Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

[Aaron's Transport Pictures]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
I've no idea to be fair, but that's all I heard about the X2.

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
I think if arriva keep hold of the 2 they really need to look at the day/weekly ticket prices over the water or i cant see them lasting.

[YN05 WKE]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(23/03/2016 08:29)motormayhem1 Wrote:  I think if arriva keep hold of the 2 they really need to look at the day/weekly ticket prices over the water or i cant see them lasting.

Tbh from talking to a few Laird St lads they say they don't take much on there 2 or 471/2 most our Stagecoach Smart cards as our weekly on card is cheaper than there weekly on paper

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
But thats why arriva need to rethink about the ticketing prices over the water or they could see them getting there nose pushed out over there as there 471/472 use to do well before the partnership started.

[wirralbus]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
Sounds like the Wirral Partnerships may soon go up in smoke if they don't sort this out quickly.

The X8 was the thin edge of the wedge .

[E400]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
I hope the partnerships remain, though I do agree that pricing needs to be addressed. If both operators wish to share a route, then rather than compete for passengers - especially where the route is a 50/50 split like the 471/2 -then both operators should agree a shared pricing structure. I often see people letting Arriva services go past and waiting an extra 10 minutes for a Stagecoach service just to save the difference in fares. It is ridiculous.

[YN05 WKE]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(23/03/2016 12:25)wirralbus Wrote:  Sounds like the Wirral Partnerships may soon go up in smoke if they don't sort this out quickly.

The X8 was the thin edge of the wedge .

Tbh as a driver I do both the 1 and 471/2 with stagecoach regular 90% of passes are the smart cards plus most people wait for ours as our fares are cheaper than Arriva's

[E400]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
It's probably worth asking at this point: how do QBPs work financially? Do Arriva get a cut of the Stagecoach passengers they carry, or do both operators take home just their own earnings?

[R557 ABA]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(24/03/2016 08:57)Enviro400 Wrote:  It's probably worth asking at this point: how do QBPs work financially? Do Arriva get a cut of the Stagecoach passengers they carry, or do both operators take home just their own earnings?

They operate like other services, each operator keeps their own fares from customers.

[wirralbus]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
With Arriva pulling the plug on the X2 service , leaving just some journeys on the 2 is it going to worthwhile to keep considering this now becomes a very lob-sided partnership indeed.

Is this stagecoach taking over the Liverpool - Birkenhead - Ellesmere Port - Chester service by stealth.