Cannock Garage

[winston]

Is there any thread on this site that can be a safe space away from NX myopia?

After reading years of Bob's Arriva Cannock gripes with the Sapphire Streetlites, frequency cuts, high fares, threadbare seats,  unreliability & frequent breakdowns what else would anyone possibly deduce!

I hear the recycle bin is fairly safe.....

[Depotosw]

Is there any thread on this site that can be a safe space away from NX myopia?

Well said!

[Bob]

Its interesting, a few weeks ago when the Streets####s were being moved out and end of life vehicles drafted back in, someone commented that Cannock "looked like a garage being prepped for sale"

[bovaman]

Perhaps the 825 could be kept & run from Tamworth depot may be seeing as a few of the newer pulsars have recently transferred to Tamworth, Could run it off the back of the X65 may be.

[Vulcan]

Tamworth have run 825 in past

[Bob]

Itll be interesting to see who ends up running each route

[l.murphy123]

Perhaps the 825 could be kept & run from Tamworth depot may be seeing as a few of the newer pulsars have recently transferred to Tamworth, Could run it off the back of the X65 may be.

They could probably do the 60 then too. They did both on Lichfield Bower day. They could have ran them on Sundays from Tamworth surely, as they weren't subsidised as far as I am aware so they must have been breaking even +.

[BusMan Greg]

Everyone needs to keep in mind that this is just a rumour.

[Bob]

Everyone needs to keep in mind that this is just a rumour.

True. But looking at the fleet etc its obv a loss maker/or Arriva dont give a s##t about it 🤪🤪🤪🤪

[Bob]

Everyone needs to keep in mind that this is just a rumour.

Its not been refuted though at all oddly

[BusMan Greg]

True. But looking at the fleet etc its obv a loss maker/or Arriva dont give a s##t about it 🤪🤪🤪🤪

Tbf in the last few years arriva have never gave a shit about the fleet at cannock. It's just recently since the sapphires have been transferred everyone thinks the fleet is ready for the depots sale.

[Bob]

Tbf in the last few years arriva have never gave a shit about the fleet at cannock. It's just recently since the sapphires have been transferred everyone thinks the fleet is ready for the depots sale.

I dunno there were 61 plate pulsars for 60/825 there were the 7 new 63 plates for pye greens and the 9 sapphires in 2014

[Wumpty]

Tbf in the last few years arriva have never gave a shit about the fleet at cannock. It's just recently since the sapphires have been transferred everyone thinks the fleet is ready for the depots sale.

How does the current fleet compare to the fleet that went with the Burton sale?

Is there a pattern between fleet changes at Cannock and Burton that would indicate preparations for a sale or we getting just a little excited about something that is, as @BusMan Greg says, is just rumour at this stage?

@Winston - any insight into the above?

[winston]

How does the current fleet compare to the fleet that went with the Burton sale?

Is there a pattern between fleet changes at Cannock and Burton that would indicate preparations for a sale or we getting just a little excited about something that is, as @BusMan Greg says, is just rumour at this stage?

@Winston - any insight into the above?

I can't fully remember the entire fleet make-up of Burton at sale, but it did come with a large batch of 52 plate VDL SB200 / Commanders at the time.

https://www.route-one.net/news/arriva_to_sell_in_burton/

For a rumour, it's pretty well detailed as regards named buyers for the depot / for the operational business etc. Select have made a sizeable increase in disc's for their size - no smoke, without fire in my opinion....

[Westy]

Its not been refuted though at all oddly

But as previously mentioned last time this rumour popped up, Simon is not allowed to comment for legal reasons!