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Title: Arriva Tenders on Boxing Day 2014
Post by: the trainbasher on December 01, 2014, 11:51:06 AM
Arriva have announced that Wednesfield will  be shut on boxing day so who do we think will be running their routes?
Title: Re: Arriva Tenders on Boxing Day 2014
Post by: Westy on December 01, 2014, 06:38:02 PM
Didnt Green Bus using Central Buses vehicles do Arriva last year?
Title: Re: Arriva Tenders on Boxing Day 2014
Post by: the trainbasher on December 01, 2014, 06:41:18 PM
And diamond in 2012
Title: Re: Arriva Tenders on Boxing Day 2014
Post by: 646 on December 01, 2014, 06:47:45 PM
Quote from: the trainbasher on December 01, 2014, 11:51:06 AM
Arriva have announced that Wednesfield will  be shut on boxing day so who do we think will be running their routes?

There's nothing to say Wednesfield will be shut?
Title: Re: Arriva Tenders on Boxing Day 2014
Post by: the trainbasher on December 01, 2014, 06:59:16 PM
Apart from the arriva website saying no service for boxing day in the west midlands/Staffordshire areas on their pdf files
Title: Re: Arriva Tenders on Boxing Day 2014
Post by: Stuharris 6360 on December 01, 2014, 07:13:38 PM
Quote from: the trainbasher on December 01, 2014, 06:59:16 PM
Apart from the arriva website saying no service for boxing day in the west midlands/Staffordshire areas on their pdf files

Surely then Centro will have tendered if they want Arriva's services to be covered, but as i haven't seen anything on VOSA, presumably there will be no services on there routes.
Title: Re: Arriva Tenders on Boxing Day 2014
Post by: 646 on December 01, 2014, 07:47:59 PM
Quote from: the trainbasher on December 01, 2014, 06:59:16 PM
Apart from the arriva website saying no service for boxing day in the west midlands/Staffordshire areas on their pdf files

I was being pedantic...

The depot isn't shut as Amazon will be operating.
Title: Re: Arriva Tenders on Boxing Day 2014
Post by: BN on December 01, 2014, 08:12:06 PM
Quote from: 646 on December 01, 2014, 06:47:45 PM
Quote from: the trainbasher on December 01, 2014, 11:51:06 AM
Arriva have announced that Wednesfield will  be shut on boxing day so who do we think will be running their routes?

There's nothing to say Wednesfield will be shut?

Tom,

Wednesfield is open Boxing day and will be tendering for boxing day services.