Eazibus

[Gillmoss 0324]

RE: Eazibus
I’ve noticed on the Merseytravel site a few more journey’s are being dropped today:

http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/travel-up...t.aspx#Bus

All seems a bit of shame this as I’ve used the 202/204 on a semi regular basis and up until fairly recently Eazibus have ran this service well with most journeys showing up on time and fairly friendly drivers although a few of them do seem to have left recently. Their 165 also seems to be run fairly well too. I reckon it’s a case that when Eazibus took over from Supertravel around this time in 2009 these contracts were for 5 years and they’ve either been outbid or did not bid to renew the 202/204 contract. Having said this losing the contract shouldn’t really allow them to drop journey’s as they have been on the 202/204 and I’ve experienced this myself about 2-3 times since May. Still this has happened to me when Glenvale ran the 202/204 a decade ago (not so much by Supertravel) and at least independents like Eazibus do plug gaps for Merseytravel when the bigger groups would either not be interested or would cost too much. Also had the opportunity to have a few rides on the ex-London United ALX400/Trident too! Let’s hope the remaining few weeks Eazibus have with the 202/204 are trouble free and Avon Bus are a good replacement for them.