Flixbus

[Mayfield]

Leased or owned I would guess a big financial hole, sure there must be a time contract if leased

[ellspurs]

Saw the 021 being operated by Ridleys last night in Birmingham, with the 023 being operated by Lucketts Whippets.

EDIT: modified as I got the company wrong.

[Tony]

Saw the 021 being operated by Ridleys last night in Birmingham, with the 023 being operated by Lucketts.

Lucketts?
I presume the Watford one as I haven't seen them on yet.

[ellspurs]

Lucketts?
I presume the Watford one as I haven't seen them on yet.

Oh whoopsie. I mean Whippets. Sorry about that.

[MW]

West Midlands based ASA Travel have acquired a new Yutong GT12 (AA24ASA) today, in full Flixbus spec, bar branding. No plans to actually join the Flixbus network though.

https://flic.kr/p/2pDdJHw

[the trainbasher]

Could it be from a cancelled order maybe, like how Johnsons brought the Metrodeckers from Optare that Reading cancelled?

[MW]

Could it be from a cancelled order maybe, like how Johnsons brought the Metrodeckers from Optare that Reading cancelled?

They did have plans to join Flixbus but pulled out, and decided to keep the Coach.

Here's a better pic of it earlier at Cheltenham:
https://flic.kr/p/2pDiV95