Thandi

[ellspurs]

https://www.vehicle-operator-licensing.service.gov.uk/search/find-registered-local-bus-services/details/600758/

https://www.vehicle-operator-licensing.service.gov.uk/search/find-registered-local-bus-services/details/600759/

I find it quite remarkable that the only two things serviced on Thursday on there are the two cancellations to the Thandi services. Also as of the time of typing they are the latest two on there, as there's nothing showing up for Friday.

[Solo1]

I thought thandi came onto 37 in competition with NXbus 

[Stu]

I thought thandi came onto 37 in competition with NXbus

37 is a TfWM tendered service.

You must be thinking of the 334.

[2206]

37 is a TfWM tendered service.

You must be thinking of the 334.

Thandi & NXWM both operated the 37 a few years ago. NX then withdrew their service.
Sandwell Travel also opearted a similar 333X service I believe as well.

[cris 99]

Thandi came onto the 37 to compete with  Sandwell Travel on the 333X. National Express then withdrew the 37 daytime as it was commercial. The tendered journeys obviously carried on.

[Westy]

Let's hope if Nx continue with the route, it will have some stability.

It's like the 19 in Walsall was until Nx came back on it a couple of years ago.

When the original 319 was withdrawn in 2010, the replacement seemed to change pretty regularly until then.

[Westy]

Is 'Rail Forums Uk' supposed to be a big website, bigger than this one, as I'm surprised their bus & coach section hasn't picked up on this yet?

[ellspurs]

NX 37 to be running the full route on a 30 minute schedule from 11 September 2022:

https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/services-timetables/37-walsall-willenhall

[igogeneral]

With Thandi and others going out of business I wonder what has happened to their mechanics, are they looking for work as Kev's has a vacancy

[Nxwm]

With Thandi and others going out of business I wonder what has happened to their mechanics, are they looking for work as Kev's has a vacancy

The mechanic there doesn't have the qualifications just the knowledge he used to work at Thandi express before he went over to Thandi executive 

[justlookingaround]

Is 'Rail Forums Uk' supposed to be a big website, bigger than this one, as I'm surprised their bus & coach section hasn't picked up on this yet?

I don't think they have a West Midlands thread. Or maybe they know this site will handle the talk better.

[B61 ANDREW]

Is 'Rail Forums Uk' supposed to be a big website, bigger than this one, as I'm surprised their bus & coach section hasn't picked up on this yet?

It did get a mention on "The Bus Forum" , which if you type in as an internet search will take you to "tangy tango proboards" then you should get a link to the bus site.  The site is predominantly for bus operations in the "London Transport" area but does cover uk wide companies and reports of new vehicle deliveries.  Hope this is of interest.

[fleetline6477]

Were they still operating the Hagley School contracts, if so who is running them now?

[V102MOA]

Were they still operating the Hagley School contracts, if so who is running them now?

I saw two of them this morning from a distance, one was a plain white Scania decker, the other I'm not sure what it was, green and white I think, some kind of East Lancs decker possibly.

[Stu]

Were they still operating the Hagley School contracts, if so who is running them now?

I saw two of them this morning from a distance, one was a plain white Scania decker, the other I'm not sure what it was, green and white I think, some kind of East Lancs decker possibly.

Isn't it a different Thandi company that operates those contracts?