freetoview33
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And it went back to Wessex for a while inbetween.And Stagecoach also operated it for a short while
And it went back to Wessex for a while inbetween.And Stagecoach also operated it for a short while
One less Bristol independent then!
https://www.stevenknightmedia.com/fleet-news-ramblings
(South Glos to Stagecoach)
It was going to happen especially since Jeffrey Durbin sadly passed away earlier in the year.One less Bristol independent then!
https://www.stevenknightmedia.com/fleet-news-ramblings
(South Glos to Stagecoach)
Has it?And Somerbus has now ceased trading too!
The 2 vehicles are being provided by Bristol Travel Ltd of Yate using their new 2-vehicle licence noted as granted in last week's N&P. One of the directors is Tony Lavoie - from memory wasn't he the owner a few years back of a small coach company with an operating centre somewhere near Patchway station?
All those stops are going to make time keeping even easier!So, where do we put information about the New Adventure X7? I'm thinking here.
I see that Traveline now shows this, and the Bristol terminus is indeed Marlborough St, using stop N3 (still referred to as Rm), and not the bus station.
It doesn't go through the Centre, instead calling at BRI, Park St Top, Clifton Down, Blackboy Hill Top, Westbury (Falcondale Rd, just south of Canford Lane), The Mall, then non-stop over the bridge to Bulwark.
It may cause some confusion for passengers travelling to Chepstow looking for the what is the Severn Express in Bristol Bus Station. However, the two X7s will share no common stops. The First West of England excel X7 service to Clevedon departs from Bristol Bus Station Bay 10, whereas the new X7 service to Chepstow departs from Marlborough Street on the other side of the road.I wonder if they'll be part of the inter-operator ticketing in Bristol. Their cheap Bristol fares seem to suggest that they want to capture some of the market there.
The choice of route number, even if the buses are different colours, is poor - having two X7s mere metres apart going to wildly different destinations is a recipe for confusion.
Nevertheless, their taking on of the service is most welcome.
Where is it being advertised as a TrawsCymru route?It will be interesting to see what fleet ends up operating this, given that it is being advertised as a TrawsCymru route (albeit as "TrawsHafren"). Any observations would be welcomed from those who might be nearer to see.
Where is it being advertised as a TrawsCymru route?
Weird. T7 would have made more sense then! I'm sure First will appreciate the Welsh Government paying for a service to nick passengers between Cribbs and Bristol.
But of course, the X14 has been the Chepstow - Cribbs bus until today (OK, it's been furloughed since March, but the cancellation if from today). So that would be confusing too.It may cause some confusion for passengers travelling to Chepstow looking for the what is the Severn Express in Bristol Bus Station. However, the two X7s will share no common stops. The First West of England excel X7 service to Clevedon departs from Bristol Bus Station Bay 10, whereas the new X7 service to Chepstow departs from Marlborough Street on the other side of the road.
Passengers have slowly got used to the service being the Severn Express, for it to go back to the X7. I think it should have remained as the Severn Express, SEV or 7Xp or if it had to be changed, it should have been the X14. This service went the way the new one will.