Arriva take over Midland

[arrivaaston]

dont stafford have 2350 S350 YOG because its not being in cannock for some time now and as for the s/khn darts theres 1 or 2 sitting in the yard at cannock, not sure if there withdrawn or entering serviceat sd or ck

[arrivaaston]

how on earth did 2366 get flooded? typical arriva cant even loof after s reg darts!! and 23540 scrapped? this was the better 1 out of the 2 at cannock wasnt it, do burton have any s/yogs, ive seen a couple of darts and there longer than the mpd's

[John]

how on earth did 2366 get flooded? typical arriva cant even loof after s reg darts!! and 23540 scrapped? this was the better 1 out of the 2 at cannock wasnt it, do burton have any s/yogs, ive seen a couple of darts and there longer than the mpd's

It was in the floods in July. I believe this is it. (The top picture)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-18737376

[Tony]

And here it is in Cannock garage th day after
http://wmbusphotos.com/Arriva/2366a.html

Note the weeds around the windscreen wiper. The interior even had mud & weeds up to the windows

[Tony]

Thanks for the link TONY, its a bit of a shame for STAFFORD they only had this vehicle for a month or so before this happened i am amazed how it got flooded upto to window level

The river burst its banks while this bus was at the side of it, It it took about a minute for the bus to fill up with water. The driver did not drive through a flood

[arrivaaston]

i take it that this bus wont be refurbed then, it will just get scrapped and why is there som many of these s/khn darts transfering in and what are they replacing?

[arrivaaston]

whats going to happen to the 2 deckers that midland have when arriva take over, surely these wont be going to d&g??

[Shanestreet]

Anyone no whats happing??

[arrivaaston]

pretty simple...... Arriva are taking over midland and will all eventualy become arriva

[Stu]

Plenty of posts already on this subject, do we need another one?  ::)

http://wmbusphotos.com/forum/index.php?topic=661.0
http://wmbusphotos.com/forum/index.php?topic=613.0

[arrivaaston]

agreed, but does anybody know whats going to happen to the 2 deckers that midland have when arriva take over or is this like the million dollar question?

[Stu]

The buses will be incorporated into the Arriva fleet, and most likely be repainted or have Arriva logos attached.

[arrivaaston]

u sure it was a midland bus and not an ex d&g that went to wardle during that take over?

[woody38]

Nice buses was on one on Friday, big inside as well they seat about 85 people, Midland have had the seats redone in a nice red, some bloke stopped the bus in Perton he wanted to take pictures of as may Midland buses as he could before everything becomes boring arriva. I bet the double deckers will end up somewhere else & boring darts in boring arriva livery will become the norm.

End of an era for Midland that has served the Wolverhampton area well, I wil give it 6 weeks max before arriva start reducing the frequences & then when people start using other means of transport use it as an excuse to withdraw the service altogether

[Bob]

Yep itll be Chase all over again.... Maybe these might be the deckers theyre on about Cannock having...