Recent content by bussnapperwm

OLE doesn't go to Barnes iirc, unless you plan on knitting the whole bit between Barnes and Willesden? :D

Today (Fri 26th) had several cancellations on the Snow Hills and apparently on the Shrewsburys, with at one stage virtually every other train between Worcester and Snow Hill cancelled due to train crew issues

Birmingham hasn't ran in years iirc (cancelled due to tram works, then COVID)

In the latest of the applications to run additional WMCL services, London Northwestern Railway (LNWR) have announced plans to serve Manchester Victoria and Manchester Airport - https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/whats-new/manchester 1719835725 Press Release can be...

Yes, 4816 BX09PFZ. It's the one that became 4799.

Yes, they are purchases, not leases. National Express WM leased them from Dawsons rentals new for the 9/141 Halesowen - Birmingham corridor. One of them is a reregistration due to a horrific incident which forced its internal transfer between depots (which is why there is no BX09 PFZ) in 2013/2014.

The 61 plates are former National Express Dundee Volvo B7RLEs that they sold to McGills when Dundee was disposed of. The 48xxs mentioned of National Express West Midlands are Enviro400s of 2009 vintage, and the 68 plates are ex First Group Enviro200MMCs.

Tom Stables, the former National Express UK and Germany CEO, is the CEO for this venture. Their own website* (in a Q&A with Stables) describes it as a merger * source - https://www.coachtravelgroup.com/news-and-media/qa-tom-stables-ceo

To be fair, the owner of BusLink is the former owner of Midland Classic, so your comment about history repeating itself is kind of ironic

I was thinking earlier, as I was looking at some old photographs, of bus destinations that aren't actually in the settlement or locality displayed. Example of which, the former National Express West Midlands 636 used to display "Quinton Stag" at its final destination at one stage, even though...

I would say WiFi, especially with the speeds being worse than a 4G data package, but people would probably get the pitchforks out

Streetdecks are booked on the 002, 16A and 50, so thats normal. Sone white streetlites are recent second hand purchases

I noticed that the O Licence and Companies House registration for this has now changed to South Derbyshire Coaches (changed in March 2024)

The Skiers Lodge trading as Easycoach

I remember that Herne Bay or Whitstable also had park and ride services (as they are in the Canterbury Council area) in the past too