http://www.yardleytravel.co.uk/Home.html
Can see that from Sunday 7th April YTravel will operate a 28Y service
Anyone ever heard of them? (even wonder what buses they might use and service hopefully not as bad as some other operators)
As it says on their website:-
"Our company has always been a family run business and has successfully provided coach hire for over 80 years. "
For many years they provided duplicates for National Express. I can remember one journey to Bristol in an ex Midland Red HHA---L Leopard.
I had heard of them but going back many years - I seem to remember they had a livert similar to Den Caney / Browns. I thought they had long finished operating.
The 'Y' suffix takes me back to the good old days of Travel YourBus! :)
I assume this will run the same as NX's 28 route
Dyas Road - Heartlands Hospital
Monday - Saturday Every 40 Minutes
There was an operator - Airshuttle UK - I think that ran on a section of the 28 route from Heartlands Hospital to ? Can anybody else remember this?
Be very intresting to see what buses they use, hopfully if they make a good impression it will open up the possibility of expansion and 1) open up new compitition in brum and 2) bring back the Y prefix to the streets.
There have been a few operators that have tried there luck on the 28. None of them lasted that long & none of them exist now!
Not including central buses of course who still operate a section.
I believe previous operators include
Tame Valley, Burman Travel, Frontline Buses, Airshuttle Uk,Shuttle Bus Uk (who used the ex Blackpool rebodied Atlanteans if memory serves), Petes Travel. I think even Midland Rider gave it a go.
I hope Yardley Travel have done their homework , it's certainly not a route I would have chosen.
Every time I've seen a small operator start services on the 28 I always hope they'd make the most of it and run the full route to Scott Arms, always seen that as too good an opportunity to miss out on when NX stop half the buses short.
But then again there's always hope that that will be a thing of the past with the North Bham review
I went past their depot today and they have a P reg dart parked up there
Any photo of the dart & is it in fleet livery
Quote from: Solo1 on March 15, 2013, 02:24:34 AM
Any photo of the dart & is it in fleet livery
Here it is still in Paragon livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/OtherWMops/Yardley/P902CTO.html
wonder if they will keep the livery for the 28y or respray it & on the subject of Pargon travel how many darts did they have
Quote from: Tony on March 15, 2013, 08:10:32 PM
Quote from: Solo1 on March 15, 2013, 02:24:34 AM
Any photo of the dart & is it in fleet livery
Here it is still in Paragon livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/OtherWMops/Yardley/P902CTO.html
They have another i think - P903 CTO
Quote from: neale95 on March 15, 2013, 09:57:36 PM
Quote from: Tony on March 15, 2013, 08:10:32 PM
Quote from: Solo1 on March 15, 2013, 02:24:34 AM
Any photo of the dart & is it in fleet livery
Here it is still in Paragon livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/OtherWMops/Yardley/P902CTO.html
They have another i think - P903 CTO
I am fairly certain P903 CTO was scrapped when it left Trent in 2010. P908 CTO has also been scrapped, not sure which others of this batch are available
Quote from: Tony on March 15, 2013, 10:01:25 PM
Quote from: neale95 on March 15, 2013, 09:57:36 PM
Quote from: Tony on March 15, 2013, 08:10:32 PM
Quote from: Solo1 on March 15, 2013, 02:24:34 AM
Any photo of the dart & is it in fleet livery
Here it is still in Paragon livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/OtherWMops/Yardley/P902CTO.html
They have another i think - P903 CTO
I am fairly certain P903 CTO was scrapped when it left Trent in 2010. P908 CTO has also been scrapped, not sure which others of this batch are available
I could be wrong, I only got a quick look going past on the bus. Im sure there were 2 darts there though in a similar livery
Quote from: neale95 on March 15, 2013, 10:25:59 PM
Quote from: Tony on March 15, 2013, 10:01:25 PM
Quote from: neale95 on March 15, 2013, 09:57:36 PM
Quote from: Tony on March 15, 2013, 08:10:32 PM
Quote from: Solo1 on March 15, 2013, 02:24:34 AM
Any photo of the dart & is it in fleet livery
Here it is still in Paragon livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/OtherWMops/Yardley/P902CTO.html
They have another i think - P903 CTO
I am fairly certain P903 CTO was scrapped when it left Trent in 2010. P908 CTO has also been scrapped, not sure which others of this batch are available
I could be wrong, I only got a quick look going past on the bus. Im sure there were 2 darts there though in a similar livery
Quite possibly, several ex Paragon darts don't seem to have found new homes yet, just cannot work out which one it would be
With Yardley Travel starting next week any one know
if the darts have been resprayed & what else they have
Nearly got a image was in a rush
FULL load as well :L
(https://wmbusphotos.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmb-web.co.uk%2FIMG_20130408_131136.jpg&hash=851030ff3b4cc027f5713062d8dba93fca60bcac)
(https://wmbusphotos.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmb-web.co.uk%2FIMG_20130408_131114.jpg&hash=e9a3a51fd70c1719eb678551946c0e676e02fe4a)
Was in a rush sorry :(
Note: They have no modern ticket machine (like GRS Travel)
White and Dark Green Livery
T72WWV is the second dart, I will have a photo on the main site tomorrow
Quote from: Tony on April 08, 2013, 08:39:31 PM
T72WWV is the second dart, I will have a photo on the main site tomorrow
Originally a NX Airlinks bus
Quote from: Winston on April 08, 2013, 09:22:58 PM
Quote from: Tony on April 08, 2013, 08:39:31 PM
T72WWV is the second dart, I will have a photo on the main site tomorrow
Originally a NX Airlinks bus
Now on the main site (it was dark when I finally went past their depot yesterday)
http://wmbusphotos.com/OtherWMops/Yardley/T72WWV.html
Quote from: Tony on April 09, 2013, 06:37:19 PM
Quote from: Winston on April 08, 2013, 09:22:58 PM
Quote from: Tony on April 08, 2013, 08:39:31 PM
T72WWV is the second dart, I will have a photo on the main site tomorrow
Originally a NX Airlinks bus
Now on the main site (it was dark when I finally went past their depot yesterday)
http://wmbusphotos.com/OtherWMops/Yardley/T72WWV.html
Another photo of it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/je1791/8634483135/in/photostream
PD0001300/1 - YARDLEY TRAVEL LTD, 68 - 70 BERKELEY ROAD EAST, HAY MILLS, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8NP
Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Heartlands Hospital and Heartlands Hospital given service number 28 effective from 15-Jun-2013.
Didn't last long did it!!!
Quote from: Steveminor on April 23, 2013, 11:42:16 AM
Didn't last long did it!!!
Nope, strange......
From a couple of reports on here I was under the impression that the Yardley Travel 28Y appeared to be doing alright for passenger numbers
Unfortunately 1 or 2 good trips don't make a route profitable, it's how it performs all day every day.
I'm not surprised really, nothing against Yardley Travel but the 28 just isn't busy enough without some other work to support it, like what Central buses did run around a school.
If you're going teething into bus operations you need to do it on something busier or ideally contract based.
The question now is will Yardley give up on the idea & sell the buses or will they try again elsewhere?
Quote from: Steveminor on April 23, 2013, 02:20:53 PM
Unfortunately 1 or 2 good trips don't make a route profitable, it's how it performs all day every day.
I'm not surprised really, nothing against Yardley Travel but the 28 just isn't busy enough without some other work to support it, like what Central buses did run around a school.
If you're going teething into bus operations you need to do it on something busier or ideally contract based.
The question now is will Yardley give up on the idea & sell the buses or will they try again elsewhere?
Steve I'm aware 1 or 2 good trips wont make the route profitable, I can only go what's posted on here as really visit that side of B'ham
It does seem a bit early to be making a decision about whether a route will be profitable or not. It does take a while for an operator to get established on a route.
Quote from: Winston on April 23, 2013, 01:45:18 PM
Quote from: Steveminor on April 23, 2013, 11:42:16 AM
Didn't last long did it!!!
Nope, strange......
From a couple of reports on here I was under the impression that the Yardley Travel 28Y appeared to be doing alright for passenger numbers
One went past me earlier while I was waiting for a real 28 ("real" being one to Scott Arms, not trying to say a non NX bus isn't real just in case people take it the wrong way), hadn't been a bus in a fair while so imagined it to be full, but no one caught it and only one person was on it
Have Yardley Travel stopped running on the 28E now as Tony has recently posted a photo of one of their Darts with 28 on the blinds.
Quote from: Lukeee on June 15, 2013, 11:04:15 PM
Have Yardley Travel stopped running on the 28E now as Tony has recently posted a photo of one of their Darts with 28 on the blinds.
On NWM, they were supposed to withdraw on the 9th June
Quote from: John on June 16, 2013, 03:41:22 AM
Quote from: Lukeee on June 15, 2013, 11:04:15 PM
Have Yardley Travel stopped running on the 28E now as Tony has recently posted a photo of one of their Darts with 28 on the blinds.
On NWM, they were supposed to withdraw on the 9th June
That one was parked, half on the pavement, outside someones house in Bordesley with no operators disc displayed
Has Yardley Travel closed down or moved as zara travel are now in the yard used by Yardley Travel unless they are sharing the yard
Quote from: Solo1 on March 12, 2017, 10:25:37 AM
Has Yardley Travel closed down or moved as zara travel are now in the yard used by Yardley Travel unless they are sharing the yard
They're no longer operating any coaches. I clicked on the link to there website at the start of this thread and from the website they appear to be selling clothes instead
@Solo1 So they appear to have had a change of approach.
Quote from: vinh1000 on February 22, 2013, 11:22:26 AM
http://www.yardleytravel.co.uk/Home.html
Though they're no longer operating any coaches or buses and are now selling clothes, they still appear to be called Yardley Travel.
Quote from: 2206 on August 05, 2017, 01:04:20 AM
They're no longer operating any coaches. I clicked on the link to there website at the start of this thread and from the website they appear to be selling clothes instead @Solo1
So they appear to have had a change of approach.
Though they're no longer operating any coaches or buses and are now selling clothes, they still appear to be called Yardley Travel.
That looks like a fake website to me. I certainly wouldn't buy anything from there!
EDIT: looks like I'm right:
https://www.whois.com/whois/yardleytravel.co.uk
Quote from: Stu on August 05, 2017, 11:18:01 AM
That looks like a fake website to me. I certainly wouldn't buy anything from there!
EDIT: looks like I'm right:
https://www.whois.com/whois/yardleytravel.co.uk
Just because the whois uses a masking service, it doesn't mean it's fake. The one for this website shows something similar, unless Tony's based in Panama!
https://www.whois.com/whois/wmbusphotos.co.uk
Quote from: DJ98 on August 05, 2017, 03:38:31 PM
Just because the whois uses a masking service, it doesn't mean it's fake. The one for this website shows something similar, unless Tony's based in Panama!
https://www.whois.com/whois/wmbusphotos.co.uk
Actually Tony's website is .com, not .co.uk ;)
Whichever way you look at it, that 'Yardley Travel' website is fake, no reputable online store would fail to list a business address. There are no terms & conditions and the Delivery Information page looks like its been badly translated from another language. I can guarantee that if anybody was to buy anything from there, they would not receive their purchase!
I have checked on Companies House, and Yardley Travel Ltd is still shown as an 'Active' company, although their registered address is presumably with their accountants in Edgbaston. According to the DVSA website, their operating licence was surrendered in 2015:
https://www.vehicle-operator-licensing.service.gov.uk/search/publication/search/?search=yardley%20travel&security=e445d00374ff4018c45cace638b0484e-a74a67c4a0f7bb2b8eb8d652aee98c51&text%5Bsearch%5D=yardley%20travel
What has presumably happened with the website is that they have allowed the domain name to expire, which means that someone else has registered it for their own nefarious purposes.
Stu I typed in wmbusphotos.com and it was addressed in Burlington MA USA
Quote from: BusFan94 on August 05, 2017, 07:18:18 PM
Stu I typed in wmbusphotos.com and it was addressed in Burlington MA USA
That is where Tony's hosting provider is based, you'll also notice the use of Domain Privacy Service. Not everybody is happy to have their name and address publically available in domain registration records.
Quote from: Stu on August 05, 2017, 07:24:24 PM
That is where Tony's hosting provider is based, you'll also notice the use of Domain Privacy Service. Not everybody is happy to have their name and address publically available in domain registration records.
My website is hosted by iPage, and it is them that are based in Burlington