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It seems they will be running the long gone Tamworth to Clifton Campville service (82, 84). Is this commercial or sponsored?

It has been pointed out to me that it may well have been a farmers  bus - Metrobus YV03RBU was arriving about the same time yesterday.

Could have been London General liveried Y843 TGH which is owned by the farm

The 19 between Shrewsbury and Coalbrookdale is being withdrawn and replaced by Select Buses 96 and 96A. The 19 between Lightmoor and Telford will still be operated by Arriva

Talking of the telford routes, a timetable for a new route 100 between Wellington and Madeley is now on their website. 

The route is as follows: Madeley, Sutton Hill, Haresfield, Brookside, Stafford Park, Princess Royal Hospital, Wellington.

I think thats correct anyway 

The 70 and 71 are being withdrawn from January 

Chaserider have been awarded a couple of school contracts from September. 

A variation of the 70 numbered "70A" that serves Cheslyn Hay High School

And a service 766 which goes from Whittington to King Edwards V1 school in Lichfield 

I admire their honesty and levels of communication, though this is unbelievable. One would hope that D&G have considered loaning labour, or dare I say it, PCV-trained management out driving to cover services.

They've had office staff out driving 

Breakdowns galore today. The last 70 ftom Cannock didnt run at all, leaving people stranded.. no replacement. Pretty bad for an hourly service

Did Huntington then want dead back to garage, left me and a few others stranded

So apparently 18 Denis Dart FJ55 BVT is having its engine replaced and coming back out plus 555 Denis dart is being resprayed into chaserider livery. Now I know from what I can see is 17 is taxed (FJ55 BWG & 8 FJ54 OTT) are still in the depot so we could potentially see them return back into service

Where did you hear this from?

Got 162 into Cannock this morning on a 70. Only been back in service a few days. Got a lot faster since I last went on it lol

Observation now.

(If the mods think it has merit as a separate thread,  then move it, but as it happens on a Chaserider bus, I thought this would be the best place!)

Why do people with mobile phone passes seem to think any red bus will accept their NXWM ticket?

Twice this happened this morning on the 1 & it does happen regularly.

Are they thick?

It's been the same for years, I remember being on a rail replacement bus and we was coming through Erdington and people were flagging the bus down. They assume any bus they see is 'their' bus

In return Chaserider ruin tbe 71 with regular two hour gaps in service, more breakdowns than select ever had when they ran it, a daft extension to huntington  and timekeeping out the window, lol

The Huntington extension was a daft idea if you ask me

I thought the 71 was tendered?

Commerical, they had it off Select last June as part of a deal. Select to have the 7/8/8A, in return Chaserider get the 71. 

It's been confirmed via Vosa, 71 and 62 are going. 1/1A have also been re-regestered 

62 axed from june

Got told that earlier. Presumably the 71 will go at the same time as well if the rumors are true