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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    Kinchbus 906 made a appearance yesterday on Kinch 9. It did one return trip and was taken off again. The whole Kinchbus Citaro fleet has been off the road. They must be having major issues getting parts.
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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    Yesterday Kinchbus had 3 buses on the 9 - the first time this week. On Tuesday they were 4 buses short out of a fleet of 35. Only one of the fleet of 4 Citaros is available! For a company that made £2m profit out of the £4.1m Wellglade made last year; this is pretty poor. As long as Skylink...
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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    Anyone else heard Trent Barton Drivers are about to vote to go on strike?
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    Cityfox Bus

    Seems he is working as a controller .
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    National express West Midlands

    You can go back to Trent's actions vs Camms during the Hucknall Bus War, Trent's fare to Hucknall was around 85 pence, Camm's come along and Trent dropped the price to 20 pence, they then ran buses for free! The law states you can only price match not undercut. It is also illegal under the 1985...
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    National express West Midlands

    I'm a Shareholder of both National Express and Rotala, unlike other operators such as Trent Barton . National Express does not engage in illegal antI competitive practice's.
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    Igo (west Midlands) goes into administration

    Most of the buses are from Dawsons Rentals, who charge over the odds. But don't do proper credit checks.
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    Nottingham 'Bus War'

    Nottingham's Linkbus network is being put out to tender , due to Council budget cuts.
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    Nottingham 'Bus War'

    Management at Trent barton have told the local council that the 21 is under review, talk of it being cut to every hour! Same story as the 18 . Move the service off Friar Lane, less people use it . Then cut back the service.
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    Competition heats up between Transdev and Connexions

    No profit for this year is £1.1m. The purchase of Rosso is post this balance sheet.
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    Competition heats up between Transdev and Connexions

    Transdev blazefield made a profit of £1.1m . Which is pretty shocking as they have 400 buses . Return on capital is only 3.7% . They paid £2.8m for Rosso
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    Nottingham 'Bus War'

    Only about 15 on the picket line. I've heard they are saying they cannot afford to lose a days pay.
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    Nottingham 'Bus War'

    Nct profits up to March 2018 down to £1.9m .pretty bad for a company with what 340 buses? Dunn motor traction made £1.6m profit. Kinchbus £2m with 37? Buses.
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    Nottingham 'Bus War'

    Nottingham coaches /Premiere travel have got the 865 route back from Littles from 3rd September. Anyone heard anything about Trent Barton going on strike in September.
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    Powells

    It's a bit naughty of Mr Stockley, as he has inside info on Tm Travel. Im Not sure how much of the Rotherham market Tm Travel has left.
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    Nottingham 'Bus War'

    Premiere might take on the Aot8, got a big Nottingham Company wanting ads on the buses , if he runs it.
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    National Express seat reservations

    Wheelchair users need to give 24 hours notice. Most of the lifts break they get so little use.
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    Competition heats up between Transdev and Connexions

    Got told it was on Vosa few days ago. Ending in Jan. So i was told. Don't pay that much attention to be honest.
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    Competition heats up between Transdev and Connexions

    I'm I going mad or are Harrogate bus company getting rid of the V70 already?
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    New Transdev Cityzap services registered (and now cancelled)

    From what I've seen on Twitter, a large amount of pax today seem to be "bus spotters". Looking at Mr Hornbys record when he was at Trent Barton, Leicester Xprss did not last long. Zoom which was "award winning " has been cut and a version is now run by the low cost arm Notts and Derby. The Red...

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