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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2012 23:04:01 GMT
Arriva have cancelled route 250 (Waltham Cross - Waltham Abbey - Loughton - Debden) from 17th Feb 2012. Olympian Coaches (and TWH and Lea Valley Buses before them) have been competing with this route for about 2 years with the 255. A new timetable has been registered for the 255 from 28th Jan 2013. The 250 was first created as a London Transport route in 1979, originally continuing onwards from Loughton to Chigwell Limes Farm Estate, and later South Woodford. In 1986 it was no longer an LT route and Eastern National took over the route, later being operated by Sampsons Coaches, which County Bus eventually took over, with became Arriva. A great shame to be honest, as its been with the same operator and its ancestor for over 2 decades. Arriva may not be my favourite operator, but they are far better than Olympian  |
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Post by jay38a on Dec 21, 2012 23:19:08 GMT
Arriva have cancelled route 250 (Waltham Cross - Waltham Abbey - Loughton - Debden) from 17th Feb 2012. Olympian Coaches (and TWH and Lea Valley Buses before them) have been competing with this route for about 2 years with the 255. A new timetable has been registered for the 255 from 28th Jan 2013. The 250 was first created as a London Transport route in 1979, originally continuing onwards from Loughton to Chigwell Limes Farm Estate, and later South Woodford. In 1986 it was no longer an LT route and Eastern National took over the route, later being operated by Sampsons Coaches, which County Bus eventually took over, with became Arriva. A great shame to be honest, as its been with the same operator and its ancestor for over 2 decades. Arriva may not be my favourite operator, but they are far better than Olympian This reduces the work from Ware depot even more, this leaves it with the 310 and assosiated routes only if im correct. |
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Post by romfordbuses on Dec 21, 2012 23:19:14 GMT
Indeed a shame, Wonder why they cancelled it? Fed up with the competition perhaps...
I wonder if TWH could be cheeky and try getting a route to run into Waltham Cross Bus Station now!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2012 23:31:53 GMT
Indeed a shame, Wonder why they cancelled it? Fed up with the competition perhaps... I wonder if TWH could be cheeky and try getting a route to run into Waltham Cross Bus Station now! I'm surprised the 250 has lasted this long, as Arriva doesn't seem to have done much to fight off the competition. The 255 has been cheaper and 5 minutes in front of the 250 for at least a year or so now. Would be good for TWH to try out the 355 again, between Waltham Cross and Harlow via Nazeing (which they planned to operate, but it never ran due to TfL constrictions). |
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Post by vjaska on Dec 22, 2012 4:38:29 GMT
Indeed a shame, Wonder why they cancelled it? Fed up with the competition perhaps... I wonder if TWH could be cheeky and try getting a route to run into Waltham Cross Bus Station now! I'm surprised the 250 has lasted this long, as Arriva doesn't seem to have done much to fight off the competition. The 255 has been cheaper and 5 minutes in front of the 250 for at least a year or so now. Would be good for TWH to try out the 355 again, between Waltham Cross and Harlow via Nazeing (which they planned to operate, but it never ran due to TfL constrictions). Didn't Arriva convert the 250 to MPD's, replacing the mixed bag of step Pointer Darts? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2012 15:29:13 GMT
I'm surprised the 250 has lasted this long, as Arriva doesn't seem to have done much to fight off the competition. The 255 has been cheaper and 5 minutes in front of the 250 for at least a year or so now. Would be good for TWH to try out the 355 again, between Waltham Cross and Harlow via Nazeing (which they planned to operate, but it never ran due to TfL constrictions). Didn't Arriva convert the 250 to MPD's, replacing the mixed bag of step Pointer Darts? Yes they did. Solos are common though, and Cadets and Versas often appear. |
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