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    D. Jones & Son of Acrefair, Wrexham to close.

    Arriva are covering the 35 route to borras park & most journeys on 41 to the industrial estate. Pats coaches are running the 146 to Whitchurch. routes 5 & 9 were already covered by arriva,, route 10 a couple of villages need serving & I think arriva x51 covers one of them. route 6 will be...
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    D. Jones & Son of Acrefair, Wrexham to close.

    Just read elsewhere that stagecoach looking at taking over c56 as from tomorrow, they had a bus out following a Jones bus with some drivers on board, not sure if d Jones had a cheshire School contract tied in with c56 also, be interesting to see who will end up taking over some of Jones work as...
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    Rossobus

    I know arriva couldnt bid on halton but what would problem be with bidding for warrington if they ever decide to sell, I've no idea if warrington would want to sell or how their finances are but i believe they charge some of highest fares in country
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    Rossobus

    Not wanting to see halton go but it's no secret that stagecoach would want it, would tie into their expanding network nicely, don't think arriva would be to keen, diamond seem to be doing ok they are winning plenty of tender work in Lancashire & are starting to get a bigger on west side of...
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    D. Jones & Son of Acrefair, Wrexham to close.

    How much can arriva cover of their network especially with the work they are taking on in gwynedd, they don't need to cover 5, 6, 9 as arriva cover most of as it is, it's a couple of villages on route 10 need covering that arriva could cover with 1 bus but it's routes east of town to barriers...
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    Arriva North West and Wales

    Arriva will be running the 1 also, timetable not updated as yet, s97 weekdays would be good for pwllheli if they can get it, due to extra work amlwch will be doing all of 62 route to free up room at bangor
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    Express motors Caernarfon

    Arriva also have the 1 from same date but timetable not updated as yet, a company called taxi gwynedd have registered the Caernarfon town routes from same date, johns travel take over 37 at same time, I'm not sure who will be on other routes as yet
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    Express motors Caernarfon

    They were until the fraud charges against 7 people have gone to court, this company has quite a few charges against them, arriva have advertised for drivers & need at least 14 buses for 7 routes they have gained, express have been in daily post over fraud case last month, so far I've read that...
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    Express motors Caernarfon

    Recently this company have been before courts & traffic commissioners over various offences & had their operating licence revoked from jan 1st 2018 but were in the process of getting a new traffic licence until 7 people working for the company are being sent to court over fraud charges, express...
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    Christmas Day bus services 2017

    In merseyside on Christmas day stagecoach will be running 11 routes every route serving a hospital, all routes run free of charge & run from lunch time until around 6pm, also mersey tunnels are free of charge on Christmas day, there are more services running on boxing day than new years day...
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    Bus strikes could hit Merseyside, Greater Manchster and Cheshire

    Close the depots, crosville closed their liverpool depot in 1987 due to a strike & the company never recovered, it was broken up in 1989, i remember crosville wales closing wrexham depot, independent operators had a field day even pmt crosville started on wrexham route, it took crosville wales...
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    Freight only lines.

    The 10.03 liverpool to Newcastle on a Sunday was routed this way until they started raising bridges for electrification work, its in tpe contract for 1 passenger train a week to go over the route liverpool & manchester tpe drivers sign it & liverpool conductors sign the route, passes very close...
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    Blackpool - Manchester Electrification

    I didnt think chat moss would of been ready as i was travelling over it most days from advantage of cab view, i remember them announcing that it was finished when i knew there was a gap west of Astley box, 4 days later it was done & trains ran from date advertised, i think it will be open on...
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    Conwy Valley Line - Now Reopened

    West cheshire junction to mouldsworth was never on a closure list but just before privatisation west cheshire signal box burnt down. Trains at the time from stanlow were going more by road so be asked UK fertilisers could they sever their branch from west cheshire junction. They refused so the...
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    First Group: General Discussion

    Every company in the country has a weak part, firsts problems were not caused by its bus division but their US operations which if they had sold or either not bought then it could of been a different story, yes first are having problems in the potteries but arriva have tried numerous times in...
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    Arriva's performance

    Arriva midlands north also ran winsford & Macclesfield depots for a year or 2 so reached manchester city centre, also oswestry depot ran into chester on a council tender on Sundays, Arrivas performance in the north west is awful currently plus the area they cover is reducing every timetable change
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    First Group: General Discussion

    Arriva will follow on from first, yes they are investing but their network is shrinking especially their north west & wales division in last 10 years there has been depot closures, many routes cut, in north wales their network has only grown due to 2 operators going bust padarn & gha, cutting...
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    Lever Operated Signal Boxes controlling Colour Signals

    Helsby box is similar, its 2 distance signals on main line are colour light, station area signals are semaphore, on the hooton branch west cheshire junction (line to fertilizer plant & glass factory & also the now lifted line to mouldsworth) all signals are colour light, i think distant signal...
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    Christmas Day bus services 2017

    In Manchester stagecoach 43 Piccadilly to airport will run hourly in daytime, on merseyside merseytravel provide free bus services to hospitals on some routes, if the same as last year on the wirral stagecoach will run 118 mill park to new Brighton via arrowe park hospital & stagecoach will run...
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    Cheshire East council propose 43% reduction in bus subsides

    Unfortunately the cuts to bus services been approved http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-41905552 All tendered & most evening services gone

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