Arriva take over Midland

[Bob]

Lol it would be ace if they were told they could keep Midland but had to sell Cannock garage as part of the deal ! haha id love it

[sconehead85]

Lol it would be ace if they were told they could keep Midland but had to sell Cannock garage as part of the deal ! haha id love it

To NX West Midlands as Travel Cannock?!

sconehead85

[Bob]

Na it should be something more upmarket like Cannock Chase -part of Nat Ex lol :-p

[winston]

Lol it would be ace if they were told they could keep Midland but had to sell Cannock garage as part of the deal ! haha id love it

To NX West Midlands as Travel Cannock?!

sconehead85

Didn't TWM/NXWM come close to buying Arriva's Cannock operation at one point?

[Bob]

Dont be daft WHAT ON EARTH would Nxwm want with Arriva Cannock operations?

[tphi12000]

Didn't TWM/NXWM come close to buying Arriva's Cannock operation at one point?
[/quote] yes i seem to remember a lot of rumours to that effect a few years ago.Tony

[Bob]

Blimey I'd never heard of that before! Anyone think it could still happen now?

[Bruce_LOA400X]

Nope if NXWM have any sense they will not go near it with a Barge pole for a fair while yet.

[Bob]

What makes you say that? id imagine at least some of the routes must be turning a profit, specially the Staffords?

[Bob]

Bloody hell are they any closer to getting the Arriva buses on the road yet? Any idea which if any Midland buses will survive? And also when was it that NXWM alledgedly 'came close' to buying Cannock's operations? It would've been ace if they had! Still,never say never

[winston]

Bloody hell are they any closer to getting the Arriva buses on the road yet? Any idea which if any Midland buses will survive? And also when was it that NXWM alledgedly 'came close' to buying Cannock's operations? It would've been ace if they had! Still,never say never

Arriva have given undertakings to the OFT that no part of the Midland business will be changed until the results of its investigations are known, therefore knowing how long these things take it could be 2013 before there is any sign of Arriva branding / livery on the Midland fleet. This is why the Tamworth B6LE's have gone to Stafford & Cannock instead.

Can't remember the date that TWM came close to buying Arriva's Cannock operations, but I suspect it would have been pre the Chase takeover, Tony's probably your best man for that....

[Bob]

Would NXWM still be interested do you reckon? The Cannock operations cant be that much of a basket case. I think its bad that Arriva have absolutely no competition at all its not exactly encouraging them to raise their standards! The new buses on the 60 are ok as are the Staffords but the standard of the rest is horrific to be honest

[Westy]

If National Express took over Arriva Cannock, how long before Cannock was shut & operations transferred to Wolves & Walsall?

Alternatively would it be possible for NX to purchase land somewhere in South Staffs & build a 'super depot' to replace Cannock, Wolves & Walsall?

[Bob]

Its just speculation though, NXWM probably could take over Cannock but its probably quite unlikely. Im hoping they register some competing routes in the area though, as i said before if they competed on the Walsall/Wolves corridors theyd win hands down, and even on the 25/6

[winston]

Would NXWM still be interested do you reckon? The Cannock operations cant be that much of a basket case. I think its bad that Arriva have absolutely no competition at all its not exactly encouraging them to raise their standards! The new buses on the 60 are ok as are the Staffords but the standard of the rest is horrific to be honest

Taking over Arriva Cannock is unlikely to happen now, NXWM registering competing services in to Cannock operated from Walsall garage is always an option, especially if Arriva launch new competing services on NXWM routes.

I think at the time TWM Walsall was gearing up to run the Cannock area routes