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    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    its 20% spare on M-F and more on Saturday. In general terms that is above the ‘norm’ and should be ample for a fleet of this size at a single site.
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    Stagecoach Group (Group-wide matters)

    As operating costs rise, I guess there are fewer and fewer routes where the smallest E200s can be commercially viable. Many tenders will of course continue to specify small buses, but they aren’t a huge proportion of the total fleet for Stagecoach, and unless there are age restriction, older...
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    Labour's Plan for buses

    Er…. Yes. That’s what I said in different words
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    Labour's Plan for buses

    But the £2 fare doesn’t ‘fund’ buses - it merely pays for passengers to have lower fares.
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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    No, no classics were built as Euro VI. Actually - in my mind I have a recollection some were built for TfL services, who wanted Euro VI sooner - but I stand to be corrected! There was a cut off but I can’t remember what it was. Clearly not 2013 for buses though! But all slightly off topic -...
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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    it’s not that simple. The ‘Classic’ E200 was produced as Euro V (5) from about 2010 and continued until about 2017 ( I think there were even a few registered with 18 plates). The E200 MMC was Euro VI (6) from new, and started production in about 2016. To complicate matters, some Euro 5 E200s...
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    Central Connect (Vectare) withdraw tenders with no notice

    That is my guess. I suspect the proposed solution used more resources, with a new higher price. But ECC would say of course that it would be unfair on other bidders to pay more money mid-term. The odd thing is that the contracts were due to finish at the end of July in any event. So the company...
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    Central Connect (Vectare) withdraw tenders with no notice

    But if I were an operator I wouldn’t annoy a major customer and loads of passengers. I’d carry on running and if the Traffic Commissioner or DVSA queried late running I’d simply show them copies of all the ongoing correspondence with the contracting authority……
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    Central Connect (Vectare) withdraw tenders with no notice

    Essex local bus contracts are fixed term. There is no facility for early withdrawal. The company have breached the contract. In addition- and I suspect this is the DVSA reference- there has been a huge amount of non-operation ongoing for months and months.
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    Central Connect (Vectare) withdraw tenders with no notice

    Central Connect - owned by Vectare sine September 2023 - have announced a number of Essex County Council contracts will cease from this weekend. Their version of events is on their website at Vectare.co.uk. The Essex County Council response is on TravelEssex.com. It appears many journeys have...
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    "Out of form" (i.e. non-ADL) Stagecoach orders

    Volvo diesel decker is only available as a 12m tri-axle. Wrights May in theory offer a diesel Streetdeck but aren’t interested in quoting for it!
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    Why don't buses carry makers badges?

    No. But you could specify a plain engine cover instead!
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    Bee Network Service Improvements (Existing services)

    Are the cancellations Tranche 1 or 2 services? I’m not local enough to know!
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    TfGM Bee Network - fleet discussion

    Unfortunately it is unlikely that an order placed now could be delivered for the start of January 2025 - irrespective of manufacturer. And there isn’t a lot of secondhand available- a handful from Warringto, but most of their fleet is pretty old
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    Bee Network Service Improvements (Existing services)

    Maybe. Or maybe not. But unfortunately the Mayor has been claiming for several years that these robbing private companies are useless and deregulation is c**p, and that everything will be better under public control. So he’s rather made a rod for his own back…….

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