Merseyside partners celebrate Bus Alliance

Patronage is rising, but franchising remains an option
 
Partners marked the Alliance at an event in September
 
The number of bus journeys young people are making in the Liverpool City Region has risen by 142% in the last three years.
The figure was revealed on September 22 at an event to mark 12 months of the Liverpool City Region Bus Alliance – a formal partnership between the region’s transport authority, Merseytravel, and its two biggest operators, Arriva and Stagecoac