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Started by Discodave, February 09, 2013, 02:44:37 PM

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BN

Quote from: DiamondDart on September 25, 2016, 02:24:19 PM
Do we reckon they even bid for anything?

Yes they did. It is not closing, i've said this before. Just cutting the deadwood out.

Bob

Wouldn't they be left with no services at all if they cut the deadwood out

PM

Quote from: BN on September 25, 2016, 02:50:46 PM
Yes they did. It is not closing, i've said this before. Just cutting the deadwood out.

Cutting the dead wood is a generally good approach. The issue at Wednesfield will be the fact that many of the overhead costs are the same regardless of how many buses you have running out of the depot, cutting back marginally unviable routes you then make previously viable routes unviable.

To be brutally honest though, to use the wood analogy, there isn't a lot of wood left at Wednesfield, let alone much living wood.

It's astonishing in a Centro round for an operator to bid and win absolutely nothing, the prices submitted must have been way, way out across the board.

Bob

How can it be viable? Aside from the 10 what has been successful? You only have to look at the average age of 15 years old fleet to see it isn't a successful money spinner lol

Trident 4194

Quote from: Bob on September 25, 2016, 05:26:06 PM
How can it be viable? Aside from the 10 what has been successful? You only have to look at the average age of 15 years old fleet to see it isn't a successful money spinner lol

The 12/13/17 are very hit and miss with loadings

Solo1

There is also a lot of dead mileage like 604 in Sutton  Coldfield

Bob

Surprised some of the buses get that far. A cadet on the 19 yesterday was belching out black smoke and you could smell the fumes from yards away

BusFan94

Arriva are dead in Walsall after withdrawing of the 334 and 9 they lost passengers. There 310 and 65 have no passengers on them from Wednesbury to Willenhall so Arriva are dead and buried in Walsall.
Busfan94🚏
Local routes NXWM (WA) 34, 37, 39
NXWM (WN) 79
Thandi 334,37
Diamond 310,65
Further away
NXWM (WA) 11,13
Thandi 311/313
NXWM (WB) 40

BN

Quote from: BusFan94 on September 27, 2016, 06:41:23 PM
Arriva are dead in Walsall after withdrawing of the 334 and 9 they lost passengers. There 310 and 65 have no passengers on them from Wednesbury to Willenhall so Arriva are dead and buried in Walsall.

Good job TfWM pay for them then isn't it.

Bob

Yea but I bet arriva don't get the next tender lol

Westy

Quote from: BusFan94 on September 27, 2016, 06:41:23 PM
Arriva are dead in Walsall after withdrawing of the 334 and 9 they lost passengers. There 310 and 65 have no passengers on them from Wednesbury to Willenhall so Arriva are dead and buried in Walsall.

Then the residents of the Kings Hill area will want a route to the Manor Hospital again, despite having the 38 withdrawn again!

BusFan94

Quote from: Westy on September 27, 2016, 10:40:09 PM
Then the residents of the Kings Hill area will want a route to the Manor Hospital again, despite having the 38 withdrawn again!
What do you mean 38 withdrawn again it was withdraw at the beginning of this month although Kings Hill Is not far from Darlo Bus Station where the 39 goes to the Manor Hospital 
Busfan94🚏
Local routes NXWM (WA) 34, 37, 39
NXWM (WN) 79
Thandi 334,37
Diamond 310,65
Further away
NXWM (WA) 11,13
Thandi 311/313
NXWM (WB) 40

2206

Quote from: BusFan94 on September 28, 2016, 05:53:26 PM
What do you mean 38 withdrawn again it was withdraw at the beginning of this month although Kings Hill Is not far from Darlo Bus Station where the 39 goes to the Manor Hospital
The 38 was withdrawn on July 24th. 2 months ago.
Local Routes
94/95, 11A/11C, 28.

Bob

Oh well Arriva Wednesfield are still pretty much a naff operation with a similar fleet standard to cowboys

BusFan94

Thought it was July Thanks
Busfan94🚏
Local routes NXWM (WA) 34, 37, 39
NXWM (WN) 79
Thandi 334,37
Diamond 310,65
Further away
NXWM (WA) 11,13
Thandi 311/313
NXWM (WB) 40

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