Hotspur (Centrebus)

[DS25]

The Meole Brace P&R is no longer closing, so I presume Hotspur will run that, because they operate the other 3 P&R routes in Shrewsbury from the 1st November.

The article also says about closing the Oxon and Meole sites, in favour for one site in Bowbrook.

Shrewsbury's at-risk park and ride site to stay open - for now

A petition to keep the site open has been signed by around 5,000 residents.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[em81]

Enviro 200s YX72 OMG and YX72 OGY have been sold by Mistral to Centrebus. I wonder if they'll directly or indirectly be used to provide the P&R services?

 

[SSmith2009]

Enviro 200s YX72 OMG and YX72 OGY have been sold by Mistral to Centrebus. I wonder if they'll directly or indirectly be used to provide the P&R services?

on their the-bus-shop.uk website they also have some older E200mmcs listed as sold to Centrebus Group/D&G Bus.

 

[DS25]

on their the-bus-shop.uk website they also have some older E200mmcs listed as sold to Centrebus Group/D&G Bus.

Those being YX68 ULS and YX68 ULP which are both ex-Falcon

 

[SSmith2009]

574 YY73 REU has been repainted into a lilac fronted/purple rear variant of the Centrebus livery ready for the Shrewsbury P&R routes.

 

[em81]

Those being YX68 ULS and YX68 ULP which are both ex-Falcon

They are still tracking on Falcon services, but that may be because the ticket machines have been moved but not reprogrammed.

The 68 reg ones are the same age and size as 5001 and 5002 currently at Macclesfield.

 

[DS25]

574 YY73 REU in the P&R livery, https://bustimes.org/vehicles/dagc-574-yy73-reu has it with the teal band and a blue end, meaning the livery is slightly revised, I can't tell from the image, but it'll be nice to see an upgrade to the falling apart versa's on the P&R!

 

[em81]

574 YY73 REU in the P&R livery, https://bustimes.org/vehicles/dagc-574-yy73-reu has it with the teal band and a blue end, meaning the livery is slightly revised, I can't tell from the image, but it'll be nice to see an upgrade to the falling apart versa's on the P&R!

Shame the newish buses for Shropshire means older buses for existing D&G and Chaserider routes.

 

[semppec]

Shame the newish buses for Shropshire means older buses for existing D&G and Chaserider routes.

Unfortunate yes, but there are some replacements on the way

 

[SeanM1997]

D&G has registered, on behalf of Hotspur, to operate the Meole Brace Park & Ride from 1 November 2026. Registration in link below:

Pardon Our Interruption

 

[DS25]

D&G has registered, on behalf of Hotspur, to operate the Meole Brace Park & Ride from 1 November 2026.

Good to see that route being saved, will mean that more buses will be needed, about 3 more

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https://bustimes.org/services/mpr-meole-brace-park-ride-shrewsbury The Meole Brace P&R has now been registered to bustimes.org, with it not getting additional evening services unlike the other Park & Rides