Impera Bus & Coach

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RE: Impera Bus & Coach

(08/05/2013 00:02)First Class Wrote:  Don't know about the Wirral side, but every Impera bus I've seen heading TOWARDS Birkenhead has been COMPLETELY empty. (Although I obviously don't know the full picture).

On bank-holiday Monday, the 15:23 98 (2510) from Liverpool left about half full and then collected a few more passengers from Birkenhead Bus Station, consequently leaving there nearly full! I was on the same journey on Sunday and it didn't pick-up as many passengers, but it did have people on it.

Also, I was on the 1A from Liverpool to New Brighton on the evening of the first day and it left Liverpool about half full. I must be seeing a different side to the 1A than other people as it's nearly-always popular when I see it!

(08/05/2013 00:02)First Class Wrote:  The only time passengers tend to use it is if the Impera bus is the first one to show up at Birkenhead Bus Station for Liverpool, and, only then, if they have ENCTS passes.

From Birkenhead Bus Station, yes. As far as I know, the main idea of the 1A is to provide a quick service from New Brighton and Seacombe to Birkenhead and Liverpool. The main idea of the 98 is to link Noctorum with Liverpool and Moreton.

Today marks the tenth day that Impera's new services have started and they certainly seem popular to me, especially for services which haven't been around for more than two weeks.

(08/05/2013 00:02)First Class Wrote:  You've got Arriva with brand new hybrid buses, wifi, leather seating, fairly large range of tickets & passes, running 20+ buses / hour through the tunnels. Stagecoach are catching up, fairly new double deckers, their cross river buses on the 1/2 deep cleaned/refurbished. I think Stagecoach may be a sleeping giant at the moment, with major changes planned.

Passengers will not be loyal to Arriva because their buses are brand-new, hybrid and feature wi-fi. They're most-likely going to board the cheapest, which is Impera (£3.50 day ticket and £12.00 weekly ticket). No, Impera don't operate 20 buses per hour from Birkenhead to Liverpool, but that isn't the aim of their services - the aim is to create new and better links from areas.