The Three Queens Visit

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RE: The Three Queens Visit

(25/03/2015 17:44)wirralbus Wrote:  As such this will be like the giants event , where public transport was fully stretched , to the point it just couldnt cope , better to get the message out so far in advance and tell the truth , than just get the people in and then find there is no way home .

Its the brutal honest truth .

And the brutal, honest truth is what? That one of the largest ITAs outside of London is incapable of planning for a major three-day tourist event that will bring an enormous number of people - and money - into the area?

Arriva and Stagecoach have huge national resources and assets and I find it truly incredible that these two major bus operators haven't met with Merseytravel and formed a strategy to deal with this situation. They seem willing and able to do this when The Open and The Grand National are taking place in this area. On Millennium Eve an extensive FREE night bus-service was provided that ran throughout till 5am

As regard the rail services, Merseyrail trialled late-night trains to outlying stations in the lead-up to last Christmas. Is there any reason why this can't be repeated?

This three-day visit coincides with the schools' half-term holiday. IF the weather is kind, it is likely that the number of visitors will dwarf those when the Giants came to town a few years ago. As I posted earlier, this visit will attract national and global attention so let's hope the world "shambles" isn't used in any of the media reports.