On VOSA Yesterday
PG1073209/131 - G H A COACHES LTD, UNIT 11, VAUXHALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RUABON, WREXHAM, LL14 6UY
Registration Accepted
Starting Point: Shrewsbury Bus Station
Finish Point: Bridgnorth
Via: Harley , Much Wenlock
Service Number: 436
Service Type: Normal Stopping
Effective Date: 20-JUL-2015
Other Details: Monday to Saturday excluding bank holidays
(28/05/2015 09:17)bolton bus basher Wrote: [ -> ]On VOSA Yesterday
PG1073209/131 - G H A COACHES LTD, UNIT 11, VAUXHALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RUABON, WREXHAM, LL14 6UY
Registration Accepted
Starting Point: Shrewsbury Bus Station
Finish Point: Bridgnorth
Via: Harley , Much Wenlock
Service Number: 436
Service Type: Normal Stopping
Effective Date: 20-JUL-2015
Other Details: Monday to Saturday excluding bank holidays
Also ARRIVA Midlands have registered a commercial 90 service to start the same time that merges the 436 route and the 890 at Bridgnorth to allow a Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton split service
(27/05/2015 12:13)DLG817 Wrote: [ -> ]First glimpse of the new Traws Cymru - Scania Enviro Enviro400 - today was the day that Stephen Bryce signed for these - hopefully they will leave the factory soon and come down to Wales.
Photo link of 3001 - SN15ETD at Falkirk
Two more photos available courtesy Stephen Bryce of GHA -
offside -
nearside and rear
(28/05/2015 09:26)Depotosw Wrote: [ -> ]Also ARRIVA Midlands have registered a commercial 90 service to start the same time that merges the 436 route and the 890 at Bridgnorth to allow a Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton split service
Does this mean that Shropshire will cancel the contract for the 436,it seems excessive to pay for something that Arriva are providing commercially.
Maybe an attempt to remove GHA from Shrewsbury and lessen the chances of GHA bidding for the Shrewsbury P & R ?
(27/05/2015 12:13)DLG817 Wrote: [ -> ]First glimpse of the new Traws Cymru - Scania Enviro Enviro400 - today was the day that Stephen Bryce signed for these - hopefully they will leave the factory soon and come down to Wales.
Photo link of 3001 - SN15ETD at Falkirk
The other two are 3002 & 3 SN15 ETE and ETF
Photo link of the transformed Enviro 300 SN04EFU in the new livery
Any indication when the Enviro200 that is gonna be working the nights on the T3 is going to arrive, I would assume next week??
(28/05/2015 20:25)arrifirststage Wrote: [ -> ]Does this mean that Shropshire will cancel the contract for the 436,it seems excessive to pay for something that Arriva are providing commercially.
Maybe an attempt to remove GHA from Shrewsbury and lessen the chances of GHA bidding for the Shrewsbury P & R ?
It's not just a case of whether the council decides, there's legislation in place to prevent public money being spent subsiding a service which duplicates a commercial service so Shropshire may have a legal duty to cancel the contract, then it'll be up to GHA to decide whether to either run a competing commercial service or not to run a service on that route.
GHA actually lost the Cheshire East contract for Sunday and Bank Holidays services between Macclesfield and Manchester to D&G Bus. However, instead of withdrawing the service GHA decided to run a reduced service commercially when meant Cheshire East annulled the contract they had awarded to D&G Bus.
(29/05/2015 08:53)knutstransport Wrote: [ -> ]It's not just a case of whether the council decides, there's legislation in place to prevent public money being spent subsiding a service which duplicates a commercial service so Shropshire may have a legal duty to cancel the contract, then it'll be up to GHA to decide whether to either run a competing commercial service or not to run a service on that route.
GHA actually lost the Cheshire East contract for Sunday and Bank Holidays services between Macclesfield and Manchester to D&G Bus. However, instead of withdrawing the service GHA decided to run a reduced service commercially when meant Cheshire East annulled the contract they had awarded to D&G Bus.
But what happens in the situation where GHA have already invested in preparation for the contract? Ie there purchase of shropshire bus?
(29/05/2015 14:19)djb Wrote: [ -> ]But what happens in the situation where GHA have already invested in preparation for the contract? Ie there purchase of shropshire bus?
I'm not sure but I'll doubt they'll have a case. If the ITT specified the purchase of new buses and the operator had purchased new buses then maybe but even then it could be a legal disclaimer in the contract would prevent any sort of compensation.