Arriva has scrapped a Liverpool bus route with more service changes planned for Monday.
From today, Friday, January 19 the service 420 from West Kirby to Liverpool will no longer be in operation. Service 395 from Ormskirk to Wigan will also come off the roads from Saturday, January 20.
Arriva is changing a number of routes and timetables , as well as removing the two from service altogether. It says this is to meet demand, which has increased on some routes and decreased on others.
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A spokesperson for Arriva said: “We continuously review all our routes to make sure that we provide customers with the best service that we can, while also ensuring we are able to continue operating a stable bus network over the longer term.
“Following a gradual decline in passenger numbers through the pandemic, diminishing levels of funding, together with increases in inflationary costs pressures we are now in a position where we need to look at making changes to ensure that our bus network efficiently meets new travel patterns and demand and ultimately is sustainable.
“We would like to thank all our customers over the years who have travelled with us on services 395 and 420.” Here are the rest of the changes that will be happening across our region on or before January 21:
Increased frequencies
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Service 10, St Helens to Liverpool Queen Square – Monday to Friday frequency increased to every 15 minutes
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Service 329, Warrington to St Helens – Monday to Saturday frequency increased to every 30 minutes
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Service 68, Bootle to Aigburth Vale – There will be an increased frequency to every 15 minutes in the section between Bootle and Old Swan, journeys finishing in Old Swan will create a new link to Broad Green hospital every 30 mins. Journeys through to Aigburth will be on a reduced 30 minute frequency
Reduced frequencies
- Service 17, Widnes to St Helens – Saturday frequency reduced to 60 minutes
- Services 12 and 13, Stockbridge Village to Liverpool Circular – Monday to Sunday evenings (from 7pm onwards) there will be a slight reduction in frequency to a combined 20 minute frequency
Rerouted services
Service 7, Warrington to Liverpool
The route will no longer serve Liverpool One Bus station and will terminate at Queen Square. The service will use the new Liverpool Lime Street Linkway instead.
The new route towards the city; Brownlow Hill – Raneleigh Street – Great Charlotte St – left at Elliot St on to the new link way and left into Queen Square bus station.
The new route out of city; Queen Square – Crosshall Street – Victoria Street – St John’s Lane – link way – Lime Street – Renshaw Street
Services 432, 433 and 437, New Brighton/West Kirby to Liverpool
Cook Street to be omitted in Liverpool City centre on Saturday and Sunday after 9am. Instead, services will terminate at Whitechapel and start at Sir Thomas Street.
Revised times
- 60 – Bootle – Aigburth Vale – Monday to Sunday – View Timetable
- 61 – Liverpool – Halton Hospital – Monday to Sunday – View Timetable
- 79C – Liverpool – Murdishaw – Monday to Sunday – View Timetable
- 82A – Liverpool – Murdishaw – Monday to Sunday – View Timetable
- 375/385 – Wigan – Southport – Monday to Sunday – View Timetable
- 10A – St Helens – Liverpool One – Monday to Sunday – View Timetable
- 352 – St Helens – Wigan – Monday to Sunday – View Timetable
- X30 – Chester – Warrington – Monday to Saturday – View Timetable
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