Liverpool student Catherine Howarth, 23, is from St Helens and was full of praise for the new investment, saying the new buses feel better.
“I use the bus to go to university every day, so it is important that it is on time. After a certain time of the day they become harder to get, so it would be great if they were more frequent,” she said.
She said: “It certainly looks like time and attention has been put into public transport.”
Howarth added that she hoped the town would have a night bus, like Liverpool.