Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

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RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(19/01/2026 12:05)moreton407 Wrote:  Why does it take franchising to make these improvements, shouldn't Merseytravel have made these changes already and saved the region millions of pounds?

Stop asking sensible questions. We can't be expecting Merseytravels performing chimps to use logic. That's half of the reason we are in this mess, because the numpties in Mann Island are so far detached from real life, and waste endless sums of money on what is politically convenient, rather than into changes that people actually want/need.

(19/01/2026 22:49)Valandil Wrote:  Never understood that about the 329 in particular, especially as the 322 (current 22) is included in franchising.

Isn't this more because the Warrington 22 between Earlestown and Ashton is actually a Merseytravel tender and other bits are still funded by Merseytravel?

Speaking speculatively here but could Warrington be willing to give up the 22 (kind of having the attitude that it Mtrav are taking the tendered part, the rest of the 22 isn't viable on it's own so MTrav might as well take the lot) on the basis that they know they will get the 329/360 from Arriva?