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Post by wirewiper on Jun 21, 2024 16:48:07 GMT
The X7/X8 will go to Redline I imagine and the X9/X90 will be taken up by Carousel and so will the 800/850. Carousel will take most of the Wycombe Town work and Redline will seize the opportunity to be sole operator on the Oxford corridor. It’s a shame really but Arriva have made a mess of both Wycombe and Aylesbury and ultimately it’s the ground staff that suffer as always. Poor decisions and treating the right people wrongly is exactly why Redline are the head huncho in Aylesbury. It would have been interesting had Reading Buses taken over routes from there to High Wycombe. As GA Carousel will be the main operator in High Wycombe, this will reverse their divestment of High Wycombe to Arriva from 2000. It seems that Redline and related group operators will effectively be the main operator in Aylesbury now. Reading Buses has now registered a 'new'* service 28, to operate between Reading and Henley via Caversham and Shiplake. According to a local news website the route will be branded "aqua 28" and will operate half-hourly on Mondays to Saturdays and hourly on Sundays. The article states that the route will be operated by bio-methane buses, which suggests the three additional Scania KUB270/ADL Enviro300GS acquired recently from Stagecoach North East as 'strategic reserves' may now have a role. rdg.today/reading-buses-announces-new-aqua-28-route-serving-caversham-and-henley-on-thames/ * actually revives a former Thames Valley route number.
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Post by sp17 on Jun 24, 2024 10:24:37 GMT
27th of July is the last day for Aylesbury and Wycombe.
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Post by edvid on Jul 18, 2024 13:49:27 GMT
Not your usual pair of Arriva routes to come in the next two weeks. 701 Maidstone - BluewaterA Summer-special limited-stop route, running between 1 and 31 August (half-hourly every day). The only Maidstone-end stops appear to be King Street, rail station (East) and the A229 Esso petrol station/footbridge; no maps yet but much of it looks like a non-stop whizz down the A229/M2/A2. X1 Milton Keynes - LutonA coach (yes, coach) route running from 22 July* (hourly Mon-Sat). Main stops are Luton (rail station / Hospital) - Dunstable (The Quadrant) - Hockliffe - Milton Keynes (Stadium / Hospital / The Point / rail station), and it'll utilise a trio of Temsa Safari HD12s. The usual stage carriage stuff (£2 cap etc) will apply to both routes. [* Says 21 July on publicity but there's no Sunday service]
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 19, 2024 8:07:39 GMT
Yup wowsers, I’ll update more as I can, I sure this means Reading Buses and or Stagecoach and Go-Ahead will get their wish finally.. It'll be interesting to see how the work is distributed. I can't see the X7/X8 or X9/X90 being replaced given the presence of existing commercial routes along that corridor. It's confirmed - Redline are beefing up their X20 (Aylesbury-Oxford) and 130 (Aylesbury-High Wycombe) routes. Both routes have variations for schools. Redline are also taking over route 300 (also Aylesbury-High Wycombe but via Lacey Green and Knaphill). The new timetables start on Sunday 28th July. Routes 130 and 300 both operate half-hourly (hourly on Sundays) whilst the X20 is up to every 15 minutes on weekdays and up to every 30 minutes on Saturdays and Sundays. There will be substantial changes to the stands at High Wycombe Bus Station from 28th January; the Redline routes will leave from stands 15 and 16. www.redlinebuses.com/timetable-updates-july-2024
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Post by sp17 on Jul 19, 2024 9:16:03 GMT
18 new Evoras for Luton due this year
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Post by SILENCED on Jul 19, 2024 10:00:54 GMT
18 new Evoras for Luton due this year Seen it suggested they are just replacing the 2021 examples that are off to Merseyside, who are said to be getting 58 new Evoras and c40 2021 vehicles in total.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Jul 20, 2024 6:37:42 GMT
18 new Evoras for Luton due this year Seen it suggested they are just replacing the 2021 examples that are off to Merseyside, who are said to be getting 58 new Evoras and c40 2021 vehicles in total. I have also read that some current Merseyside Pulsars are due to replace the Scania single-decks at Derby.
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Post by TNL33036 on Jul 27, 2024 23:26:41 GMT
3015 - BD12 DHX operated the 23:00 Reading to High Wycombe departure on route 800 which I believe was Arriva High Wycombe’s last ever service operated arriving back at Wycombe at approx 00:15.
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Post by sp17 on Jul 30, 2024 18:37:35 GMT
Been informed that some of the Citaros will be sent to the training school and for scrap. Two (3010 and 3012) are reportedly at Hemel Hempstead but I cannot confirm that.
VDL 3730 is at Colchester, a fine machine that is.
Most of the Versas are at Hemel.
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Post by rogerout on Aug 17, 2024 12:35:14 GMT
Is Arriva Tunbridge Wells safe ? They always seem to be after drivers
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Post by wirewiper on Aug 19, 2024 10:44:18 GMT
Meanwhile, in the Midlands Arriva is ending its co-ordination with TrentBarton on the X38 Derby-Burton on Trent route, from 31st August both operators will be competing head-on. Needless to say, TrentBarton has rected strongly, questioning whether Arriva really believes in the Enhanced Partnership model that is being advocated in the area as an alternative to going down the frnachising route. www.route-one.net/news/strong-words-between-arriva-and-trentbarton-over-x38-competition/
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Post by rogerout on Aug 25, 2024 21:22:31 GMT
As I asked earlier, when it comes to Arriva, is Kent safe ? I mainly mean Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells? I was in Maidstone recently, well the hospital and the buses seemed pretty full.
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Post by lg on Aug 26, 2024 12:00:17 GMT
As I asked earlier, when it comes to Arriva, is Kent safe ? I mainly mean Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells? I was in Maidstone recently, well the hospital and the buses seemed pretty full. I'm not sure you'll get a definitive answer to your question. There may be people in the know who won't divulge any information but I would suggest that you'll just have to wait and see. Neither advertising for drivers or buses running full would be an indication either way in my view. Ultimately it will be down to whether another operator is interested and if they're prepared to make an offer which is worth more to Arriva than keeping the depots
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Post by ServerKing on Aug 26, 2024 14:43:48 GMT
Does Arriva actually have any work in Sussex? Curious as the operator name is Arriva Kent & Sussex.
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Post by rogerout on Aug 26, 2024 15:34:11 GMT
Does Arriva actually have any work in Sussex? Curious as the operator name is Arriva Kent & Sussex. To my knowledge, Arriva don’t touch Sussex at all. Certainly not in years anyway.
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