thanks for taking the time to comment. I use Merseyrail because driving is far too expensive and the Cross-River bus doesn’t run from Hoylake. So I have no reasonable alternative, unfortunately.

I’m quite certain that people DO mind when buses are cancelled – I used to get the 18a into Liverpool from Tuebrook, and I can well remember how three would turn up at once, while I was attempting to get across Rocky Lane, only for them to drive off as I got to the stop. It would often be ages then ’til another turned up. I don’t mention buses on here because I don’t use them nowadays, so I’m not in a position to comment.

There is also the point that the bus companies don’t (that I know of) keep harping on about how reliable they are, putting up posters telling us all how good they are and how much we love their service. Merseyrail do – and so they are inviting criticism. Perhaps if they just got on with the job of providing a rail service and laid off on the inane publicity, they might not wind so many passengers up when things go wrong. Which they do, frequently.

Lastly, you could have declared your interest in this subject – your comment was posted from a PC on the Merseyrail network (mr-50.merseyrail.org), so it’s a reasonable assumption that you work for Merseyrail, and are therefore unlikely to approve of what I write.

Chris

New cable is required in two places after rodents chewed through the rubber sheathing round the cable. Not an uncommon problem, I am afraid as it seems rats have a penchant for the stuff.

Hoping to have the new cable spliced in and the signalling systems etc safety tested so services can resume in the next 30 mins or so.