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Just stepped out of Stafford station to see KX14FJO pull away with 879 on the rear, but couldn't see any legals or fleetnumber.
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Bustimes shows 42 SN16OSW.

legals are in the window, it's 44 but unfortunately that's not on the ticket machine yet 

Yes 641 had an accident not expected to be on the road anytime soon, from what I've been told it's got to wait for parts from Egypt.

Guessing this was the one that collided with the pub in Burntwood?

Select bus 14 the white Volvo, seen it in Cannock and it's missing a side panel.

It's been rectified 

Just waiting for a train at Stafford and I noticed JW65GSW which I need a photo of, is on the 9 due at the Station at 0655 according to the timetable, so walk outside to see it go past at 0646 9 minutes early

The train station isn't a timing point, we get 20 minutes from highfields into town at that time of the morning and obviously if you have no traffic then you get into town ahead of schedule. So it may of appeared early but I'm sure it would of left it's first timing point on time.

As always if you have a complaint feel free to email the company and I'm sure it will be dealt with accordingly. 

I did think there was something wrong with the machines the other day when I boarded the 875 in Cannock I scanned my Chaserider Staff Pass on the machine and I think it came up on the machine with BARCODE DENIED I just showed my pass to the driver I knew it wasn't my pass because it worked perfectly fine on a 74 in Stafford

there's nothing wrong, they just aren't set up to accept Chaserider staff passes

Would be interesting to see IF these routes get picked up other operator(s) I have 3 in mind but 2 of them are extreme wildcards but anything is possible


(1)  Arriva.... Could it be possible to see them operating in Cannock again that would be quite odd to see

(2)  Diamond.... Could it be also possible for them to start operating in Cannock, I could only assume if this did happen it would operate via the Burton depot

(3) Select.... Obviously this is the sister company to Chaserider so they are probably most plausible to pick these routes up but it is whether they would want them

Just to point out again... select are NOT a sister company to Chaserider!

the Thandi ones? I doubt they had little or any maintenance when owned by them

We only had one from thandi and it was in a much better state than the arriva ones.

Are they for the Cannock services or the Telford services?

I've heard they are for the 828/826 as there's Sunday work coming

40 was over on the 103/104 this afternoon

539 was on the pye greens today

There's not a shortage of drivers at green bus. The 242 was taking less than £20 per day, with no funding. This is the reason it was withdrawn.

Thats funny since select took on the 242 we have been taking at least 100 a day

There's not a shortage of drivers at green bus. The 242 was taking less than £20 per day, with no funding. This is the reason it was withdrawn.

[Fleet News:]

Fleet News:

40 (YX09 FMG) is now withdrawn along with 193 (FJ58 HYS) and 99 (YX11 CTV)

99 isn't withdrawn as I saw it on the 841 on Monday

Did the E400 have NSA's when new? I've been on several on them now and none of them have any, 4412 had the screen showing stop names with no audio?

They all got turned off about 3 years ago

So will that mean it does a double run down Bridgnorth Road to serve Wollaston, if its keeping the crem bit, or will it lose the bit to Stourbridge Junction I wonder

Stourbridge junction is only being served on I think 1 trip in the morning and 1 trip on the evening