Social Travel

[countryliner]

@Busman Jamie - Yes it will certainly be interesting to see how the Social Travel route 74 / 74A / S74 bus service are doing. It is indeed probably to early to say yet but i do hope that they are doing well. Hopefully more and more people will start to use the service.

[Bob]

The 74 routes situation can't be sustained indefinitely surely something has got to give?

[Busman Jamie]

i wish them the best of luck

[LG]

The 74 routes situation can't be sustained indefinitely surely something has got to give?

There are too many buses now on route 74, Arriva are much better placed to cope with not carrying many passengers.

Not sure about social travel I cant see it being viable in the long term  by them calling in the dog in tree and walton on the hill will defer some passengers who are able to get a direct bus and the very few people in walton cant sustain a long term investment

[countryliner]

@Bob @Busman Jamie @LG - It will be certainly be interesting to see what happens with the new Social Travel route 74 / 74A / S74 services. I think that it is great that they are trying these new routes. I can see these services becoming successful and i would also like to wish Social Travel the best of luck.

[LG]

@Bob @Busman Jamie @LG - It will be certainly be interesting to see what happens with the new Social Travel route 74 / 74A / S74 services. I think that it is great that they are trying these new routes. I can see these services becoming successful and i would also like to wish Social Travel the best of luck.

They are not new routes though.  They are routes which are currently operated by Arriva or have been in the past

[countryliner]

@LG - Thanks for the info. Yes i realise that the 74 is an exisiting route that is operated by Arriva as well but i believe that the 74A and S74 are new routes (or have Arriva operated these in the past as well).

[Busman Jamie]

74A was done by Arriva before (short lived though!!) S74 i think is new

[countryliner]

@Busman Jamie - Thanks for the info. Do you know when Arriva started and stopped operated the route 74A service.

[Busman Jamie]

bout 2 or 3 years back

[countryliner]

@Busman Jamie - Thanks for the info.

[Bob]

Arriva 74A was a different route and completely unrelated  to socials. It terminated  in town centre & went a different route in town to the 74.

[Steveminor]

Yes that's correct bob the 74A of arrivas was basically a short working of the 74 to provide a 30 min frequency between stafford town centre and cannock. It didn't call in at the dog estate or walton on the hill

[countryliner]

@Steveminor @Bob - Thanks for the info. That is interesting to hear. Also just out of interest can i ask what made Social Travel choose the "S74" number instead of something like "74B" for this service.

[Steveminor]

Arriva were using the 74b at the time & since its a shopper service for Brocton s for shopper