33, 917 & Soccerbus on New Year's Day

Arriva are only operating 10B, 12, 13, 26, 27, 56, 58A, 166, 188, 201 and 204, on both days, with no services in Wirral, St Helens & Southport

Oh & this from Stagecoach

*Arriva passes will not be valid on Stagecoach services that are part of the Quality Bus Network partnership (Boxing Day Only).

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and...r-services

Last year it was a Sunday service, & most routes operated until 7pm

Here's the service level provided over the festive season from last year

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-4Yu-aq...J07AA/view

Most of the 'Arriva' services are in fact Merseytravel services and are running because they are being subsidised.

As I posted earlier, it will now be a few years before the two main players will be obliged to run services over the festive period.