Yardley Travel 28Y

[vinh1000]

http://www.yardleytravel.co.uk/Home.html

Can see that from Sunday 7th April YTravel will operate a 28Y service
Anyone ever heard of them? (even wonder what buses they might use and service hopefully not as bad as some other operators)

[busfan2847]

As it says on their website:-

"Our company has always been a family run business and has successfully provided coach hire for over 80 years. "

For many years they provided duplicates for National Express. I can remember one journey to Bristol in an ex Midland Red HHA---L Leopard.

[fleetline6477]

I had heard of them but going back many years - I seem to remember they had a livert similar to Den Caney / Browns. I thought they had long finished operating.

[598]

The 'Y' suffix takes me back to the good old days of Travel YourBus!  :)

[Lukeee]

I assume this will run the same as NX's 28 route

[vinh1000]

Dyas Road - Heartlands Hospital
Monday - Saturday Every 40 Minutes

[fleetline6477]

There was an operator - Airshuttle UK - I think that ran on a section of the 28 route from Heartlands Hospital to ? Can anybody else remember this?

[danny]

Be very intresting to see what buses they use,  hopfully if they make a good impression it will open up the possibility of expansion and 1) open up new compitition in brum and 2) bring back the Y prefix to the streets.

[Steveminor]

There have been a few operators that have tried there luck on the 28. None of them lasted that long & none of them exist now!
Not including central buses of course who still operate a section.
I believe previous operators include
Tame Valley, Burman Travel, Frontline Buses, Airshuttle Uk,Shuttle Bus Uk (who used the ex Blackpool rebodied Atlanteans if memory serves), Petes Travel. I think even Midland Rider gave it a go.
I hope Yardley Travel have done their homework , it's certainly not a route I would have chosen.

[Kevin]

Every time I've seen a small operator start services on the 28 I always hope they'd make the most of it and run the full route to Scott Arms, always seen that as too good an opportunity to miss out on when NX stop half the buses short.
But then again there's always hope that that will be a thing of the past with the North Bham review

[Matt.N0056]

I went past their depot today and they have a P reg dart parked up there

[Solo1]

Any photo of the dart & is it in fleet livery

[Tony]

Any photo of the dart & is it in fleet livery

Here it is still in Paragon livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/OtherWMops/Yardley/P902CTO.html

[Solo1]

wonder if they will keep the livery for the 28y or respray it & on the subject of Pargon travel how many darts did they have

[Matt.N0056]

Any photo of the dart & is it in fleet livery

Here it is still in Paragon livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/OtherWMops/Yardley/P902CTO.html

They have another i think - P903 CTO