they are all shown as received by the Traffic Commissioner on 19th July which is the 42 days notice of the change and also the date the tenders were due. It may be jumping the gun to assume this means they have lost - especially as nobody seems to have announced they have won! They may just have cancelled them to comply with 42 days notice.
It's not that simple. There is usually a legal obligation to go with the lowest bidder, especially if it the contract is awarded on price alone.
I thought Transdev recently spent lots of money on a new depot in York?
fact or opinion?
No there isn't. If an operator wishes to start a service less than 42 days from now, it submits a form to the Traffic Commissioner setting out the reasons why 'short notice' should be accepted. Award of a contract after the 42 days notice period should fit into the "unforseen circumstances" criterion. The local authority needs to provide a letter of support for the short notice application. There is a risk as it is discretionary, but I doubt there will be an issue here and you will be still able to travel, whoever the operator is! York Pullman's reg for the current 19 was received by the TC 14 days before it started; EY's for the 12 was received just seven days before it started!
York Council say the 26 number will no longer be used here (including Annexe A)
The 26 is gone no matter what so it’s still not a renumberingYork Council say the 26 number will no longer be used here (including Annexe A)
Decision - Local Bus Service Updates
democracy.york.gov.uk
with the routes restructured as described here:
I'm not sure what you mean. The 26 is being absorbed into other routes - that's why it would make sense to start again with the registrations even if Transdev had won them. I'm not sure how going from 3 routes to 2 (which take on parts of the removed route) wouldn't be classed as a renumbering.
26 isn’t a renumbering because it’s ceasing to exist.
Who's won then?
Remember that the last set of Coastliner accounts were pretty bad. Expansion in York doesn't seem to have worked out for Blazefield.
What about the 14?
That's only partially true, the Fulford side of the 26 is being merged with the 24. The South Bank Loop will be merged with the 11.York Council say the 26 number will no longer be used here (including Annexe A)
Decision - Local Bus Service Updates
with the routes restructured as described here:
www.transdevbus.co.uk
That's the entire business model of some operators, such as York Pullman.
And who if they win may or may not change the registration - they have rerouted their X52 in Harrogate to follow the new 36 route from Leeds to the bus station but have not bothered to change the registration.
So you don’t know the results then?
Talking nonsense my friend.
I’ve heard that’s happening at the end of October.
With WYIS advertising sometime in September... I wonder what's right.
September seems unlikely given that it would need to have been registered by now for the start of Sept and doing it later in the month would be unusual.
Indeed - but Coastliner also runs into WY which has a 27th Oct change date and I’m told that is when the change will happen as it will require vehicles released by the electric buses arriving in Harrogate.
Shorter notifiations can be given - see posting 4297 above
