Trainman40083
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I am told they will terminate at the same point, although no idea where that is.. It might explain why the 2s are changing times at the same date.
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Do Arriva use AI software, like First do ?
markymark2000
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My first question would be given the X1 is going to serve Bletchley Bus Station, how do you expect to safely load wheelchairs onto coaches here?
As for the service changes, I have to question why does the 3 keep being picked on for longer and longer journey times? Surely there are better ways of serving the housing developments and industrial units without having the 3 take forever? There has got to be a cut off point here where you go, actually people at Amazon or Eagle Farm for example, won't travel on the bus when the journey times are so long.
Why is there excessive amounts of dead mileage? What a colossal waste when this can be used to cheaply improve services (such as 3 buses currently run dead to Aylesbury. Multiple buses dead from Wolverton to CMK which could be instead put on an additional 5s very cheaply. Given MK is a London Commutery area, you need to be providing the earlier buses to the train stations and later buses back. Replacing dead mileage with some service runs could significantly help boost early morning/late evening provision between MK and Wolverton.
With Bletchley about to become a much busier train station with East West Rail, the lack of bus link from Tettenhoe and Westcroft I think is a mistake. People are forced to drive to the train instead as multi modal just wouldn't work. CMK is treated too much as the centre of the world and if you want to get a bus to anywhere else such as Bletchley to then catch the new trains, you're a bit stuffed.
joieman
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Service changes have been announced effective the 6th of January next year, including a new bus service in the Coalville area.
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Hate to say this, given I remember the early (read dark) days of Diamond in Birmingham well, but Diamond are currently putting Arriva to shame in Tamworth...
Yes, it's a much smaller operation, but they are running, newer, well presented buses and actually seem to care about punctuality.
Turning out a fleet of spotless buses at this time of year, every day, is impressive on it's own!
Yes, it's a much smaller operation, but they are running, newer, well presented buses and actually seem to care about punctuality.
Turning out a fleet of spotless buses at this time of year, every day, is impressive on it's own!
@arrivamatt Would a extention of the Xt X1 Milton Keynes to Luton/Airport , to Stansted be viable?
I know there are only a few National Express services?
I know there are only a few National Express services?
Trainman40083
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It looks like the expected move of up to 20 VDL /Wright Pulsars are on the move from Merseyside to DERBY . 18 identified so far, released by new Enviro 200MMCs on Merseyside.
markymark2000
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Would they be allowed to operate such a service given the silly concession scheme which tends to limit such innovation and new opportunities?
zkyx02
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Oh wonderful! Older VDLs which will be shagged when they arrive…
Seriously how many more of these internal moves will Arriva be able to pull off until the penny finally drops that they need to start placing some big orders...
The longer they leave it, the bigger the order will have to be.
zkyx02
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Derby’s last big order was 2008, only due to the DDA rules that arrived that year.
would rather keep the OmniCitys & B9s over anything else that’ll be internally transferred.
Trainman40083
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Of course they had all those 68 plated (2018) Streetlites. Still not ridden on one.
zkyx02
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Horrible things, would rather have the solo SRs back
Trainman40083
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Can't recall riding on an Arriva Solo either. I guess I never use the relevant routes
Bustimes edits shows the following coming to Derby:
2952 - MX09 LXY
2953 - MX09 LXZ
2954 - MX09 JHH
2955 - MX09 JHK
2956 - MX09 JHL
2957 - MX09 JHO
2959 - MX09 JHV
2958 - MX09 JHU
2965 - MX09 OOJ
2972 - MX09 OPC
2973 - MX09 OPD
2977 - MX09 OPH
2989 - MX59 JZE
2993 - MX59 JZJ
3000 - MX59 AAE
3003 - MX59 AAK
3004 - MX59 AAN
3005 - MX59 AAO
A nice mix of current, interurban and Cotswold stone livery's!
Tamworth had some B9's as part of the same batch for the 110, Derby's B9's look to be in a better shape than the E400's that replaced Tamworth's B9's 10 years ago!
Robertj21a
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Presumably some renumbering imminent.
zkyx02
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That’ll keep MRC busy for a few months then.
Derbys E400s aren’t the worst to be honest, the lack of heating is very noticeable at the moment though.
There's unlikely to be much demand for travel between Luton Airport and Stansted Airport - neither are 'connecting' hubs in the way Heathrow or Gatwick are.
It will also be a slow journey - Google Maps reckons about 1h 20m - probably more for a coach, and neither would be serving anywhere of signifcance en-route. IIRC a Stevenage - Stansted route was tried for a while but didn't last. And if you go back a long time, the Green Line 724 was extended from Harlow (having come through mid-Herts) to Stansted but again, ended up being truncated back to Harlow.
Tamworths still look smart, but they have been hammered on the 110.
I've too noticed how cold they are, it's like there don't actually have heating fitted!
busspotter1
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Ah yes the "newer" buses. I wouldn't be surprised if these were higher mileage than the current omnicities.
Nice to see them taking the time to paint them before releasingt hem.
Trainman40083
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They will paint them? How strange
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Seems some 3000 up may still be tracking on Merseyside..Okay, it could just be the ticket machines.
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Heating? Tell me about it, we have lovely new Arriva Electric buses in Leicester yet every morning at 06:30 we sit at Fosse Park with the doors open for five minutes because of arriving early and complaining to the drivers does nothing!
Trainman40083
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Reminds of local trains in the winter months when all the doors opened whether anyone wanted to get off or not.
3006 onwards are still in use and expected to move to Arriva North East, this in turn is said to see some Stockton Streetlites move to Laird Street. Wythenshawe final month is now, the probable thing to leave play out before anything else changes.
Trainman40083
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That got renumbered quickly
Yeah, looks like they might be going into consecutive fleet numbers since there's quite a big gap between that and the current numbers
I wonder if they will track correctly as quickly as they got renumbered too
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