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  • 6 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    7sefton

    4 Stars With Arriva you may actually arive... 24/07/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages New fleets for new routes, and the majourity of the older buses repainted if not completely refurbished both inside and out., Lots of new training buses, whih mean more employment and better services., Improvment to local travel as a whole.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages High fares for all services (although I hope these are only to cover short term losses and will be reconcidered when all services are stable). No change what-so-ever on the already shambolic train front. Bad customer relations when it comes to info.

    Arriva took over from Merseyside Travel Limited (MTL) in early 2000. This was seen as a lifeline to the laughing stock of the North’s bus services. Delays, high fares, buses that turned up only when the company had enough money to fill them with petrol, dirty vehicles and millions of pounds of debt put off generations of people off public buses and into their cars which caused many problems for Liverpool and the surrounding area. Arriva knew the task it was taking on, and the many problems it would have to overcome. But it also knew of the major monopoly that MTL had on Merseyside bus ... more
  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    AlexW

    2 Stars Route 61 12/05/2003
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Clean buses, kneeling buses

    Disadvantages Disadvantages see op

    I know it should be route 66 but I promise you that route 61 is far more interesting a journey. So many problems have occured on this particular route that it has become a standing joke between my friends. As I don't drive (Keep putting learning as my new years resolution and then finding excuses not to) I rely on lifts from hubby and public transport. My most used route is the number 61 as it goes from the end of my road to within a short walk of most of my friends. This particular route is run by Arriva. The route it takes is long, drawn out and to be honest comletely ridiculous. A simple 10 ... more
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