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I could relate "Pennine" to Elland depot but no so much to Waterloo. Last month they brought us a reincarnation of Ribble, next Pennine, then what?

Just seen a post from another source that Transdev have set up a new operating company "Team Pennine" which is presumed to be the vehicle for acquisition of Yorkshire Tiger. There's also a registration of a new company on Companies House website.

Basically correct - the fun starts when the reimbursing authority pays a different % of the adult fare. Peter Shipp of EYMS quoted the example of a passenger travelling from (say) Bridlington in East Yorkshire to Scarborough in North Yorkshire and back again. East Yorkshire paid a higher % than...

Here's the official line: https://www.route-one.net/news/change-allows-greater-bus-capacity-in-england-from-17-may/?utm_source=routeone&utm_campaign=fb1ed31ee8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_04_21_08_14_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_584b65a2d5-fb1ed31ee8-100577937

I think we could agree that anyone looking for a driving job in East Lancashire is hardly likely to find York or Harrogate attractive.

Thanks for that - and no doubt Tiger will be in the queue.

It appears that Transdev have reinvented the "low cost unit" which was the fashion in the late 80s, and their Low Cost Unit is Rosso where all new drivers are expected to start. So if that is the case it makes sense to have a Rosso unit at each of their garages.

Ribble and Standerwick used to route expresses through the garage at Kendal to access the apron at the far end of the garage which passed for a coach station. And the single deck garage at Worthing doubled as the Southdown coach station.

Well it would be popular with the twirlies who have to pay (at least) half fare on the train. Whether it would make any serious money is another matter,

Stagecoach didn’t make many friends in Huddersfield. When they took over from Tracky there were links to Leeds and Barnsley which they severed. There was a public meeting called down the Dearne Valley area at which accusations they were running the operation down were vehemently denied and a...

The 498 was a politically motivated purchase as WYPTE didn't have any buses running into Wakefield and wanted to show the NBC companies who was boss. 1618670119 Was a "low cost unit" operated outside of the main Arriva business and aimed specifically at picking up tendered work. It was a joint...

Yes the Councillors (and Unions) were vociferous in their demands that we bought locally. Didn't do to look around the car park though, to see what they turned up in.

And Hull relieved Merseyside of seven of theirs when they were up for disposal. At Bradford they enjoyed the protection of the new heated underground garage at the Interchange. Bradford used the highest amount of salt on the roads anywhere in West Yorkshire and on return to the garage they were...

The saloon was known as the Metro Scania. Production came to an early conclusion - Tom Knowles relates how he was impressed sufficiently to want to order some for Lancaster but was told it was too late, unless he was prepared to underwrite the cost of reopening - and closing - the production...

I have one of Malcolm Keeley's books in which he says it was the resident vehicle on a service 993 Birmingham Airport - fleet number 4242

Not to mention five Metrobuses which had a bit of a stop/start existence.

I recall seeing them dumped behind the new Tameside garage in late 1982. Possibly been there since the first Certificates of Fitness expired.

I suspect the length of time kept and the amount spent on repairs would be linked to the written down value at any one time - awkward questions would be asked if buses were sold leaving a hole in the book value. I was at Tyne and Wear at the time the large number of Metropolitans came into the...

Witchway (X43) now runs Burnley - Manchester. Burnley - Skipton is a separate service "Pendle Whizz" (you couldn't make it up could you?) Mods please delete if this has already been listed - Hulleys of Baslow new Sheffield - Manchester: South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester.

Or Arthur Scargill ?????