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  1. bussnapperwm

    TfGM Tranche 3 speculation

    It'd be interesting if an operator who isn't running buses in Manchester has won something, wouldn't it? Especially if it was Mobico, RATP or Comfortdelgro.
  2. bussnapperwm

    TfGM Tranche 3 speculation

    The thing is, they now can't do it until after the local elections either due to purdah
  3. bussnapperwm

    Trivia: Rare and unusual bus and coach types

    Would the trio of Custom Dennings Diamond SE are expecting count for the purposes of this thread?
  4. bussnapperwm

    South Yorkshire Franchise Proposals

    To be honest, I get the feeling all of the PTE areas are going to go down the franchising route eventually
  5. bussnapperwm

    Hulley's of Baslow

    Wasn't the cancellation also at the same time as the X1(?) debacle?
  6. bussnapperwm

    Trivia: Bus routes that cannot use double decker vehicles

    Anything serving Sandwell and Dudley station due to the Traffic Regulation Order on the rail bridge. Service 11/11A Dudley - Walsall due to low trees. although Redditch might send a decker or two in the Kiddy direction when they do their Sunday duties/Rail Rep that way. Access for buses into...
  7. bussnapperwm

    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    It's a pity Trent are also allergic to deckers as well as they could be an alternative to coaches on the Red Arrow
  8. bussnapperwm

    Chaserider

    It's not just Chaserider but NXWM are also having ASB issues in Blakenall / Goscote and are regularly diverting their 29 service
  9. bussnapperwm

    York Pullman to be sold to First Group

    Wasn't York Pullman a First Travel Solutions contractor? If so, then, like Ensign, it makes logical sense as they then can run stuff in house
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    Chaserider

    Chaserider has thrown in the 19 Bloxwich to Walsall following significant Antisocial Behaviour. Transport for West Midlands have put it up for tender with the following additional notes within the tender documents.
  11. bussnapperwm

    Open Access operators should start looking elswhere to serve

    You've got access to places like Reading, Oxford, Bournemouth, etc from Moor Street and from Snow Hill you've got the South West as well as Reading and Oxford, so places like Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth could be used etc. Especially as WMR run a 10/20 frequency and have no current intention of...
  12. bussnapperwm

    Open Access operators should start looking elswhere to serve

    What about a OAO centering on Brum and using Moor Street or Snow Hill as its stop instead of New Street
  13. bussnapperwm

    Chiltern Business Class.

    It still has the Business Zone stickers on the walls inside, and the seating is the same as it was, but it's ordinary standard accommodation so no extra is payable. (It was great the other day as my brother and I had half a carriage to ourselves on it all the way from Moor Street to Marylebone)
  14. bussnapperwm

    TfGM Tranche 3 speculation

    To be fair, I'd love to see Transport UK or Mobico gain a large franchise, get a foot in the door
  15. bussnapperwm

    Are National Rail Enquiries based at Ryde Pier Head?

    Its an integrated plug-in Samsung use called Smart Vall from a company called Hiya, a spam protection app. Source - am a Galaxy zFlip 4 user with it enabled.
  16. bussnapperwm

    National Express Coaches Discussion

    Closure of the bus station for rebuilding
  17. bussnapperwm

    National Express Coaches Discussion

    Don't know if it's been mentioned but Dudleys NX stop is moving from Stand U in the Bus Station to Castle Gate Island (on Tipton Road) from this weekend
  18. bussnapperwm

    Kent Coast loop... best ticket option

    Cheers for that :-)
  19. bussnapperwm

    Kent Coast loop... best ticket option

    I've got a ENCTS so the buses are covered. I didn't realise the actual rounders themselves had stopped, very unfortunate. I'm planning on arriving in London the day before as my brothers attending the Disney100 event while im in Kent so we're stopping at the Premier Inn by Stratford...
  20. bussnapperwm

    Kent Coast loop... best ticket option

    I'm planning on doing the class 395 rounders in a couple of weeks from Stratford International, going out to Ramsgate via Sittingbourne and back via Dover. What would be the best walk on ticket for a weekday for a disabled railcard holder (planning in getting off at a couple of stops to photo...

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