Heartlands etc.

[the trainbasher]

@4Q which licence has gone? Acorn or Val's?   and from when?

[Cheese]

@4Q which licence has gone? Acorn or Val's?   and from when?

All of them, immediately I believe.

[Steveminor]

Where did u find that out?
Who's running x73 now then?

[John]

Where did u find that out?
Who's running x73 now then?

I saw 222 in Brum this evening, I guess starting on the X73

[Cheese]

Where did u find that out?
Who's running x73 now then?

Don't know who is running the X73 from Monday (or the 16 for that matter) but school route L1 will have a new operator.

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transport/publictransport/buses/docs/busservicechangesmarch15bydistrict.pdf

[broma1k]

If you scroll down the above document under Tamworth borough both the 16 & X73 are shown as cancelled from 2/3

[andy]

Are we going to keep the thread open for Mr James' next incarnation?

[Solo1]

Where did u find that out?
Who's running x73 now then?

Don't know who is running the X73 from Monday (or the 16 for that matter) but school route L1 will have a new operator.

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transport/publictransport/buses/docs/busservicechangesmarch15bydistrict.pdf

the new op for X73 is  Central buses  as they already run X55 in Tamworth https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanjack/16672319346/

[Dennis]

Where did u find that out?
Who's running x73 now then?

Don't know who is running the X73 from Monday (or the 16 for that matter) but school route L1 will have a new operator.

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transport/publictransport/buses/docs/busservicechangesmarch15bydistrict

the new op for X73 is  Central buses  as they already run X55 in Tamworth https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanjack/16672319346/

Wonder how long this will last, it's never been a particularly busy service and there must be a fair amount of dead mileage for Central.

It was right in the doorstep for Acorn and they probably got a school run out of it too.

[Tony]

Where did u find that out?
Who's running x73 now then?

Don't know who is running the X73 from Monday (or the 16 for that matter) but school route L1 will have a new operator.

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transport/publictransport/buses/docs/busservicechangesmarch15bydistrict

the new op for X73 is  Central buses  as they already run X55 in Tamworth https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanjack/16672319346/

Wonder how long this will last, it's never been a particularly busy service and there must be a fair amount of dead mileage for Central.

It was right in the doorstep for Acorn and they probably got a school run out of it too.

Exactly the same amount of dead milage for either company, just at different times

[Steveminor]

The x73 runs with the 16
So after arriving in bham it runs dead to park hall school before starting the 26 to Tamworth then runs between tamworth & Kingsbury.  In the afternoon the 16 runs to park hall school then dead to bham before running x73 back to tamworth;  so not much dead mileage for a tamworth based operator.
having said that the x73 was tendered so central buses probably have it on tender as well.

[mikestone]

Oddly no decision in todays N&P - did he just not turn up?

[Solo1]

the driver of the X73 the Heartlands now with Central Buses  https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanjack/16528413567/

[Bob]

Why do they still bother with the X73? Did it used to be a midland red/arriva route?

[Steveminor]

Bob it's what remains of the old frontline x73.
I'm sure you wouldn't be saying that if you relied on the service to get to work & back