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If you go on the jim stones website theres a piece about retirement

All Jim Stones routes have now been cancelled from the date they close.

I'm assuming rotala have already spoke to the drivers and are working for them day after jim stones closure as they are desperately short

Surely someone must be picking up some of Jim Stone's routes especially 584 to/from Crankwood, in the past I've walked it from Plank Lane to Crankwood Estate and its actually quite a walk so unless not that many people use it I can see it inconveniencing quiite a number of the residents round there who won't have access to a bus service anymore except in the evening when Diamond run the Tendered services.

Surely someone like Tyrers or Diamond can pick up the daytime journies considering Diamond do the evening journies and Tyrers do Sunday Daytime journies.

If they are tenders and are used well then TFGM will re-tender them out and someone like Tyrers or vision will pick them up.

(04/02/2020 19:29)johnluke Wrote: [ -> ]I'm assuming rotala have already spoke to the drivers and are working for them day after jim stones closure as they are desperately short

Drivers will be needed to cover the Jim Stones routes when replaced, I would expect most Drivers would transfer to whoever that will be.

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(05/02/2020 06:24)M60lad Wrote: [ -> ]Surely someone must be picking up some of Jim Stone's routes especially 584 to/from Crankwood, in the past I've walked it from Plank Lane to Crankwood Estate and its actually quite a walk so unless not that many people use it I can see it inconveniencing quiite a number of the residents round there who won't have access to a bus service anymore except in the evening when Diamond run the Tendered services.

Surely someone like Tyrers or Diamond can pick up the daytime journies considering Diamond do the evening journies and Tyrers do Sunday Daytime journies.

from the Diamond thread they are operating :-

584 Leigh - Crankwood
682 Leigh - Hag Fold

According to Coach & Bus Week, 12 routes currently with Jim Stones Coaches have secured new operators. Alas it doesn't tell us who will be running which routes.

https://cbwmagazine.com/vital-leigh-loca...ces-saved/

(14/03/2020 21:12)Metroline1511 Wrote: [ -> ]According to Coach & Bus Week, 12 routes currently with Jim Stones Coaches have secured new operators. Alas it doesn't tell us who will be running which routes.

https://cbwmagazine.com/vital-leigh-loca...ces-saved/

two more routes are

Vision Bus
588 Leigh - Lowton
595 Leigh - Abbey Lane/Hindley Green

593 wont be replaced as Stagecoach 8 and 9 cover most of the route