Cannock Garage

[Steveminor]

They would have stood half a chance of it working had they not p $#@@d off so many passengers.

[Busman Jamie]

Thats true.... they dont seem to care about the passengèrs that spend lots of money using their service, all they care about is getting infront of the competitor ... All gaol square needs is Bradley Walsh to stand there and say 'The Chase is on' and VOSA the other end to say 'Areiva you have been caught and for you, the chase is over' lol

[Bob]

Service still ran though, surely that's better.

Better? No farrivaling vosa requirements surely as a days worth of two buses short would break some rule?

Just pointing out that as the service is advertised as leather seats extra legroom ( christ knows where on the Streetlites ) wifi and power sockets, arriva are regularly  not giving the advertised product. It's crazy not to have a spare why not refurbish a bus up to sapphire spec at least? There'd be something to fall back on then

[Bob]

## fulfilling ## that should say

[Steveminor]

They would have stood half a chance of it working had they not p $#@@d off so many passengers.

Well Anne Robinson already said "dan flanagan you are the weakest link goodbye" lol

[Busman Jamie]

pmsl and i agree bob other arriva regions have refurbed buses to sapphire standard although not in sapphire liverey.

[Busman Jamie]

well @Steveminor Jezzas got those all important lie detector results

we asked Arriva since choosing to operate all these 'b' routes, have you rsn them prior to the start date?

They said no
this test says you lied lol

[Bob]

Cannocks on the 61 plate Pulsars decline again if you think about it.

1 & 2...Wrecked by the ridiculous changes in the review,  no spares, all Streetlites rarely on ( that's about the only good thing )

74/75..Supposed to be a deckered service. Now requires 5 buses, only 4 deckers all of which are rarely out. Frequently 52 plate commanders on it. The route was upgraded in 2007 with new branded Pulsars...

60/X60..had new 61 plate Pulsars.  These moved to stafford.  Replaced with slightly inferior ex Liverpool 61 plate pulsars.  Even these got moved on. Now run with a mix of 52/06 plate Commanders.  With the odd citron.

71...68 previously used full size single deckers.  Now run by 13 year old cadets with frequent time keeping issues do to stupidly interworking with the 76 during prolonged roadworks causing Chaos in Stafford,  plus there have been some breakdown issues...

Not looking brilliant tbf

[Bob]

Cannocks on the decline that should say!  Don't know where the 61 plate Pulsars bit come from!

[Westy]

Any news on the further alleged NX new routes in Staffordshire yet?

[winston]

Any news on the further alleged NX new routes in Staffordshire yet?

If there were to be any expansion of NX services in to Staffs, it's unlikely to happen until the New Year now as there are very few spare buses available + the 4 Mercs at WB & 3 Mercs at PN all need to be removed from service by the end of the year.

[LG]

Yeah lol.
Couldn't of been short of buses cause they found one to run the 74b which doesn't  (officially) start till Monday lol

PD0000478/434 - ARRIVA MIDLANDS NORTH LTD T/A ARRIVA MIDLANDS, THURMASTON GARAGE, 4 WESTMORELAND AVENUE, THURMASTON, LEICESTER, LE4 8PH
Registration Accepted
Starting Point: Cannock Bus Station
Finish Point: Stafford, Technology Park
Via: Huntington, Brocton, Queensville, Stafford Town Centre, Stafford County Hospital
Service Number: 74B
Service Type: Normal Stopping
Effective Date: 07-NOV-2015
Other Details: Monday to Saturday, daytimes.

[Steveminor]

Yep that's the one. So why run it on Friday afternoon?

[ntw456]

It officially started today

[LG]

It was probably the same as the drivers who keep gling to stafford with 75a on the blinds.  They dont check it properly