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Yardley Travel 28Y

Started by vinh1000, February 22, 2013, 11:22:26 AM

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Tony

Quote from: neale95 on March 15, 2013, 09:57:36 PM
Quote from: Tony on March 15, 2013, 08:10:32 PM
Quote from: Solo1 on March 15, 2013, 02:24:34 AM
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

I am fairly certain P903 CTO was scrapped when it left Trent in 2010. P908 CTO has also been scrapped, not sure which others of this batch are available

Matt.N0056

Quote from: Tony on March 15, 2013, 10:01:25 PM
Quote from: neale95 on March 15, 2013, 09:57:36 PM
Quote from: Tony on March 15, 2013, 08:10:32 PM
Quote from: Solo1 on March 15, 2013, 02:24:34 AM
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

I am fairly certain P903 CTO was scrapped when it left Trent in 2010. P908 CTO has also been scrapped, not sure which others of this batch are available

I could be wrong, I only got a quick look going past on the bus. Im sure there were 2 darts there though in a similar livery

Tony

Quote from: neale95 on March 15, 2013, 10:25:59 PM
Quote from: Tony on March 15, 2013, 10:01:25 PM
Quote from: neale95 on March 15, 2013, 09:57:36 PM
Quote from: Tony on March 15, 2013, 08:10:32 PM
Quote from: Solo1 on March 15, 2013, 02:24:34 AM
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

I am fairly certain P903 CTO was scrapped when it left Trent in 2010. P908 CTO has also been scrapped, not sure which others of this batch are available

I could be wrong, I only got a quick look going past on the bus. Im sure there were 2 darts there though in a similar livery

Quite possibly, several ex Paragon darts don't seem to have found new homes yet, just cannot work out which one it would be

Solo1

With Yardley Travel starting next week any one know
if the darts have been resprayed & what else they have

vinh1000

Nearly got a image was in a rush
FULL load as well :L





Was in a rush sorry :(
Note: They have no modern ticket machine (like GRS Travel)
White and Dark Green Livery

Tony

T72WWV is the second dart, I will have a photo on the main site tomorrow

winston

Quote from: Tony on April 08, 2013, 08:39:31 PM
T72WWV is the second dart, I will have a photo on the main site tomorrow

Originally a NX Airlinks bus

Tony

Quote from: Winston on April 08, 2013, 09:22:58 PM
Quote from: Tony on April 08, 2013, 08:39:31 PM
T72WWV is the second dart, I will have a photo on the main site tomorrow

Originally a NX Airlinks bus

Now on the main site (it was dark when I finally went past their depot yesterday)
http://wmbusphotos.com/OtherWMops/Yardley/T72WWV.html

winston

Quote from: Tony on April 09, 2013, 06:37:19 PM
Quote from: Winston on April 08, 2013, 09:22:58 PM
Quote from: Tony on April 08, 2013, 08:39:31 PM
T72WWV is the second dart, I will have a photo on the main site tomorrow

Originally a NX Airlinks bus

Now on the main site (it was dark when I finally went past their depot yesterday)
http://wmbusphotos.com/OtherWMops/Yardley/T72WWV.html

Another photo of it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/je1791/8634483135/in/photostream

winston

PD0001300/1 - YARDLEY TRAVEL LTD, 68 - 70 BERKELEY ROAD EAST, HAY MILLS, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8NP

    Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Heartlands Hospital and Heartlands Hospital given service number 28 effective from 15-Jun-2013.

Steveminor

Didn't last long did it!!!

winston

Quote from: Steveminor on April 23, 2013, 11:42:16 AM
Didn't last long did it!!!

Nope, strange......

From a couple of reports on here I was under the impression that the Yardley Travel 28Y appeared to be doing alright for passenger numbers

Steveminor

Unfortunately 1 or 2 good trips don't make a route profitable, it's how it performs all day every day.
I'm not surprised really, nothing against Yardley Travel but the 28 just isn't busy enough without some other work to support it, like what Central buses did run around a school.
If you're going teething into bus operations you need to do it on something busier or ideally contract based.
The question now is will Yardley give up on the idea & sell the buses or will they try again elsewhere?

winston

Quote from: Steveminor on April 23, 2013, 02:20:53 PM
Unfortunately 1 or 2 good trips don't make a route profitable, it's how it performs all day every day.
I'm not surprised really, nothing against Yardley Travel but the 28 just isn't busy enough without some other work to support it, like what Central buses did run around a school.
If you're going teething into bus operations you need to do it on something busier or ideally contract based.
The question now is will Yardley give up on the idea & sell the buses or will they try again elsewhere?

Steve I'm aware 1 or 2 good trips wont make the route profitable, I can only go what's posted on here as really visit that side of B'ham

fleetline6477

It does seem a bit early to be making a decision about whether a route will be profitable or not. It does take a while for an operator to get established on a route.

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