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Is this Centrebus being rebranded or splitting D&G off, does anyone know?New thread for Hotspur (part of D&G/ Centrebus)
Current timetables on bustimes.org
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This is a new trading name for services running in Shrewsbury and Market Drayton from September.
TheGrandWazoo
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Isn't this just another branch of D&G Bus, similar in concept to Chaserider but adopting another 1980s era name?
Justin Tyme
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It is indeed. It's a new operation as the Centrebus group has won Shropshire tenders from 1 September, to be followed by the Shrewsbury Park & Ride contracts a little later in the year.
A depot is being opened in Shrewsbury and services have been registered by D&G Bus. So far they comprise some Shrewsbury locals, 64 Shrewsbury - Market Drayton - Hanley, 558 Shrewsbury - Montgomery, and a Market Drayton town service.
Does anyone know where in Shrewsbury this depot will be?
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samashtonpalla
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Shrewsbury I believe...
I mean in shrewsbury obviously shouldve made that clearer
capitalpotter
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I thought the same about the 340.New timetables for route 20 (Shrewsbury - Radbrook Green) and 301 (Market Drayton Circular) now on Bus Times
Hotspur
Will be interesting if the 340 Whitchurch - Wellington moves over to Hotspur
Even the 41 could run from Shrewsbury with a similar dead mileage
If Hotspur ever won the 511 they could probably interwork
64 Hanley - Market Drayton - Shrewsbury
We are pleased to announce, Shropshire Council have awarded us the contract to operate the 64 service, from 1st September 2026.
The service will operate Monday to Saturday, and the route is as per the current Arriva route but we will no longer serve Blackbrook between Baldwins Gate and Ashley.
Timetable can be found HERE
markymark2000
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Are you sure?
The 41 works with 3 buses. Of which
1 starts in Whitchurch and finishes in Chester
1 starts in Tattenhall and finishes in Tattenhall
1 starts in Chester and finishes in No Mans Heath
Bar the 1 bus which starts in Whitchurch, every single dead run is 10+ miles extra dead running each way from Shrewsbury the 41 start/end point, versus Crewe to 41 start/end point.
Sure. If you want a stupidly unreliable bus, or very inefficient one. The 41 serves chester which has unpredictable heavy traffic. And the 41 timetable is built somewhat around some school transportation. The 511 serving Shrewsbury which somehow has even worse, unpredictable traffic. Especially from Harlescott into Shrewsbury near the train station.
You'd be completely and utterly barmy to interwork the two services. That's before you look as the fact 1 driver couldn't do a round trip within the 5h30 stint, so you would have to timetable and guarantee a 30 minute break in Chester (if running from the Shrewsbury end), which while doable, makes things a lot less flexible and means the smallest thing goes wrong and you end up delaying the rest of the trips.
capitalpotter
Member
The new livery has been revealed too. Red and blue with the stripe being teal
SalopBuses
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I know I'm talking about a D&G bus service here (though Hotspur is a subsidiary) however I think for the 340 I always wondered why it does not seve Tilstock after going through Press Heath with a stop at Alderford Lake which is a popular summer tourist spot, would bring more people using the service if they stopped there.