Central Buses

[JPC]

So Sutton will once again have a bus to the airport? Great news.

The rural section east of Coleshill is covered in the main with an extension of service 735 from Ansley to Coleshill - providing an interesting link to Coventry :D

Now a quick query regarding the new 75/75A... Is it possible to travel with a one-day nbus or daytripper from Birmingham International to Sutton Coldfield town?  (despite most of the route between those points being outside the county).

[the trainbasher]

I'm willing to bet it will be valid for the bits only in the Centro area

[Stu]

I'm sure it's been stated elsewhere for other services that 'pop in and out' of the covered area that the pass is valid, as long as you don't get on or off outside the boundary.

[gac_uk]

So Sutton will once again have a bus to the airport? Great news.

The rural section east of Coleshill is covered in the main with an extension of service 735 from Ansley to Coleshill - providing an interesting link to Coventry :D

Now a quick query regarding the new 75/75A... Is it possible to travel with a one-day nbus or daytripper from Birmingham International to Sutton Coldfield town?  (despite most of the route between those points being outside the county).

It's a grey area but as far as the 75/75a is concerned nBus will be valid providing the journey is to and from stops within the West Midlands county

[fleetline6477]

I remember back to when Johnsons ran the 757 Sutton - Airport different drivers seemed to have different views when I tried to board with an nbus (or its equivalent back then) the company policy was yes they were valid so long as you boarded within the centro area and both terminal points were in the area.

It makes sense since they are valid on 255/256 which pass through parts of South Staffordshire and the 900 serves Meriden part of Warwickshire.

[Steveminor]

Meriden actually comes under solihull so as such is still part of the west midlands

[JPC]

Meriden actually comes under solihull so as such is still part of the west midlands

There are three bus stops on service 900 which seem to be located within Warwickshire, very much the middle of nowhere so not worth worrying about in a fraud sense anyway, two at Packington Hall for each direction but NWM posts are installed,  the third is on Maxstoke Lane (Old Hall Farm) for journeys towards Coventry and Google Streetview (dated May 2012) shows a TWM bus stop post.

[Niall]

For those who haven't seen it, this was posted on Central Buses Facebook page yesterday:

Fleet News - The two Scanias that we operate in Countylinks livery YN56 NNB/C will be returning to Warwickshire County Council in a fortnight's time. We have also purchased another Trident which should be with us towards the end of the month

[Thomas Davies]

[Liverpool Street]

Which new Trident you're getting, Thomas?

[Justin Tyme]

For those who haven't seen it, this was posted on Central Buses Facebook page yesterday:

Fleet News - The two Scanias that we operate in Countylinks livery YN56 NNB/C will be returning to Warwickshire County Council in a fortnight's time.

Interesting!  Stagecoach returned their last Warwickshire County Links buses to WCC only a few weeks ago, so presumably this is at the County Council's request?

[John]

The 2 ex-Warwickshire CC Enviro300s are in the process of been painted into fleet livery

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/q71/s720x720/10154157_10152146110878733_7167512404520931563_n.jpg

[Solo1]

 

The 2 ex-Warwickshire CC Enviro300s are in the process of been painted into fleet livery

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/q71/s720x720/10154157_10152146110878733_7167512404520931563_n.jpg

wonder if these 2 enviros will b used
on their new 75 service

[Stu]

Interesting read on the Birmingham Mail today:
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-bus-firm-axes-city-7169955

Bit 'old news' though? Central stopped running the 98 from 27th April (when WMSNT took over and renumbered it 28A).

But did Central Buses really "pull-the-plug" on the service as stated in the article? (I suppose 'decline to rebid for the contract tender' doesn't sound as dramatic does it!)

[gac_uk]

Interesting read on the Birmingham Mail today:
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-bus-firm-axes-city-7169955

Bit 'old news' though? Central stopped running the 98 from 27th April (when WMSNT took over and renumbered it 28A).

But did Central Buses really "pull-the-plug" on the service as stated in the article? (I suppose 'decline to rebid for the contract tender' doesn't sound as dramatic does it!)

We actually stopped running it in 2011! It's been re-tendered twice since and on both occasions we haven't submitted a bid