Arriva Shrewsbury

[Ashley 60171]

3799 still at SY

[BN]

3799 still at SY

Shouldn't be long now, think its going for 3695.

[Ashley 60171]

3799 still at SY

Shouldn't be long now, think its going for 3695.

It was issuing tickets from 2103 yesterday

[cheshire exile]

I went to Shrewsbury yesterday en route to Telford and as stated earlier it was virtually all Optare Versas and Solos. 3799 was on the 64 Newcastle run and one surprise was 3763 on the 519 Newport, 1500 departure. Looking at the timetable it seems all workings are Shrewsbury based, no Stafford so is 3763 a transfer or loan? The only other Scanias were Oswestry workings 3728/29/31 and 3742/45 (3728 replaced later in the day). 3728/29/31 still carry the full Chase Lynx livery, no route branding, and the ex Telford buses still carry full Wrekin Connect.  Off topic I know it seems strange to me that Oswestry should have 9 Pulsars for the 70/X70 which only needs 4 buses. They have no spare I think for the 2 route to Wrexham requiring all of 3785 to 3791 for 7 PVR so they will need a spare for that.

[Reece]

Is YJ64DWK still on demo at Shrewsbury?

[cheshire exile]

Is YJ64DWK still on demo at Shrewsbury?

No sign of it yesterday so presumably not.

[Alex]

It appears that from the 19th July 2015 that the 436 will be run by GHA Coaches, rather than Arriva

http://shropshire.gov.uk/media/492151/lbs-tender-results-1-april-2009-to-present.pdf

Last page of the attached PDF

[leepenfold30]

3695 at Shrewsbury with 3799 gone to Thurmaston Depot in Leicester

[BN]

At last.

[BN]

2738 on loan to Shrewsbury outstation, Oswestry.

[arrifirststage]

I did not realise that Oswestry is regarded as an outstation.......is this a recent development?

[BN]

All Electric Optare demonstrator will be joining Shrewsbury next week.

[Trident 4194]

Now I've just read the 436 is being taken over there goes my plan out of the window with a arriva daysaver

[Reece]

Now I've just read the 436 is being taken over there goes my plan out of the window with a arriva daysaver

@Trident 4194 When you going GHA don't start running the 436 till the 19th July?

[Trident 4194]

@Trident 4194 When you going GHA don't start running the 436 till the 19th July?

It will probably be August, how much do Gha charge for the full route?