Centrebus

[47609FireFly]

Does anyone happen to know the registrations and fleet numbers of the Ex Metrolime Volvo B7TL Plaxton Presidents that Centrebus have acquired in Leicester for the university shuttles?
They have had their registrations changed which is making it hard for me to find out what one specific vehicle was.

930 = LK04 NMJ (Metroline VPL585)

931 = LK04 NMV (Metroline VPL588)

932 = LK04 NNC (Metroline VPL594)

[47609FireFly]

Optare MetroCity YJ17 FXE was noted parked at Centrebus' Wenlock Way depot, in Leicester, on 25/11/2020. It was in new Centrebus livery and carrying fleet number 799.

[Glenfieldmathk1]

Does anyone happen to know the registrations and fleet numbers of the Ex Metrolime Volvo B7TL Plaxton Presidents that Centrebus have acquired in Leicester for the university shuttles?
They have had their registrations changed which is making it hard for me to find out what one specific vehicle was.

I'm pretty sure they have 2 09 plate double deckers (1 with branding) for the university shuttles?

[Mayfield]

909 & 910 is the one with the university branding

[Damo]

Stevenage depot is due to close in April. Some routes will move to Luton, with others going to other operators. Most are just irregular routes that only run certain days of the week or only need low resources. Indeed all the gains by Chiltern Automotive can be operated by a single vehicle between a school run over the course of the week.

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"Due to difficult trading conditions and the future uncertainty cast by the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, we have taken the difficult decision to cease operations from our Stevenage depot and have entered into formal consultation with our employees.

A substantial number of routes operated from Stevenage will be transferred to our depot in Luton which is located approximately 16 miles away.  Employees have been offered continued employment at our Luton operating centre.

Our Managing Director Matt Evans says "our Stevenage operation has struggled over recent years, which coupled with the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has cast uncertainty over the future viability of operations from our base in Stevenage. I'd like to stress that the decision to close the depot in no way reflects the hard work, commitment, and dedication of our Stevenage employees. The team in Stevenage, many of them long serving members of staff, have done an excellent job over the years and we hope to maintain employment for as many of them as possible offering employment at our Luton depot."

We have operated from our Whitworth Road base in Stevenage since 2007, providing a mixture of commercial, subsidised and school services throughout this time and employing around 50 employees at the site.  The last day of operation from the site is expected to be on Saturday 10th April 2021.

The following services will continue to be operated by Centrebus from our Luton depot:

44/45 Luton to Stevenage
80 Stevenage to Hitchin
81/81A Westmill to Hitchin
89 Hitchin to Henlow Camp
304 Hitchin to St Albans
314 Hitchin to Welwyn Garden City
315 Hitchin to Kimpton
85/85A Biggleswade Town Service
96/96A Stotfold to Letchworth
188/190 Biggleswade to Potton/Sandy

From the 11th April 2021, the following services which are funded by Hertfordshire County Council will no longer be operated by Centrebus:

18 Royston to Buntingford will be operated by Richmonds Coaches
308/380 Hertford to Cuffley will be operated by Central Connect
378/379 Hertford to Stevenage will be operated by Central Connect
333 Pinehurst to Bengeo will be operated by Central Connect
M1/M2/M3/M4/M5 Ware Town services will be operated by Central Connect
10 Stevenage to Bedwell will be operated by A2B Travel Group
200 Essendine Mills to Colney Fields will be operated by Chiltern Automotive
201 Welwyn Garden City to Welham Greens will be operated by Chiltern Automotive
203 Welwyn Garden City to Watton at Stone will be operated by Chiltern Automotive
204/206 Welwyn Garden City to Panshanger will be operated by Chiltern Automotive
215 Welwyn Garden City to Codicote will be operated by Chiltern Automotive
230 Welwyn Garden City to St Albans will be operated by Chiltern Automotive
312 Bell Bar to Hatfield will be operated by Chiltern Automotive

Please contact each individual operator or Intalink for details of the timetables that will be in operation from the 11th April."

Source: https://www.centrebus.info/news/stevenage-depot/

[ellspurs]

From the 11th April 2021, the following services which are funded by Hertfordshire County Council will no longer be operated by Centrebus:


308/380 Hertford to Cuffley will be operated by Central Connect
378/379 Hertford to Stevenage will be operated by Central Connect
333 Pinehurst to Bengeo will be operated by Central Connect
M1/M2/M3/M4/M5 Ware Town services will be operated by Central Connect

Source: https://www.centrebus.info/news/stevenage-depot/

Did Central Connect buy the branding from Rotala?

https://trustybus.net/about-trustybus/

[Smethwickian]

Did Central Connect buy the branding from Rotala?

https://trustybus.net/about-trustybus/

Don't know but not sure if they would need to as they would not appear to be 'passing off' as another company in the business of running buses.
The Rotala subsidiary of that name - which never operated anywhere Trusty Bus reaches - was renamed in November 2014 according the the Companies House website, so Rotala would appear to have no interest in it.
Trusty Bus's Central Connect logo doesn't look like anything I recall from Central Connect in the West Midlands.
The only other registered company called Central Connect lists its interests at Companies House as clothing and footwear.
Also, the government Intellectual Property Office website does not give 'Central Connect' as a registered trademark.

[Ian Hardy]

And the reason it is called Central Connect is because their main bus service connects Harlow with the London Underground's Central Line at Epping.

The Central Line is a bit of a misnomer as I would hardly call Epping (or Ongar when the line went all the way out there) as being central:-)

[LazyGuy222]

799 (YJ17 FXE) had a minor fire on Charles Street at 15:30 today.

[Mayfield]

Training vehicle 744 noted on the M1 heading north near junction 15

[Mayfield]

4 of the electrics currently parked at Leicester depot, 3 green with hospital hopper branding and the other 1 predominately white with Leicester electric bus branding.

[SSmith09]

4 of the electrics currently parked at Leicester depot, 3 green with hospital hopper branding and the other 1 predominately white with Leicester electric bus branding.

the white one should have hospital hopper branding before they enter service from 27th June.

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

555 Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer SN55 DVC is now at Centrebus South from Chaserider

[Mayfield]

The 4 electric's are numbered 820-823 and all 4 are green, does anybody know if the white 1 has been repainted or if an extra 1 has arrived

[ellspurs]

The 4 electric's are numbered 820-823 and all 4 are green, does anybody know if the white 1 has been repainted or if an extra 1 has arrived

the white one should have hospital hopper branding before they enter service from 27th June.