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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Paul Philbin

Bus services have been cancelled across Liverpool - has it impacted you?

A 'perfect storm' has hit Liverpool's buses with services across the city being cancelled.

Staff shortages caused by sickness, the HGV crisis, and last night's Champions League game between Liverpool and AC Milan caused many services to be pulled.

Posts uploaded on Twitter by bus operator Stagecoach over the past few days have said "staff shortages" are behind the cancellations.

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The ECHO contacted Stagecoach who said the cancellations were due to a "perfect storm" of issues and not down to just one cause.

We have put a survey together to find how people in the city are currently feeling about the safety of public transport during covid.

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A spokesman for the bus operator said staff sickness, including but inordinately due to Covid, had affected the number of drivers available to work.

The number of drivers absent due to Covid would be in line with local figures for infection rates, and that the lack of available drivers "was not a Covid problem".

They added: "We are struggling this week for staff availability. Some of that is Covid but that isn't the major issue."

Let us know your thoughts on the current situation with public transport in the city due to coronavirus.

If you're unable to see the survey, you can click here.

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