Upcoming service changes in Merseyside

[Liamkennedy2231]

RE: Upcoming service changes in Merseyside
Merseytravel has now opened a consultation for the replacement of the Arriva Click Speke service.

They’re going back to a scheduled circular bus service, but have proposed two options for the routing and timetable which are:

Proposal 1 - A 40 minute service (identical to the previous 211 circular route within the Speke estate) including (amongst other roads);
South Parade, Dam Wood Road, Speke Town Lane, Tarbock Road, Morrisons Supermarket, Millwood Road, Maintree Crescent, Elloway Road, East Millwood Road, East Dam Wood Road.

Proposal 2 - A 60 minute service that takes in all of the above, but also extends to;
Woodend Avenue, Hillfoot Avenue (for connection with Hunts Cross Rail Station), Speke Hall Road (Hunts Cross Shopping Centre - Asda, Matalan, B&M), Speke Boulevard (Home Bargains, Food Warehouse, Speke Training & Education Centre), Penketh Drive then onto Millwood Road etc.

Personally I think Proposal 2 makes the most sense. It combines the 211 with the old ‘Asda Free Bus’ ran by HTL quite a few years ago, which was quite popular, but wasn’t commercially viable for Asda to keep it running towards the end.