YorkRailFan
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Is J&B Travel going to be the operator of the 014 & N014 between York and Leeds starting in April?
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Trainman40083
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The diagrams seemed to start and finish in Derby, but no more coaches are expected for Midland General.
This is not all routes
markymark2000
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Is that perhaps due to a different coach to normal being used? Or have Flix perhaps got fed up of the complaints as the Paris route drivers rarely ever stuck to the seat reservations and so Flix had to keep refunding people who paid the uplift.
WiltsBus
Member
My neighbour messaged me to ask if it is accurate that she can't take her shoes off on Flix. I don't know why she'd want to.
318266
Member
Regardless of policy, I think I'd probably just tell her a short "yes, it is accurate" out of the respect of common social decency.
henryb
Member
Pretty reliable, haven’t had any issues and as it’s night largely on time
The N49 from London to Penzance is very reliable, with 25 plate Yutong normally, and it has lots of time built in from London to Bristol, often having short breaks at stops, as often arrives early unless M4 closed overnight. After Bristol it’s tight timed to Taunton then onto Exeter,but still normally on time.
Good to hear, thanks both! Never been further than Exeter on a coach so looking forward to it!
Does it stop at motorway services or at booked stops between London and Bristol?
henryb
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Haven’t had it stop at motorway services, normally waits at reading and longer at Bristol
Steddenm
Established Member
The BBC are reporting that Flixbus have been banished from Leeds City Bus Station:
It does go on go state that it is due to some issues with Flixbus services and not following their protocols at the bus station.
BBC News - FlixBus condemns removal from Leeds Bus Station - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk
It does go on go state that it is due to some issues with Flixbus services and not following their protocols at the bus station.
BBC News - FlixBus condemns removal from Leeds Bus Station - BBC News
FlixBus condemns removal from Leeds Bus Station
FlixBus says being banned from operating from Leeds Bus Station is an 'insult' to residents.
www.bbc.co.uk
markymark2000
On Moderation
Interesting move from the combined authority. I can't see Flix taking this lying down given they have been working hard over the past few years to gain access to bus/coach stations.
markymark2000
On Moderation
Were you there when the photo was being taken? Any proof that the vehicle is parked? It could have been moving or it may have only stopped to keep a safer distance with the bus in front or letting someone pull out. Big conclusion to jump to that it was parked illegally. The photo is also from the BBC journalist (per the photo credit on the article) and not a Flixbus own photo! I'm not sure how one sentence can have so many flaws.
Where are you getting your figures from that Flixbus is doubling the number of services? It clearly says increase by 50% which is not doubling the number of services! I count that from 1st April, Flixbus plans to introduce another 24 departures per day from Leeds. Of which, 5 of them were already scheduled to run at night so depart from outside. And some of these extra departures within the bus station are at times when Flixbus already has fewer departures.
Sounds plausible depending on how Flixbus has skewed the stats. Bearing in mind there are an awful lot of stops in their systems which are poorly served, or only served as Flix is a reseller for the stop. Or there's lot of stops where you can only board or only alight and so usage there is lower. There's a lot of ways of making Leeds be in the top 1%, just takes a bit of playing about.
If you read the article it answers some of this for you. The figure is annually and based on coaches to West Yorkshire so would include NatEx at a minimum. Depending on how much Flixbus wants to big up the numbers though, by the time you look through a passengers journey and the supply chains, it all adds up.
A passengers hotel, food or travel prior or post journey. Nat Ex/Flix paying local operators, paying local staff, local parts suppliers, local fuel suppliers in some cases. Parts and fuel suppliers paying their own local suppliers and staff. IT's a long old chain which means a lot of money passes through local companies and local people and local people spend in local shops. That is before you look at all of the Yutong coaches which are being bought from Pellican who are *checks notes* based in West Yorkshire which brings their supply chain into any economical benefits too.
Your comment comes across as just blindly bashing Flix while not having read the article first, and making things up to suit your prejudice.
Or kick said providers off the network, least sit down with them and explain the issue.
The N49 Penzance-London and VV, doesn’t stop at services for 30 mins break like Nat Ex, but has time at stops if running to time or early. From Exeter-London and VV. The breaks Exeter-London, are typically Taunton approx 5 mins for driver change, Bristol 10 mins as booked, Reading 10 mins approx as often running early, few mins Heathrow, then London-Exeter typically Heathrow th10 mins, Reading 10 mins, Bristol approx 15 mins unless overnight closures, then Taunton 5 mins change drivers. the service s reliable, and is within few mins of time by London or Exeter on return, and pretty much guaranteed 25 plate Yutong, which find comfortable enough, though others have said leg room poor.
Have they also been kicked out of Bristol Bus and coach station? Just seen a 940 pick up at the old stop on Bond Street.The BBC are reporting that Flixbus have been banished from Leeds City Bus Station:
It does go on go state that it is due to some issues with Flixbus services and not following their protocols at the bus station.
BBC News - FlixBus condemns removal from Leeds Bus Station - BBC News
FlixBus condemns removal from Leeds Bus Station
FlixBus says being banned from operating from Leeds Bus Station is an 'insult' to residents.
pompey_monkey
New Member
Unlikely given First Bus own Bristol Bus station and are a Flix operator
Very true, unless certain services are still scheduled to use Bond St and that journey of the 940 I saw is one of them? And there was a major incident in Bristol City Centre yesterday so that could have also impacted operations.
I took the 031 Glasgow to London overnight service and it stopped at Wetherby Services for 30mins as it was running early. Usually you don't get service station stops on Flixbus.
The N31?
Did it leave Leeds early? It only has 35 minutes to get from Leeds to Meadowhall.
markymark2000
On Moderation
If it's heading southbound, it would be stopping at Wetherby Services before it got to Leeds.
Yes the N31, usually runs from Penrith to Leeds over the A66 but also goes via the M62.
I got off at Leeds.
leedslad82
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Well it sounds like they going to be replacing leeds bus station stop with a stop outside cafe nero on sovereign street. So where the leeds fest and elland road specials run from
EYFanatic
Member
Do you have a link to that as I've not seen anything and the booking engine shows Leeds bus station for me
Some of the services now show the Leeds stop as 'Sovereign Street' when you search for journeys from April 1st onwards.
Just hope the booking system doesn't has a complete meltdown and changes me onto some completely different timed services like they have done before, although may be more difficult this time given there's only one trip in each direction on the 073 that stops at Darlington (new stop on the network, starting from next week).