METRO - Laird Street depot

[Merseysidebusenthusiast]

RE: METRO - Laird Street depot

(Today 17:00)mrd97 Wrote:  Think there needs to be a revision of the times on some services.

483/484 are given way too long between Arrowe Park and West Kirby via Greasby, and have been running up to 10 minutes early.

491 doesn’t have enough time on its route and is often late. Also don’t know why it skips Ashburton Road now?

453 should really run via Talbot Avenue instead of Manor Road, as it’s a wider road (the north end of Manor Road is single track with passing places) and has a bus stop at the top which could be used for Brimstage village. Don’t know why this route doesn’t enter the hospital grounds either.

417 evening and Sunday buses have an enormous layover in Moreton. Maybe run it through to Leasowe Station so at least it’s not sat around for 35 minutes?

Moreton circulars do not need to run evenings and Sundays. Nearly all of the routes are covered by other services, in fact Saughall Massie has more buses serving it in the evening than in the daytime. It’s a waste of resources.

418 should run into the evenings and on Sundays.

Needs to be a service from Claughton and Noctorum to Arrowe Park hospital, maybe run a ‘419’ alongside the 418 which does this instead of via st James church and Beechwood.

Appreciate its early days just some ideas going forward.

I presume the 491 no longer serves Ashburton Road is because there's no bus stops on there, so instead just move it up to Upton Road for the bus stops up there instead. Also still don't get why the 418 doesn't run Sundays or during evenings, or even a higher frequency. Also I feel like the 492/495 need to be extended to Arrowe Park, via Upton By-Pass something Avon did with the evenings/sunday services a while back, making Arrowe Park accessible to Claughton and Noctorum both areas which don't have any, along with Beechwood and Bidston who only get an hourly bus to the hospital.