D&G Buses

[semppec]

They're in service now, and have been discussed on here already. The Versas are at Stoke but two have been loaned to Crewe to cover for the two new MMCs transferring to Shrewsbury. The additional MMC is going to Shrewsbury.

D&G also have a plain white slimline mini Solo on loan at the Macclesfield depot. It has 25 seats crammed into a small space, with the seats being the same type as on the Belle Vue Versas, that used to be the TfGM school buses.

I've also noticed a plain white 64 reg Enviro 200 has appeared on the bus times fleet list, it's been given fleet number 5028 and is tracking on the 12 route today.

3 of the Versas are currently on loan to Crewe: 788, 789, 792. As replacements for 573, 5011, 5012 that have gone to Shrewsbury.

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I believe the E200MMC is ex-Moffat & Williamson SN66WHR, which is yet to enter service

SN66WHR, is currently having work done at Crewe. Soon to be on the roads hopefully numbered 5222

 

[em81]

Very few buses tracking today. The Congleton locals were, but nothing else seemed to be.

 

[nonabrow]

Very few buses tracking today. The Congleton locals were, but nothing else seemed to be.

This is purely speculative, but the Congleton locals may have been tracking as the regular bus on it also used to operate those routes for Hollinshead, who may have used different ticket machines, and they were never changed to match the rest of D&G's fleet.

 

[em81]

This is purely speculative, but the Congleton locals may have been tracking as the regular bus on it also used to operate those routes for Hollinshead, who may have used different ticket machines, and they were never changed to match the rest of D&G's fleet.

Congleton locals require 3 vehicles now due to the enhancements since Hollinshead ran them. Solo 3018 was tracking on them yesterday, 3019 today.

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There are D&G and Hotspur tickets but they cost more than what's now called D&G Staffordshire and Cheshire.

They also have an introductory offer of £10 weekly tickets for the Shrewsbury zone.

Our Fares | D&G Bus

www.dgbus.co.uk

 

[theshillito]

The Hotspur website is live too https://hotspurbus.co.uk/ , which seems to be very inconsistent on it being "HOTSPUR" (all capitals) and "Hotspur" (title case). I notice some special day return fares too, with a "connect ticket" ("Purchase a Hotspur Connect ticket on route 301 and use the same ticket to travel to/from Newcastle, Hanley or Shrewsbury on route 64 or to/from Whitchurch and Wellington on route 340") and a service 20 discounted return fare. I also notice they're using the myTrip app that D&G used to use before they made their own (also interestingly, the myTrip Hotspur "All Zones" ticket includes D&G, hopefully that won't cause confusion for D&G drivers).

EDIT: At what point does Hotspur require a new thread being made separate to D&G?

 

[Simon75]

The Hotspur website is live too https://hotspurbus.co.uk/ , which seems to be very inconsistent on it being "HOTSPUR" (all capitals) and "Hotspur" (title case). I notice some special day return fares too, with a "connect ticket" ("Purchase a Hotspur Connect ticket on route 301 and use the same ticket to travel to/from Newcastle, Hanley or Shrewsbury on route 64 or to/from Whitchurch and Wellington on route 340") and a service 20 discounted return fare. I also notice they're using the myTrip app that D&G used to use before they made their own (also interestingly, the myTrip Hotspur "All Zones" ticket includes D&G, hopefully that won't cause confusion for D&G drivers).

EDIT: At what point does Hotspur require a new thread being made separate to D&G?

Already done a few weeks ago

Hotspur (Centrebus)

New thread for Hotspur (part of D&G/ Centrebus) Current timetables on bustimes.org https://bustimes.org/operators/hotspur

www.railforums.co.uk

 

[nonabrow]

At what point does Hotspur require a new thread being made separate to D&G?

Im fairly certain there already is one.

 

[Dwarfer1979]

The Hotspur website is live too https://hotspurbus.co.uk/ , which seems to be very inconsistent on it being "HOTSPUR" (all capitals) and "Hotspur" (title case).

Not really. The logo, which acts as the fleetname on the buses, with the Knight imagery as the O and other detailing, is capitalised and so in places where the logo would be shown such as the headers of the the web page that is used but where writing it in a sentence it is just a word and so is title case as it would be for any other company name.

There did appear to be some confusion about whether the S would be capitalised as some of the initial social media posts had but that doesn't appear to have survived that initial viewing.

 

[theshillito]

Not really. The logo, which acts as the fleetname on the buses, with the Knight imagery as the O and other detailing, is capitalised and so in places where the logo would be shown such as the headers of the the web page that is used but where writing it in a sentence it is just a word and so is title case as it would be for any other company name.

There did appear to be some confusion about whether the S would be capitalised as some of the initial social media posts had but that doesn't appear to have survived that initial viewing.

I'm sure I saw it in all capitals in more places, but now it seems just the "HOTSPUR Connect" ticket retains all caps.