Cannock Garage

[notepanel]

As much as itd be fantastic, and put the wind up arriva, I just cant really see nx coming back to cannock thinking about it. Theyve got absolutely zero interest in the area.

Don't forget though that it is not all about Cannock. I'm not all too familiar with routes in the area, but for instance say the 68 route was up for tender, a large part of that route is within 'NXWM grounds', the same with the X56 (a Staffordshire tender) and the 2 route covers the popular NXWM Walsall - Bloxwich corridor.

So whilst some routes are totally out of NXWMs current operating area, other routes do cover parts of it and would strengthen the existing network and with the tender money may well be worth NXWM operating.

[Bob]

Yea true but say with the 2, if ypud gone to walsall at say 3pm.and came back at 7pm ( assuming nx have won the contract) you wouldnt be able to use your arriva daysaver. Staffordshires bus network is horrendous as far as integration is involved

[covlad27]

The routes lost at Cannock are rumored ro be evening 2 and 33 and pye green circular 25 and 26 on sundays

[Westy]

The routes lost at Cannock are rumored ro be evening 2 and 33 and pye green circular 25 and 26 on sundays

Is evening 2 & sunday 2 two separate contracts?

Evening 33? Isnt that operated as the 32 currently? If Diamond won the route, they could reintroduce the through evening service between Walsall & Rugeley like Arriva did when they held both contracts!

[Bob]

 there Isnt a sunday 25 and 26! Its incorporated into the number 2

[covlad27]

there Isnt a sunday 25 and 26! Its incorporated into the number 2

They are starting 25 and 26 on a sunday in addition to the 2and 70 currently ran by arriva

[covlad27]

There is also rumour that the X51 will come to Cannock all day not just am pm

[covlad27]

The routes lost at Cannock are rumored ro be evening 2 and 33 and pye green circular 25 and 26 on sundays

Is evening 2 & sunday 2 two separate contracts?

Evening 33? Isnt that operated as the 32 currently? If Diamond won the route, they could reintroduce the through evening service between Walsall & Rugeley like Arriva did when they held both contracts!

No definately 33 in the evening

[Westy]

there Isnt a sunday 25 and 26! Its incorporated into the number 2

They are starting 25 and 26 on a sunday in addition to the 2and 70 currently ran by arriva

Didnt they do the 25 & 26 before on Sundays?

[Bob]

X51 All day would be great! But lets be honest can anyone see that happenin in reality? Naaaaaaaaa

[Bob]

Also nothings been announced or confirmed yet.  Although I have to admit itd be great to see nx back with a vengeance! !! Whats to stop arriva registering these journeys as commercial though? That would then throw a spanner in the works. ...

[winston]

X51 All day would be great! But lets be honest can anyone see that happenin in reality? Naaaaaaaaa

Are the trains between Cannock & Brum still unreliable / subject to frequent cancellation?

I notice the journey times by train in to Brum is around 36-47 mins dependent on time of day , whilst by bus its 1 hr 20 mins, as the bus takes a lot longer, is an all day X51 service realistic? May be more peak workings to test the demand?

[Bob]

The X51 could be sped up a bit. The 10 or whatever min layover in walsall bus stn is veing got rid of isnt it??

[winston]

The X51 could be sped up a bit. The 10 or whatever min layover in walsall bus stn is veing got rid of isnt it??

Not sure don't know the route or Cannock

[Bob]

Train was bad last sat no conductor on way there resulting in a huuuuuge queue to buy a ticket when we got off just to get thru the bloody barriers! On way back ( id checked the updates on LM site the day before it just said the 2318 was replaced by a bus) we wrnt to get 2218 back to be told flat 'not running'. There was a train at 2243 or something to walsall but they didnt tell us there was a bus from there to cannock!! We thouggt wed be stuck in walsall. It was awful service really