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Arriva are covering the 35 route to borras park & most journeys on 41 to the industrial estate. Pats coaches are running the 146 to Whitchurch. routes 5 & 9 were already covered by arriva,, route 10 a couple of villages need serving & I think arriva x51 covers one of them. route 6 will be...

Just read elsewhere that stagecoach looking at taking over c56 as from tomorrow, they had a bus out following a Jones bus with some drivers on board, not sure if d Jones had a cheshire School contract tied in with c56 also, be interesting to see who will end up taking over some of Jones work as...

I know arriva couldnt bid on halton but what would problem be with bidding for warrington if they ever decide to sell, I've no idea if warrington would want to sell or how their finances are but i believe they charge some of highest fares in country

Not wanting to see halton go but it's no secret that stagecoach would want it, would tie into their expanding network nicely, don't think arriva would be to keen, diamond seem to be doing ok they are winning plenty of tender work in Lancashire & are starting to get a bigger on west side of...

How much can arriva cover of their network especially with the work they are taking on in gwynedd, they don't need to cover 5, 6, 9 as arriva cover most of as it is, it's a couple of villages on route 10 need covering that arriva could cover with 1 bus but it's routes east of town to barriers...

Arriva will be running the 1 also, timetable not updated as yet, s97 weekdays would be good for pwllheli if they can get it, due to extra work amlwch will be doing all of 62 route to free up room at bangor

Arriva also have the 1 from same date but timetable not updated as yet, a company called taxi gwynedd have registered the Caernarfon town routes from same date, johns travel take over 37 at same time, I'm not sure who will be on other routes as yet

They were until the fraud charges against 7 people have gone to court, this company has quite a few charges against them, arriva have advertised for drivers & need at least 14 buses for 7 routes they have gained, express have been in daily post over fraud case last month, so far I've read that...

Recently this company have been before courts & traffic commissioners over various offences & had their operating licence revoked from jan 1st 2018 but were in the process of getting a new traffic licence until 7 people working for the company are being sent to court over fraud charges, express...

In merseyside on Christmas day stagecoach will be running 11 routes every route serving a hospital, all routes run free of charge & run from lunch time until around 6pm, also mersey tunnels are free of charge on Christmas day, there are more services running on boxing day than new years day...

Close the depots, crosville closed their liverpool depot in 1987 due to a strike & the company never recovered, it was broken up in 1989, i remember crosville wales closing wrexham depot, independent operators had a field day even pmt crosville started on wrexham route, it took crosville wales...

The 10.03 liverpool to Newcastle on a Sunday was routed this way until they started raising bridges for electrification work, its in tpe contract for 1 passenger train a week to go over the route liverpool & manchester tpe drivers sign it & liverpool conductors sign the route, passes very close...

I didnt think chat moss would of been ready as i was travelling over it most days from advantage of cab view, i remember them announcing that it was finished when i knew there was a gap west of Astley box, 4 days later it was done & trains ran from date advertised, i think it will be open on...

West cheshire junction to mouldsworth was never on a closure list but just before privatisation west cheshire signal box burnt down. Trains at the time from stanlow were going more by road so be asked UK fertilisers could they sever their branch from west cheshire junction. They refused so the...

Every company in the country has a weak part, firsts problems were not caused by its bus division but their US operations which if they had sold or either not bought then it could of been a different story, yes first are having problems in the potteries but arriva have tried numerous times in...