Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

(06/08/2015 06:24)MX12CFE Wrote:  The 210/250 were replaced by the 30/30A but the 30 is such a long route going from Maghull via Nertherton Aintree Black bull and Kirkdale and the buses used on it are small Optare Solos one i was on was packed when it left Netherton so much so the driver said it would be quicker to get to Liverpool by alighting at the Black bull and jump a 20/21 or 300 so i think people travelling by bus from Maghull to Liverpool on sundays would be more inclined to use the 310 its also another means of getting to Ormskirk instead of the train.

Just a thought. If Bootle were to introduce a Sunday day-time 58 service it would effectively make the Merseytravel 30/30A routes redundant as most of these routes would then be covered by Arriva commercial services 52, 54, 55, 58, 300, 310, 345. As route franchising is now on the national agenda, it would do Arriva no harm to position itself for this scenario as well as making its weekly/monthly tickets even more attractive.