Hansons

[ARBB]

Company sold for £500,000, land purchased and rental buses purchased from hire company. Total cost £1.3m, diamond management already in place. 28 days remaining for Hansons, when time is up services will be split between tividale and Kidderminster. Half of current staff already handed notice in.

[BusFan94]

So sad I now hate Rotala bullies pushing Little Hansons into submission

[ARBB]

So sad I now hate Rotala bullies pushing Little Hansons into submission

The mortgage for the land was paid off last month, another month trading and they'd have been filing for bankruptcy. Diamond have hardly bullied them, management have done well out of it.

[BusFan94]

The mortgage for the land was paid off last month, another month trading and they'd have been filing for bankruptcy. Diamond have hardly bullied them, management have done well out of it.

Ah right so they save Hansons well at least give Manager final backing rather than buy her company of her.

@BusFan94 - your posts are making no sense again!

[Cedric]

Would be good to see 226 go back up to viable fares levels, £3.80 day ticket will actually be a price cut for passengers vs Hansons Day Hopper, for a larger network!

226 every 20 mins could work, 276 placing journeys could go too, 227/228 simplified into one route MH-Kinver, or even add the 580 runs to offer a Kidderminster-Stourbridge alternative route, maybe even incorporating the WCC tendered 9/9A to Cookley? 296 journeys could be incorporated into other services, 004 I guess it's a case of analyse the loadings following 244 introduction/142 withdrawal. Otherwise 13/17 could be integrated into the 004 for the MH-Halesowen section?

the 580  goes  to kinver via wolverley   and it is only twice a day  at  9 am and 1 pm from Kidderminster  the 9/9a was taken over by woosh  when Hollands coaches
withdrew it  it struggles to fill merc that is used on it. 

[Cedric]

A journey time around that sort of time might prove to be quite attractive, it would also gives Kidderminster locals the option of a day out in the poorer weather/winter months, where they may typically choose Stourport / Bewdley & Bridgnorth in the better weather/summer months.

locals  tend  to go a bit futher a field  for a  good day out  than stourport and bewdley, they are more a afternoon  trip execpt sunday  ,and bridgnorth is a good  day out either on the 125 for the nice countryside it goes through or on the svr

[Cedric]

But the Halesowen - Harborne section now has far less traffic since Diamond withdrew the 142 & NXWM reduced the frequency off the 99 when it changed to an extended 244, it may now be a viable option to consider an extension to the QE.

Isn't the 318 tendered? Plus it only runs 2 hourly. Can't see any benefit of linking it with the 43.

It's a forgone conclusion that the 226 will be reduced, personally, I think being cut back to a 20min frequncy may go down better with the travelling public. I expect fares will also been raised to more normal levels.

do not know if it still does at one time the 318 used to be Stourbridge to Redditch  before hansons run it

[winston]

do not know if it still does at one time the 318 used to be Stourbridge to Redditch  before hansons run it

It's Stourbridge - Bromsgrove only, on a 2 hr frequency

[Solo1]

How many of the fleet was on lease

[Solo1]

Why did they bid for them servives in oldbury a long way from the depot

[BusFan94]

I guess to make money don't they already run in Smethwick which is even further away

[ARBB]

Seems to be a lot of Hansons buses going around with Not in service and private on the destinations today

Few more drivers handed notice in today from what I've heard and there's a meeting for all the drivers at 8pm tonight

[Trident 4194]

Seems to be a lot of Hansons buses going around with Not in service and private on the destinations today

Few more drivers handed notice in today from what I've heard and there's a meeting for all the drivers at 8pm tonight

Hopefully they go to diamond as they are excellent drivers from my experiences

[winston]

Hopefully they go to diamond as they are excellent drivers from my experiences

They effectively became Diamond drivers as of Friday morning.

[ARBB]

They effectively became Diamond drivers as of Friday morning.

There was an actual diamond driver on the 14 earlier this afternoon