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Thank you for your very thorough reply and opinion. I do feel bus companies are missing a trick now especially as most use systems such as Ticketer where they can harvest information more or less live. I appreciate there are forces which are unpredictable daily such as the weather but in...

I've been intrigued by this thread and its intelligent and informed posts. One point that I feel has been missed is that bus companies appear to have a standard pricing policy, especially large groups. In my experience, as a driver and trade union representative over 28 years, is that routes...

Read the Lancashire update, is it true that the X2 Preston to Southport and Liverpool will be restored to a half hourly frequency in the coming months?

Ok. I got the livery information from the Quack77 site which isn't 100% accurate, unfortunately. Thanks,for your confirmation.

Will 40716/7 need repainting back into Preston livery as they are in Bee Network yellow?

Skelmersdale in Lancashire doesn't have a station but has bus routes to Wigan, Southport, Ormskirk, Kirkby, Burscough and Parbold that connect with trains.

Cutting services in Merseyside has been their main aim. When they took over MTL back in 2001 they acquired approximately 1000 buses with the operation plus they had their own existing Aintree, Bootle and Skelmersdale depots with 3-400 buses. The combined fleet for the unit, including Wales is...

Looks like the scrap move for 508139 and 141 is on for today. Tge loco has arrived at Birkenhead North TMD.

On 508 139 now from HIL to MRF

And converted to single door as well.

Ex-British Blue Tours of Birkenhead Y7THG doesn't seem to have entered service yet either. Could that be because it is dual doored?

Having a little explore today and thought I'd try one of the new buses on the 125. Wow what a come down from the previous Scania Golds. Suspension on the Trident chassis is appalling ( we've just reached Ringway in Preston after a minute or 2 from the bus station). The seating is far inferior...

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K06273/2023-09-08/detailed It appears to have departed at 1310

I don't understand why Stagecoach don't take notice of their own example in the Lake District here and capitalise on the burgeoning tourist market through partnership with the local authorities (council and tourist board). The Lakes has outstanding publicity plus is own unique livery. The...

Most of Merseytravel's hydrogen E400s will probably be 73 registered for Arriva and Stagecoach, plus I would think the majority of TfGM's E400 BYDs will also be for the imminent Bolton and Wigan franchise.

Just got off 507002 50 minutes or so ago at Hillside. It was a little on the tired side. I've been commuting a bit lately and most of the 507s seem to have quite a bit of life left in them yet. Had a cheeky sample of 777009 from Moorfields to Sandhills before changing to 507002 and I found it a...

Yes dipstick here did not proof read my post!!!

I know Arriva in Merseyside and the North West disbanded theirs about 3 years ago. They rely on covert investigators now mainly for errant staff. Passenger fraud its rife especially with the Merseytravel My Ticket which is supposed to be for youngsters up until their 19th birthday - I often...

Ahh that age old trick from allocation. Had this often over the years. The only problem was that frequently the allocator would not have looked forward during the day to check if the original driver would receive it on their second half. This meant the They would strand the errant vehicle at the...

Maybe I did not express myself too well. The point I was trying too make was by writing off the value of the fleet would reduce outgoing costs (namely finance repayments). Saying that these accounts are for the period where the Wright Streetlites, 6006-6015, and Streetdecks, 4710-4733, were...