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Post by greeny253 on Jul 1, 2008 9:17:19 GMT
One thing i don't get is why is GY still Arriva Southend/Kent Thameside when it has NO commercial routes. Surely Arriva should transfer operation over to Arriva London North. Would make much more logical sense Agreed - it's only doing TfL work (as is DT now) so why not transfer operations to Arriva London and give the drivers the pay increase to reflect it..... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2008 13:21:26 GMT
...now that would be a hefty pay rise for the GY drivers...  |
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Post by greeny253 on Jul 5, 2008 13:25:08 GMT
...now that would be a hefty pay rise for the GY drivers... Knowing what your talking about you guys would love it ;D ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2008 12:44:18 GMT
One thing i don't get is why is GY still Arriva Southend/Kent Thameside when it has NO commercial routes. Surely Arriva should transfer operation over to Arriva London North. Would make much more logical sense Is part of Arriva Southend Ltd. Southend Ltd would probably want to keep it so they get the money from TfL otherwise they'd probably shut up shop. One rumor i heard ages ago was that if Arriva had to close down the least profitable garage, it would be Southend. Cheers PJ |
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Post by john on Jul 11, 2008 19:33:41 GMT
One thing i don't get is why is GY still Arriva Southend/Kent Thameside when it has NO commercial routes. Surely Arriva should transfer operation over to Arriva London North. Would make much more logical sense Is part of Arriva Southend Ltd. Southend Ltd would probably want to keep it so they get the money from TfL otherwise they'd probably shut up shop. One rumor i heard ages ago was that if Arriva had to close down the least profitable garage, it would be Southend. Cheers PJ Maybe that's just what they should do. Look at what was Arriva Colchester. Since Arriva sold it, there's been more investment than at any time under Arriva's ownership |
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Post by Tangy on Jul 14, 2008 19:46:29 GMT
Talking of Arriva Colchester, the wheel comes full circle as Arriva (as in the HQ) has bought the entire TGM operation up and down the country. This includes Burton Coaches, operators of Network Colchester, so Arriva is back in Colchester after only five years!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2008 14:42:12 GMT
Colchester didn't think it could escape from Arriva for that long did it now? Also one of the Arriva buses running around Southend has notices inside ending "Arriva serving Colchester"  . Cheers PJ |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2008 8:32:24 GMT
And also, Basildon Direct branded Dart 3321 has had LED Scrolls fitted...i bet passengers will still ask "is this a 5" or "does this go to Basildon" etc.
Two more Darts had LED Scrolls fitted but due to an error in programming, they've gone back to wherever fitted them to have the error corrected.
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Post by greeny253 on Jul 18, 2008 20:25:03 GMT
I had wondered when LED scrolls were going to start reaching Southend Garage.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2008 7:31:26 GMT
The are being fitted to two buses a night, along with CCTV and screens in the drivers cab that show whats behind the bus when it is reversing, although the reversing screens do not work because they cannot afford the wiring!
Also from what i can tell, only the SLF Dart's are getting this treatment.
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