Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

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RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(15/09/2026 15:45)Jw88 Wrote:  I am unsure of why the 407 shorts though the tunnel will take longer, that will lead to longer layover times.

It is a shame they did not try and interwork the 407 with a trailed evening and Sunday service on the 464 if timetabling allowed, instead of going back and forth through the tunnel on short routes to and from Birkenhead Bus Station, where there are plenty of buses going the same way

It is a waste of resources to run one bus behind the other, there are many examples of this across the network with large gaps then two routes come in the space of 2 - 5 minutes, while changing, the current 423 and 471/472 overlap each other between Liverpool and Arrowe Park minutes behind each other then no bus for 30 minutes, although, it looks the problem still persists, with a 4 minute gap between services 413/471/472 before a 26 minute gap before the next bus. Spacing out the times was something i hoped franchising would have achieved.

Same as 38A and 487 evening and Sunday (and 410) all leave bus station at around xx40 leaving big gaps to Higher Tranmere and Bebington

Nothing has been changed really on the main routes apart from the 423 being withdrawn and 492/5 running later, a few small bits and pieces on 414/Heswall/Wk locals to satisfy some box ticking and spin by Steve to make things look good.