Quality Bus Network – improving bus services

Stagecoach and Arriva are working with local partners to improve the quality of your bus services in Merseyside.  The Merseyside Quality Bus Network makes it easier for you to catch a bus in the area, resulting in quicker and more convenient travel.

 

Quality Bus Network partners

Stagecoach and Arriva are working to improve Merseyside bus services with: 

What the Quality Bus Network means to you

The Quality Bus Network aims to improve your bus journeys by:

• making bus timetables more regular during the day so you don’t have to wait as long
• putting more buses on the roads in the evening
• improving facilities at bus stops eg better information and improved access
• implementing multi operator tickets where our drivers will be able to accept certain Arriva tickets on Stagecoach buses and vice versa 

 

Specific Arriva and Stagecoach passes are valid on those services that are part of the Quality Bus Network Scheme, please see table below for full details...

 

Routes and tickets on the Quality Bus Network

Arriva tickets are not valid on Stagecoach services beyond these points:

• 14/14A/14B between Tower Hill and Croxteth (Willow Way)
• 86C between Allerton and Hope University
• 15A Journeys to or from the Countess of Chester Hospital. 

Stagecoach tickets are not valid on Arriva services beyond these points:

• 10B* between  Huyton Bus Station and Huyton Elizabeth Road
• 14X* between Willow Way and Kirkby Industrial Estate
• 82 between Speke and Garston
• Not valid on service 82A
• 86A between Liverpool John Lennon Airport and South Parkway

Please note certain Arriva 'm-tickets' are now accepted on the Stagecoach services shown above.

 

Quality Bus Network routes are still accepting Merseytravel:

• Solo tickets
• Trio tickets
• Walrus tickets
• free travel passes 

Merseytravel tickets are not valid south of Hooton Crossroads.

 

How to spot Quality Network buses  

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