Leicester changes?

[jarh_9394]

Cos Midland use Solo's on it and they dont even get full and prior to that Heartlands ran Merc 811d minibuses!

Don't they?

Do you really think we'd operate the service for as long as we have (and even acquire it in the first place!) if it's a dead duck?!

Yea cause its Midland and half their services are dead ducks! Any bus service that can go from a previously hourly often double decked, then to a half hourly full sized bus service and end up as a bloody SCC subsidised route operated with Solos i would say is a dead duck. End of. Same goes for the 810! Midland are hardly big fish, and look at the fleet

How would you know? Are you involved with our company?

Service 62 isn't subsidised. As I stated further up this post, service 62 is entirely commercial and must, therefore, perform in order to continue...

[Bruce_LOA400X]

Its the same as mos topics on here lol, it starts off and u can garuntee that cannock, stafford or other garrages get vrought into it lol, so are leicester definetley having the 10 V/DBC volvos back and will 3611 return from Wardles?

lol, aye it does.

3611 will likely stay at wardles, vehicles that go there normally stay put there.

[arrivaaston]

Is leicester having 3607 back lol or is it just going to rot away in Cannocks yard lol

[Bob]

Good luck with 3612 lol, been on it today & it sounds absolutely knackered! Good riddance.  Pity Leicester cant have the BU03 plate SB120s, terrible buses. One broke down in Cannock bus stn today BU03 HRK. Just about to leave and the engine cut out & wouldnt start again. Sure Leicester wouldnt fancy takin 'em on? :-p

[arrivaaston]

Maybe Telford could have them to join 2730, 2733 and 2734, the 5 51 plates could be swapped with the rest of the SK52***/SN03*** and the 36** maybe detour to EMR or Barnsley ;)

[Bob]

Apparently the 57 plates are being allocated somewhere else, and there's gona be a couple of those 51 plate gems for the 74 and the 75 is only going to run cannock to penkridge, can't see it myself, and back to leicester topic, 2401 still going? Its a wonder it hasn't gone yet or been sent to stafford and hope the V-DBC volvos come back to leicester and exchange them for the rest of the commanders and centros :)

I dont think the Stafford services are going to be subject to any changes, i asked a Cannock driver the other day & he said there were no plans to change them to his knowledge :)

[arrivaaston]

In other words stafford have 18 b6's that imo are wasted, surely there more suitable for cannock or other garrages, all stafford need are MPD's, surely the Y/HKE darts can go to stafford from Wednesfield, they'd be more ideal for staffoed than the b6's

[Bob]

Stafford cant make much in profit lol. And their newest bus is 11 yrs old! Bad really

[John]

Not kind of related to the thread, but the only Arriva Leicester thread I can find.
Saw 4779 in Leicester yesterday, transferred from Cannock. Just a quick Question. Which Leicester Arriva garage run the 52 so I can update the description on my picture?

[Dylan4579]

Bob is right: midland is a dead duck and I can't see why arrive brought midland it would probaly be cheaper to start out alone themselves all arriva hve done useful is buy a lot of solos

[Bob]

Yep theyve bought a load of shit knackered buses and a lot of pointless routes

[Bob]

Are Leicester still going to get the B10BLEs back or what lol? I cant undeestand why FT06 ZTE moved to Cannock as a one off, it must be staying cos its had the local linx branding removed and looks crap for it. They shouldve left it on