Cannock Garage

[Bob]

Seen a decker predictably on Pye Greens.  Anyone know which buses have gone to telford?

[Ashley 60171]

Seen a decker predictably on Pye Greens.  Anyone know which buses have gone to telford?

4707 and 4721 were on PG's today but the former was swapped for an RLE I believe.

[Bob]

I doubt any of them will see much useful work

[Ashley 60171]

I doubt any of them will see much useful work

Well its still nice to have deckers at Cannock again all the same so

[Bob]

So? I'm just making a point that despite there being several routes where they'd be useful in peak times they're just wasted on locals....

[Westy]

Bob i have been informed by publicity staff at Arriva , all deckers at CK only here for couple of weeks

Why do they bother for a couple of weeks?

[Bob]

I'm surprised they can afford to run em lol

[Busman Jamie]

Why on 74/75? It's been proves the service doesn't warrant a decker and for years when CK have had loan deckers for a week or 2 they get allocated to PG

Just look when theybgo the 2 wardle olympian and the 2 wardle tridents they were just pit on PG

[Bob]

74 and 75 must have declined like every other route Cannock have managed to mess up lol. When the deckers were transferred in for them they were definitely needed. Then cannock rarely managed to have a full allocation on most of the time cos they couldn't keep em on the road long enough lol

[Bob]

According to the driver earlier the 3 is going hourly from September

[The King]

According to the driver earlier the 3 is going hourly from September

Wouldn't be surprised if this was the case as the 3's don't really do much work outside of Norton Canes, they've re-routed it so many times in the past 18 months some passengers are unsure of which side of the roads going where!

On another note as stated yesterday with an issue of drivers running early. The last 70  to Rugeley ran 3 minutes early from Hednesford with the doors open! This is why IMO interlocking doors is a good idea for all companies.

On a side note how many of the deckers have actually been used? I've only seen one in service the others are in the yard.

[Bob]

All four were parked up in the yard along with several red deckers . Didn't look like they'd be moving anywhere any time soon. I think the frequency of the 1 & 2 might get reduced as well to maybe one an hour each. I wouldn't be surprised if the sapphire brand and buses went also, given that like everything else cannock touch,  it's been an abject failure

[Ashley 60171]

Still only seen Y707 XJF decker and FD02 UKG decker out + not seen Y709 XJF / FE51 YWJ decker out

4711 out on PG's I'm told

[The King]

Heard rumours of a new route from Cannock to Rugeley with the service number 63... any ideas folks?

[Bob]

I'm sure it'll be long lasting lol