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  1. TheGrandWazoo

    My proposal for the UK bus network to be nationalised

    Lots of comments on this thread and I've enjoyed reading them. The idea that nationalisation in a pure sense (i.e. purchasing all the assets and running them) isn't going to happen as @Goldfish62 states. There's no enough money as it is, and if you had the cash to indulge in such things, a...
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    Trips by Bus and Coach: Your reports

    Thanks @RELL6L - your photos were taken on a much nicer day. Don't worry - I have more photos from another trip and they're even drearier :lol: (though only because of the weather, not the location). Coincidentally enough, I was in Malta earlier this year and had similar experiences. Did a...
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    Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire

    That's my understanding so would they be causing massive service issues for services around Morecambe or Lancaster Uni (as examples)
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    Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire

    Isn't the issue also that the driver boards will interwork with other services and so there's an impact across the network.
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    Arriva Yorkshire discussion

    Is the 51 a Selby route?
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Interesting nugget from Bristol City Council https://democracy.bristol.gov.uk/documents/s102056/Appendix%20A2%20-%20TC%20metrics%20Q1.pdf Apparently, bus patronage in Bristol has now recovered to pre-Covid levels.
  7. TheGrandWazoo

    First Group: General Discussion

    Chatting with a mate, he is of a similar view. The vehicles are better built than ADL, and the ergonomics and driver enhancements are well ahead of the competition. As a passenger, I've found Yutongs to be better built (if a little austere, even with operator specific seating), better than...
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    First South West (Kernow & Buses of Somerset)

    It's interesting to see which depots are involved as some used to do NX work 20 years ago (such as Bath and Bristol) but others like Taunton and Weston never really did as they're not really natural terminus points for routes. It's an interesting move for certain.
  9. TheGrandWazoo

    Some old Leicestershire Bus Routes i need some info on if anyone has any

    This may help with the famous X91 https://www.midlandred.net/service/information.php?service=x91&operator=bmmo&page=overview Hall Bros of South Shields was part of Barton Transport - I think they purchased them c.1963 and the routes continued until the mid 1980s but can't say if it still served...
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    Trips by Bus and Coach: Your reports

    Been ages since I had the opportunity to have an extended trip out. As it as, even my day was slightly truncated but here's my report of a trip around South Hants; an area that I'd not visited for a little while despite being relatively close. However, it had a few things that I fancied...
  11. TheGrandWazoo

    Does anyone have information on the old semi-operator ''HinckleyBus''?

    The Hinckley area operations were traditionally Midland Red and in the mid 1980s, represented the border area between Midland Red East (aka Midland Fox) and Midland Red South though predominantly Midland Fox who opened a small outstation in the town that developed into a larger depot. That was...
  12. TheGrandWazoo

    Arriva Midlands

    The First one was a seed vehicle on loan from Arriva Bus & Coach (dealer) but it along with the other dealer stock went to Arriva North East. I don’t think parts are a big issue for Temsa Avenues - fairly standard stuff
  13. TheGrandWazoo

    Arriva Midlands

    The answer is....still a lot. They were the standard purchase from 2008 to 2014. A couple of hundred (at least) in the North West and Wales, and a over 100 in North East.
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    The Labour Government's Buses Bill, franchising, quality contracts/partnerships, deregulation.....

    Yes, they do include time at stops However, as we are continually told, London's open boarding and dual door means that this is ruthlessly efficient; it is quicker, I know, and it shows just how bad the road conditions are! So in Exeter, you have the operator (Stagecoach) taking the revenue...
  15. TheGrandWazoo

    Will Labour scrap the £2 fare Cap? (now confirmed will rise to £3)

    No - it was specifically aimed to help with the cost of living crisis, especially as car drivers had a 5p/litre cut in fuel duty
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    The Labour Government's Buses Bill, franchising, quality contracts/partnerships, deregulation.....

    I think you may have misunderstood me; I wasn't seeking to make that as a direct comparison in terms of total funding. My point was that it is illustrative that London subsidises it's bus operations by that amount, yet we see the Treasury looking to row back on something that is much smaller...
  17. TheGrandWazoo

    The Labour Government's Buses Bill, franchising, quality contracts/partnerships, deregulation.....

    A lot of the major Overground changes were experienced before 2014. What has happened since has been a perfect storm. Buses are now running at an average of 9mph in London (and lower in Central London - falling from 11mph in 2002 to less than 8mph now). That's through a blend of 20 mph limits...
  18. TheGrandWazoo

    The Labour Government's Buses Bill, franchising, quality contracts/partnerships, deregulation.....

    Depends where you wish to draw your reference period. Patronage grew massively under Ken Livingstone (and I'm no great fan of Red Ken) in the period from 2000 onwards. That was funded, in part, by the congestion charge etc. The figures from the DfT showed that patronage was growing and...
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    The Labour Government's Buses Bill, franchising, quality contracts/partnerships, deregulation.....

    The point is that it doesn't matter the regulatory framework. If you massively reduce the effectiveness of buses by implementing measures that slow road traffic AND don't implement measures to give the bus any sort of time advantage, you will end up in the position that London is now in. As a...
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    Diamond Bus East Midlands (was Midland Classic of Burton)

    More importantly.... why? There's no end to end traffic that isn't catered for by the train. As for the villages like Clifton Campville, what are they going to get in Burton that they aren't getting in Tamworth (the nearest town)?

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