NETS West Midlands

[Tony]

The following is the list of vehicles transferring to the new NETS operation at Aston
2910 PO15 AZZ ex Kings ferry
3403 PO15 AZX ex Stewarts
3404 PO65 EZE ex Stewarts
3405 PO65 EZF ex Stewarts
3804 YP17 FLH ex Woods
3805 YN66 VXU ex Stewarts
4001 YT16 FUA ex Stewarts
49111 BT66 UAE ex Kings Ferry
49113 BT66 UAG ex Kings Ferry
53103 YS15 LSX ex Woods
53106 BJ15 UVK ex Clarkes
53107 BJ15 UVL ex Clarkes
53108 BJ15 UVM ex Clarkes
53109 BJ15 UVN ex Clarkes
53110 BJ15 UVO ex Cl;arkes
53114 YT65 BYM ex Clarkes
53115 YT65 BYN ex Clarkes
53118 BU18 YTR ex Kings Ferry
53119 BU18 YTF ex Kings Ferry
53121 BU18 YTW ex Kings Ferry
53122 BU18 YTX ex Kings Ferry
53123 BU18 YTY ex Kings Ferry
53134 YS65 ATK ex Woods
53135 YS65 ATN ex Woods
5714 YP17 FLE ex Stewarts
5715 YP17 FLF ex Stewarts
5717 YS15 LSY ex Woods
5718 YS15 LSZ ex Woods
5724 YN16 NZE ex Clarkes
5737 YT17 FAJ ex Woods

[winston]

Which livery / brand will they be operating under?

[Tony]

National Express Transport Solutions

[winston]

National Express Transport Solutions

Looks smart, I assume all the other brands & liveries under NETS will be retained? Or is this livery & NETS being rolled out to all the coach operations?

[kernow dave]

I notice from the recent photos posted that many of the new fleet do not carry obvious fleet numbers. I understand that the executive coaches of the various fleets don't carry fleet numbers, will this be the case with NETS?

[winston]

Which license will the NETS West Midlands fleet be operated on?

[Tony]

They're carrying West Midlands Travel legals and o-licenses

[Tony]

I notice from the recent photos posted that many of the new fleet do not carry obvious fleet numbers. I understand that the executive coaches of the various fleets don't carry fleet numbers, will this be the case with NETS?

I suspect they will all get fleet numbers applied

[winston]

Looks as though NETS West Midlands will soon be part of Woods Coaches Ltd instead of WMT Ltd

PD2059238 SI WOODS COACHES LTD
Director(s): JOHN FRASER, THOMAS STABLES, Christopher James Hardy
223 GLOUCESTER CRESCENT, WIGSTON, LE18 4YH
Operating Centre: 63 UPPER THOMAS STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5AD
Authorisation: 40 vehicle(s)
Transport Manager(s): ANDREW JAMES McKINNON, Mark Kent
New Undertaking: Vehicles with eight passenger seats or less will not be operated
under the licence without the prior written agreement of the Traffic Commissioner
who may require you to agree to certain undertakings. Attached to Licence.
New Undertaking: Limousines and novelty type vehicles are not to be operated
under this operator's licence. Attached to Licence.

[Tony]

Looks as though NETS West Midlands will soon be part of Woods Coaches Ltd instead of WMT Ltd

PD2059238 SI WOODS COACHES LTD
Director(s): JOHN FRASER, THOMAS STABLES, Christopher James Hardy
223 GLOUCESTER CRESCENT, WIGSTON, LE18 4YH
Operating Centre: 63 UPPER THOMAS STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5AD
Authorisation: 40 vehicle(s)
Transport Manager(s): ANDREW JAMES McKINNON, Mark Kent
New Undertaking: Vehicles with eight passenger seats or less will not be operated
under the licence without the prior written agreement of the Traffic Commissioner
who may require you to agree to certain undertakings. Attached to Licence.
New Undertaking: Limousines and novelty type vehicles are not to be operated
under this operator's licence. Attached to Licence.

Saves a lot of money as this will be an international license 

[winston]

Saves a lot of money as this will be an international license

I also notice there's 10 extra disks at Aston under Woods compared to NXWM. 

[IMarkeh]

Saves a lot of money as this will be an international license

What money can be saved from it being an international licence versus just domestic? I didn't think the costs were any different.

[Tony]

By using woods only need 40 international discs not 1800 on the WMT license

[IMarkeh]

By using woods only need 40 international discs not 1800 on the WMT license

I am still struggling to see how that saves even a penny. If WMT get rid of 40 discs for Woods to have 40 additional discs, it's the same amount of financial standing needed overall, just the money needs putting into Woods bank account rather than WMT. It's no different really. If WMT keep all of their discs, it then means more money is needed, not less, because over the NX group, it's 40 additional discs meaning an additional £180,000 in financial standing is needed.