Cannocks tatty fleet

[Discodave]

Just had a look through Tony's site to check whats so bad and it looks decent! A few shit MPD darts i can see but loads of newish VDL Eclipse, the new 61 plate ones, a few 57 plate Optare centro's. They seem above average i would say?

Not being nasty but as the 825 is probberly going back to stafford that will be some of the 61 plates used on it gone and going on what arriva do at cannock more than likely the 74/5 will go there too so there goes most of the decent stuff leaving just shitty darts as no b6 buses as midland are having them and the scanias will go so only the scrap mainly will be left was there when cannock had new buses only to find they were shunted off nothing changes and crap came in return Cannock will only be Arrivas tat garage.  If a competetor came in with decent buses and cheaper fares (not even a big company) Cannock would soon shut

[Bob]

Dave do you know which of Cannocks services make money & lose money? id imagine stafford & lichfields ( duno y tho who in cannock would want to go shopping to lichfield when theres nothing there) and poss the number 1s. The 2/2a to walsall, 68 to wolves ( brought in with the 69 to help finish off green bus service no 8 shortly before they were closed down anyway,  then both 68/9 got axed until south staffs council stepped in), 72 to telford, 31 to rugeley, 560 to bloxwich, Some trips on X31 etc are all dead, and the pye greens are always full but with OAPS....

[Bob]

Yes but none of Staffords routes go more than about 2 miles out of town, they only go to local estates, all the interurban routes are worked with modern vehicles , cannock & lichfield, 57 & 61 plate aVDLs, Telford gets new Versas, Wolverhampton usually 03 plate SB120 or 57 plate sb200 or v reg volvos, the only exception is the uttoxeters which get older buses usually

[Bob]

i forgot about the 88 to perton/ wton but nobody catches it anyway

[Discodave]

Dave do you know which of Cannocks services make money & lose money? id imagine stafford & lichfields ( duno y tho who in cannock would want to go shopping to lichfield when theres nothing there) and poss the number 1s. The 2/2a to walsall, 68 to wolves ( brought in with the 69 to help finish off green bus service no 8 shortly before they were closed down anyway,  then both 68/9 got axed until south staffs council stepped in), 72 to telford, 31 to rugeley, 560 to bloxwich, Some trips on X31 etc are all dead, and the pye greens are always full but with OAPS....

Local routes Pye Greens even with the oaps are the best the 1 was the money maker but unsure now with the extorionate fare rises.  The 2 is not that good (timed too close to 1 no even gaps ) for further stuff yes staffords and lichfields and also the 825 at the moment as long as cannock have it most interurban routes are not that good only at peaks and sats like the 76 and the 70 you have hit it on the head for the 560 and I am afraid X31 too the 560 though is alayws behind the NXWM 89 hope it gets shunted to Wednesfield and retimed infront of NXWM and runs around the town again and not turn and miss the town as it needs to go on 70 or 76 the 560 could give NXWM a bloody nose as the 89 never is on time at peaks always stuck trying to get out of walsall or in traffic on lichfield rd going into bloxwichm usually see 2 together on a half hour service pathetic with regard to stafford when a garage when i was there it had good buses and cannock had tat now an outstation just extended tat of cannock as like you said it only does local routes now unless the changes posted happen