Stagecoach MCSL - Gillmoss Depot

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RE: Stagecoach Merseyside - Gillmoss Depot
I have personally seen people on the track during the day at Kirkby and suffered from a couple of trains being cancelled due to issues of ASB between Rainford and Kirkby. Whilst not tar the whole area the line does get abused with ASB and so do the buses, just the latter not to the extent now. In the 80s the trains used to regularly get bricked now the odd occurrence is a train being stoned but in a age of Health and Safety all this would go against anything being planned.

The whole Sunday point is not actually as good a point as you would think first hand. The Kirkby train runs as normal from Victoria of a night but simply terminate at Wigan, however on a Sunday that train does not run at all from Victoria. Therefore my point is on a weeknight it is evident that between Wigan and Kirkby there are some issues, were as on a Sunday there is evidently different issues.

Back on topic though, Stagecoach say vandalism is the reason why they won't operate deckers in Kirkby, yet they continuously invest in brand spanking new single deckers. Kind of a contradiction wouldn't you say? If it is a case of the upper deck being trashed of a night why not shut them off like Arriva used to do on their Palentines?