THERE have been many withdrawal of bus services throughout the county, what I cannot understand is the way that bus times are programmed.

As a regular user of the No.140 to St Helens, I know that the bus leaves Reginald Rd and two stops later it is at St Helens Junction station. I can guarantee you that there will be a No.35 (Gillars Green) parked up at the station too.

Within minutes both buses will leave the stop just before trains arrive at the station and people will be left awaiting the next bus which can mean a wait of 20 minutes or more.

To add insult to injury when the train from Liverpool arrives the bus drivers seem to use this as a signal to drive off and leave people watching the back of the bus departing as they walk to the stop.

I would think that if I was running a business that relies on the transport of people as the viable way of making a profit I would be checking out the arrival times of trains to coincide with the bus departures so that they would not be driving away from customers with, very often , an empty bus.

Also, as a regular user of the No.10 to Liverpool from Whiston Hospital, a regular occurrence is to see three buses arriving in a line, all travelling the same route and just leapfrogging at stops and picking up the odd passengers.

When in Liverpool itself you cannot get across the road for buses, many of them carrying few or no passengers. I thought we lived in Merseyside but we do not seem to get the same services.

As I have said it would not take a genius to adjust the bus times to ensure a more profitable and convenient service to an already cut back service.

Les Woods, Sutton