HoylakeJunction.com reader Colin Malone asks:
Can anyone tell me why we who live in Meols/Hoylake cannot get a bus to Liverpool? If there was a sudden rail cancellation, people in West kirby, Moreton, Bidston etc would only walk yards to get on a bus to Liverpool.
We in Meols and Hoylake have to get a bus to the above places to get the bus. I have written to Arriva to which they replied other bus companies got through Hoylake. But they dont. Any reason why?
Apparently according to the bus companies because we have two railway stations we do not warrant more buses. I agree with you. A bus leaves West Kirby every 7 mins to go to Liverpool.. Surely one or two of those could divert and come through Hoylake. We have 2 buses every 30 mins and they come within a couple of mins of each other. Birkenhead is as far as they go. I know of many people that would use the bus if possible to go to Liverpool. The stations are quite a walk for old folk.
By the way, Arriva and Avon buses run through Hoylake, and arrive almost together, as they are not allowed to liase apparently.