Reays new 74 started last monday which resurected the old 65 route at the Currock end. They have a couple of un-branded MCV's on at the moment
Sol
They do... one of the 74's decided to come do Scalegate Rd tody from Sunnymeade which is totally off route. Makes me wonder if they are running an un-registered early 63 again which then goes onto a 74 and the driver changed his blind early.
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Reays are saying they're winning the battle. Are they, and who will win, operator wise?
There is not a battle as such. Stagecoach have improved things since Reays come on seen but IMO Reays are not a serious threat and are not taking a great deal of customers away from Stagecoach having seen comparison journeys from both operators daily since it started.
Reays customer level changes from 1 day to the next. They are busy in the peak and the 63/63A's are heaving at school start/finish time but then again so are the 67s/68s. There is no customer loyalty in Carlisle.
If Stagecoach were interested more would be done to stop Reays from getting a foothold.
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Don't know what you mean Robert, Where did you hear they where winning the battle !!
Sol
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I have been told a large operator are ready to jump on board with Reays and they have 2 new Enviro's on the way followed by 10 more MCV's.
Its true about the Enviros but where on earth does the 10 MCV's come in to it? Doubt he will be allowed to register new routes until he can prove himself to the TC after earlier trouble and there isnt 10 buses the MCVS can replace either that would make any sort of sense. Unless he plans to sell them straight on and park them at his house like the Enviro 200s and older Enviro 300's but that would be totally pointless.
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I can't see SC quitting anytime soon. The company tactic when it comes's to competition is cut fares and throw money at the area. If anything Reays are doing the people of Carlisle a favour in that SC will be stepping up their game and concentrating on providing a better and more affordable service!
Hit the nail on the head! The only winners here are the customers. Cannot see fares going down anymore or they will end up with a Preston Bus style situation where the fares are still not at a level they should be at.
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agreed to a point Dallamlad, but how long is it (maybe a Cumbrian can confirm) til SC 's council contracts for some runs come up and these clouns outbid them? its a bit concerning, given what we know already about the owners, urm, success rate with other business ventures.
The majority of tenders were put up a short while ago.
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nice to see reays getting represented on the forum seen as it looks like they here to stay i wonder if they will ever come to workington or whitehaven ?
also i wonder if this is to stop reays doing a carlisle to penrith bus
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/s...nrith-bus-services-1.929081?referrerPath=news
Nothing to do with any threat from Reays. They are just using 2 buses that would otherwise sit around all day in between school duties. Hence why 2 double decks are being used at all times.
On an interesting note however is that Alba Travel have registered a route between Penrith & Keswick. If it is a service filling the gaps from the X5 then Stagecoach have dropped a clanger here as Penrith should be doing that already to make it half hourly or even running all the X5s through to Penrith which is certainly needed in the peak of season.
