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why is the 110 always decker operated whenever ive seen it its only ever about a third full at the most?

Will midland ever start some new services in the Cannock area? maybe walsall or brum ones?

Any idea what routes theyre going on? I cant see them operating the Cannock ones really, not busy enough

Doubt it'll last beyond that cos although the buses are busy, theyre full of pensioners at busiest times or people with n bus tickets etc, so itll either require ongoing support or itll go

arriva ought to go back on the 156, i remember it, allthough i dont know why it was always worked with deckers, ecw olympians and finally east lancs citybuses?

I disagree i'm afraid. WMPTE were far better than todays set up, they invested just as much in new buses, were innovative ( travel cards/ centre bus etc), just as much as private operators. Also it was run as a public service, profit shouldnt come into it. Also, by 1990 Thatcher had begun to accept the case for privatisation of rail, come one seriously, are you suggesting that if she hadnt have resigned that bitch would have left ANYTHING under public ownership?

Apparently arriva are running it til sept while a more secure longer term areangement is sought. what would you make of that? another operator poss??

is that why theyre supporting the X31 then?

All deregulation has led to is Private monopolies, also privatisation has had similar crap effects in other industries, eg i would say Councils are far better landlords than private housing associations, who provide a similar sometimes poorer level of service than councils at far higher rents, and also look at the railways!

I still think there is a market for a Cannock to Birmingham service, but think it was stupid to route it down the motorway as it can be unreliable. The local 25/26 service is one of the busiest, yet often has the worst buses running on it. The X31 sometimes has 13 yr old Volvos running on it, not always the scanias. I think buses should be under public ownership and run as a public service not private profiteering anyway, like everything else that she sold off.

thats probably true. That B£&@h Thatcher ruined the bus industry, saying that deregulation would promote competition and reduce publicly owned monopolies. what utter crap all it has done is create private monopolies! Rotten awful
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it be interesting to see what a band a 1 bed property is in birmingham compared to cannock

i just used to get a daysaver, thats not correct about the demand not being there in rural /arriva areas, both stafford services and others are very busy and yet they charge expensive fares, also half the vehicles used are rubbish!!

I really wish nxwm hadnt withdrawn from Cannock, we use to have a fantastic network of Walsall & Birmingham services, at reasonable prices. It has utterly declined now all we have are extortionate Arriva services with their crap clapped out Darts or horrid VDL SB200s :-((((

Oh i see, didnt realise. I remember it being pretty grim, and my bus to Cannock, the X31 and later after that was axed the 156 went from there