Cannock Garage to be sold to D&G

[Steve3229vp]

Surprising news that Arriva to sell Cannock garage to D & G
https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/arriva-selling-cannock-depot-to-dg-bus/?fbclid=IwAR1f7hGqwYMg8x01IedoEskKdnuSEhfq2B_E6CoYLoXaWg8MIS4NRtOOZh8
I wonder how long it will take for the "why didn't NX buy it" comments to start ?

[DJ]

Surprising news that Arriva to sell Cannock garage to D & G
https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/arriva-selling-cannock-depot-to-dg-bus/?fbclid=IwAR1f7hGqwYMg8x01IedoEskKdnuSEhfq2B_E6CoYLoXaWg8MIS4NRtOOZh8
I wonder how long it will take for the "why didn't NX buy it" comments to start ?

Not surprising at all, the rumour has been around for ages, and it's been discussed a fair bit on the Cannock Garage thread.

[Stu]

I wonder how long it will take for the "why didn't NX buy it" comments to start ?

I'm pretty sure if NX Bus thought it was a good investment then they would have put in an offer.

Good luck to D&G, seems a bit of a brave move, considering some of the flak that Arriva Cannock have received from some members here!  ;)

[Westy]

Are D & G known in Cannock already or not?

[PointerDart]

Are D & G known in Cannock already or not?

No service in Cannock currently - closest they operate I would believe is Stafford alongside Select.

[Busboy105]

Surprising news that Arriva to sell Cannock garage to D & G
https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/arriva-selling-cannock-depot-to-dg-bus/?fbclid=IwAR1f7hGqwYMg8x01IedoEskKdnuSEhfq2B_E6CoYLoXaWg8MIS4NRtOOZh8
I wonder how long it will take for the "why didn't NX buy it" comments to start ?

Good deal by D&G. Gonna be hard in the first couple of weeks because of the poor state that Arriva have let their buses go but it will hopefully pay dividends.

[Tony]

Good deal by D&G. Gonna be hard in the first couple of weeks because of the poor state that Arriva have let their buses go but it will hopefully pay dividends.

First couple of weeks?

[PointerDart]

Good deal by D&G. Gonna be hard in the first couple of weeks because of the poor state that Arriva have let their buses go but it will hopefully pay dividends.

My worry is that D&G will suffer the same fate as GHA in 2015 - expanding too quickly and then a complete implosion so quickly. That being said, with D&G being under Centrebus now, perhaps this could help prevent this from happening?

[Solo1]

Didn't  D&G used to run a service in cannock under  midland brand years ago

[markcf83]

I wonder how many of the existing fleet at Cannock will be retained by D and G......

[DJ]

Didn't  D&G used to run a service in cannock under  midland brand years ago

Looking through Flickr, they had a 23 to Hednesford, and a 62A.

[Busboy105]

My worry is that D&G will suffer the same fate as GHA in 2015 - expanding too quickly and then a complete implosion so quickly. That being said, with D&G being under Centrebus now, perhaps this could help prevent this from happening?

I guess we'll wait and see.
@Tony you think they'll struggle from the off?

[Tony]

My worry is that D&G will suffer the same fate as GHA in 2015 - expanding too quickly and then a complete implosion so quickly. That being said, with D&G being under Centrebus now, perhaps this could help prevent this from happening?

D&G are hardly expanding rapidly. Julian Peddle does not make any bad decisions

[BusMan Greg]

Didn't  D&G used to run a service in cannock under  midland brand years ago

They did the 810, 23, 23A, 62, 62A and the 74 in the evenings. I think that's it. Actually, I think they did the 351 a few years ago!

[Westy]

They did the 810, 23, 23A, 62, 62A and the 74 in the evenings. I think that's it. Actually, I think they did the 351 a few years ago!

When TWM, as was, cut the daytime service from half hourly to hourly, Midland took over the dropped journeys.

At the time of the North Walsall review in 2010, they also ran the short lived partial replacement between Walsall & Turnberry, the 5, which became the current Arriva 2 arrangement a few months later.