Wirral Bus Network Review

[Raawwwrrr!]

RE: Wirral Bus Network Review

(12/06/2017 21:42)T42 PVM Wrote:  There's nothing stopping them bidding but your not certain to win them

Then they'll have to put forward an affordable and attractive case to do so, just like every other operator who is losing contracts

[wirralbus]

RE: Wirral Bus Network Review

(13/06/2017 04:51)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  Then they'll have to put forward an affordable and attractive case to do so, just like every other operator who is losing contracts

Usually with tenders the big guns of the likes of Stagecoach and Arriva , leave it to the smaller operators to operate them.

I have found that Stagecoach and Arriva are operators of tenders as a last resort.

[CKC 312L]

RE: Wirral Bus Network Review
So the 901 has finally bitten the dust to be replaced by a new service this and the 118/119 have been around for absolutely ages. I think that along with the 129 are the 3 longest (in terms of years operating) Merseytravel contracts on the Wirral if not in Merseyside

[R557 ABA]

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(12/06/2017 19:03)Dentonian Wrote:  Thanks, but my main query would be whether it is commercial? Surely it is, so why appear in a public review.

That's because the review is part of the Merseyside Bus Alliance, with Merseytravel working with all operators to make a so-called combined network.

[moreton407]

RE: Wirral Bus Network Review
......and yet the 129 survives?

[MTL0201]

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The 423 withdrawal is going to cause a few problems especially with the late night services, i know a few people who use the late night services towards Wallasey, don't think the 413 & 1A/1B/1C replacements will finish as late as the current 423 does, last 423 to Seacombe goes through Moreton around midnight, last 423 to Liscard is around 12.30am.

[busdude]

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Some of the proposed bus timetables have been released with the 124/125/492/495 interworking with each other, so atleast the Wallasey and Beechwood link is still maintained

http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/about-us/...rvices.pdf

[Jw88]

RE: Wirral Bus Network Review
merseytravel have revealed some of there Proposed Timetables For The Wirral Bus Review The Test Timetables Are Very Different to the Current ones and have no Colour:

New Buses

Services 1A, 1B, 1C Leasowe - Moreton Circular
Proposed Timetable Link: http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/about-us/...ervice.pdf

Service 39 New Ferry - Mill Park
Proposed Timetable Link: http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/about-us/...ervice.pdf


Current Services

Service 106 New Brighton - Liscard Circular
Proposed Timetable Link: http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/about-us/...ervice.pdf

Services 124/125 New Brighton Harrison Drive - Woodside And 492/495 Woodside - Noctorum
Proposed Timetable Link: http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/about-us/...rvices.pdf
According to this timetable the 124/125 Will Interwork With The 492/495


Service 145 Moreton Cross/Upton Station or Birkenhead Bus Station - Eastham Ferry Proposed Timetable Link: http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/about-us/...ervice.pdf

[MTL0201]

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The 1A/1B/1C timetable is really confusing, would have been better to retain the 901 with 902 & still have the start/terminus at Leasowe Station

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Wirral Bus Network Review
As an outsider looking in on this one, it appears that generally through links have been cut in favour of short local circulars which in some cases don't even get to the centres of either Birkenhead or Wallasey.