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From Essex CC link above: "If you have any concerns about Central Connect (who communicate as Vectare) and the current position, please contact the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency." "who communicate as Vectare" - I wonder whether there is just a silly problem here, in that the contract was...

Galleon Travel 2009 trading as Vectare cancelled the DVLA service registrations effective 14 April. This is for the 320. Reg No. Var No. Status Application type Date received Date effective End date Action PF1090194/59 3 Cancelled Manual 03/03/2024 14/04/2024...

Transpora 23/90 - First West of England have announced their April service changes (see their thread) - the old railway bridge blocking the access to Ashton Vale has been removed allowing the First 24 to be extended into Ashton Vale in full - the 23 will be pointless. The 90 seems to offer...

When the Gateway was being planned, it was being discussed that the Falcon and NX would serve it as a transport hub. However on completion the site is locked outside of town P&R hours and so the late and overnight journeys cannot serve it. Thus the coaches went elsewhere; the Blackbrook stop was...

I Squared deal Firstly the deal will not actually complete until 2024 and one document says before April - so nothing changes soon - except with that knowledge some decisions will be different. Secondly I Squared are not a current UK bus operator, so they are not buying it to close it down and...

Stagecoach X5 can be regarded as an express service on which ENCTS passes would not be valid. Central Bedfordshire Council however online uses the X5 as an example of an express service treated as a local service and thus it is (or was when written) valid. Stagecoach East and Milton Keynes don't...

The bus industry in general is suffering from a lack of passengers (still only 80%), staff, spare parts, etc. coupled with the high cost of most things. The game today is survival or reducing the decline. Many small companies have given up bus work and concentrate on contracts and private hire...

The Megabus website has a Falcon page: Megabus/falcon It says you can use contactless to pay the driver, but it is cheaper bought on-line. Their quick links are only to Bristol/airport. No fare information is given. The times and vehicles have not yet changed, but the fares and booking have...

I don't know specifically, but as the service has now transferred to Megabus (Scottish Citylink) from Stagecoach south west the local fares, through fares, ENCTS passes etc seem to have been discontinued as per the note on the bottom of the service changes for Exeter buses for 3rd September...

A couple of practical examples from a small town: My local secondary (12-18) has 860 pupils and is normally served by a double decker every 30 mins, which has little involvement due to short distance and capacity. About half the pupils will live in town and walk. That leaves 400+ of whom at...

I lived for about a decade in St Albans during the 80s. I was single and used a car to commute, but at weekends using the bus was quite frequent. Many of those journeys were inter-urban using the 724 and 321. I am less in touch today, but I suspect that a network of fast inter-urban services may...

I think it is a lot more complex. For a start in many areas the school or college arranges its own transport and has nothing to do with the local transport authority. College transport usually does not accept day fares, but the college issues passes per month, term, academic year and thus the...

Intalink service changes for November here: Herts Nov changes The new routes plus compensatory changes and restructure of the interurban routes in western Herts.

Bournemouth - more are losing some of the competition over the summer from Transpora. Transpora have cancelled their 4 St Peter's school routes leaving the roads to more 85,86,87,88 next term. The Bournemouth Coaster T1 also ceases on 23 Aug leaving more Breezers 70&80 without competition. The...

As noted yesterday they have cancelled the service from 23rd August - I now realise this is the minimum notice period. I presume as per your observation it isn't making any money and/or they don't have the means to run it.

I noticed on the Somerset Bus Pass Use page, that it said that Somerset passes may not always work on TfL bus readers, in which case just show it to the driver.

From VOSL So the T1 now has a registered end date. The 23rd is the Wednesday before the bank holiday weekend. ??

Presumably this Newport service is to use the bus and drivers between the 3 Avonmouth Co-Op staff bus journeys, like the 2 in Bournemouth, between school runs. There is competition from the coaches of NX, and Megabus, and a train every 30 mins. There is also Newport's buses via Chepstow; free...

Exmoor Coaster - I notice that the service is now registered to not serve Lynton. New Timetable from First Somerset - Exmo Mon-Fri from 12/6/23 Part pf Timetable:

5B - Exeter to Barnstaple. The timetable now on the Stagecoach website (Promo-info/south west timetables) is not the one they published a couple of weeks ago. There must be some new subsidy. The latest timetable is now nearer the 315 with 6 full return trips instead of 8, but more than the...