Cannock Garage

[andyr]

We have wheel chocks on all of our Van Hools and Starliners. One of which won coach of the year at the 2014 UK Coach rally at Alton Towers a few weeks ago..

[Bob]

Just out of interest andy do you remember the east lancs re bodied Tigers MRN/ Arriva used to run? Looking at one from the back their the spit of an 80s vanhool coach rear end!

[andyr]

Bob yes now i have looked at pictures they do look alike. I have the pleasure of one of our new starliners at the moment, they are a fantastic coach. If only we could apply Parrys values to the bus industry. I think Lothian Buses would be the bench mark..

[Bob]

Yea definitely.  A lot of people think private sector best public bad but look at Lothian and Nottingham! 

[Bob]

Seen V426 DGT in cannock looking a state with Arriva Midlands on blinds and a piece of A4 with walsall on it stuck in the window.  Still got its vault so hopefully it's just a loan

[arrivadays]

Vault?

[arrivaaston]

Exact fair vault mate as she's borrowed from Wednesfield, saw earlier broken down in Heath Hayes but now back up and running :-)

[Bob]

Here a day and broken down already.....

[andyr]

No pride or even a hint of wanting to get things right. A real pity as when in Liverpool a few weeks ago the Arriva fleet was immaculate. You can only judge any fleet by there worst bus/coach and the West Midlands must be Arriva low point.

[PM]

No pride or even a hint of wanting to get things right. A real pity as when in Liverpool a few weeks ago the Arriva fleet was immaculate. You can only judge any fleet by there worst bus/coach and the West Midlands must be Arriva low point.

Liverpool must bring in a lot of money. Everywhere you look its sb200's that are under 5 years old. Guess Stagecoach keep them on their toes as well ;)

[andyr]

Having a monoply in Cannock i dont see how they cant make money there.

[Bob]

Exactly, they can be as crap as they want in cannock,  cos theres is no and probably never will be any competition,  and wednesfield well, thats just a bit of a joke lol, never to be taken seriously :-P

[arrivadays]

I must say, Telford's maintenance on the 59-plate Pulsars appears very bad - there was one that pulled up on the bus stop outside of my house and the vibrating was so severe, and that was hearing it from my window.

[Bob]

Pulsars being lightweight buses probably arent designed to withstand loads of heavy urban work.  Cannocks examples are 52 plate on the 1 and are really rough and knackered.  FT06 ZTE is actually the worst sounding though,  never heard anything like it!

[arrivadays]

Saw a vid of it on youtube - sounds very poorly :(