Though it might be a good idea to list the forthcoming vehicle moves in one place....
Known about so far but yet to move unless stated, some reported on other sources
2141/2142 Southport to Rhyl
3052-3054 Green Lane to Runcorn
3055 Green Lane to Speke (first Pulsar permanently allocated ever)
3058 Green Lane - Birkenhead (moved today as reported on GL thread)
4591-4594 St Helens to Bootle
List below. It's not gone down well with the Labour South Yorkshire Metro Mayor or the Labour leaders of Cheshire East and Cheshire West councils.
Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire: £34.2m
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: £8.9m
Brighton and Hove: £27.9m
Central Bedfordshire: £3.7m
City of York: £17.4m
Cornwall (including Isles of Scilly): £13.3m
Derby City: £7m
Derbyshire: £47m
Devon: £14.1m
East Sussex: £41.4m
Greater Manchester: £94.8m
Hertfordshire: £29.7m
Kent: £35.1m
Liverpool City Region: £12.3m
Luton: £19.1m
Norfolk: £49.6m
North East and North of Tyne: £163.5m
North East Lincolnshire: £4.7m
Nottingham City: £11.4m
Nottinghamshire: £18.7m
Oxfordshire: £12.7m
Portsmouth: £48.3m
Reading: £26.3m
Somerset: £11.9m
Stoke-on-Trent: £31.7m
Warrington: £16.2m
West Berkshire: £2.6m
West Midlands: £87.9m
West of England and North Somerset: £105.5m
West Sussex: £17.4m
West Yorkshire: £70m
As the first examples of this batch are now being withdrawn I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread. If I've missed anything please let me know
It's been reported by the Liverpool Echo that Steve Rotheram intends to move forward with his proposal to introduce franchising to the Liverpool City Region's bus network. If the proposal is approved by the combined authority then a public consultation will take place once a business case has been completed
I have to say I'm not a fan of this idea at all. The amount of money it will cost to implement and then maintain simply isn't worth it in my opinion
Hope this is ok on here? Gwynfors is a Welsh independent operator that is based in Anglesey and can be seen working around Anglesey and Gwynedd and as well they gain the Snowdon SHERPA contracts inbetween Pen y Pass.
I am usually the expert on knowing their fleet of vehicles and been taking aloud of photographs in different areas through on and see what goes on. For those who don't know about this new thread Ill tell you anything about them. This is only a short notice of what goes on with the operator, there vehicle wise are mainly Enviro 200s and Optare Solos and double deckers.
PC0002598/427 ARRIVA NORTH WEST LTD, 73 ORMSKIRK ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L9 5AE From: Runcorn, High Street To: Runcorn, High Street Via: Name or No.: 200 / 200 Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 23 January 2022 Other details: Registration of Subsidised Service operated on behalf of Halton Council.
PC0004417/330 DIAMOND BUS (NORTH WEST) LIMITED, WESTON STREET, BOLTON, BL3 2AW From: Manchester Piccadilly To: Manchester City Football Club Eastlands Via: Name or No.: MCFC
Service type: Normal Stopping Effective date: 26 December 2021 End date: 26 December 2021
Other details: To operate 26/12/2021 only
Variations:
PC1033334/12 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Liverpool ONE Bus Station and Kirkby Civic Centre given
service number 17 / 17 effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Route.
PC1033334/15 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Liverpool City Centre and Kirkby given service number 20 / 20
/ 21 effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/14 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Mann Island and Kirkby Civic Centre given service number 19 /
19 effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/457 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Liverpool, Queen Square and Kirkby Admin given service number X3 / X3 effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Route and Timetable.
PC1033334/253 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Southport and Liverpool given service number PRX2 / X2 effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/260 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Preston and Bolton given service number CY125 / 125 / 125C
effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/241 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Preston and Southport given service number PR2X / X2 effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/363 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Preston and Leyland given service number PR111 / 111 effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/246 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Preston and Blackpool given service number PR68 / 68 / 68C
effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/245 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Preston and Blackpool given service number PR61 / 61 / 61C
effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/258 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Preston and Chorley given service number CY109 / 109 effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/254 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Preston and Blackburn given service number PR59 / 59 / 59C
effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/238 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Preston and Southport/Ormskirk given service number PR2 / 2A
/ 2 effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/242 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Preston and Penwortham given service number PR3 / 3 effective
from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
PC1033334/234 RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD, GILMOSS DEPOT, EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BB Operating between Preston and Longridge given service number PR1 / 1 / S1 / 1A
effective from 23 January 2022. To amend Timetable.
Cancellations:
PC0004417/288 DIAMOND BUS (NORTH WEST) LIMITED, WESTON STREET, BOLTON, BL3 2AW Operating between Manchester, Piccadilly and Bolton, Interchange given service number 37 effective from 30 January 2022.
Arriva North West had staff on furlough for all 9 months (including August 2021) and were claiming sums of between £500k and £1m in Feb and Mar
Warrington's Own Buses had staff on furlough for Jan/Feb/Mar.
MP Travel had staff on furlough in Jan and Feb only.
Like Arriva, D&G and Go Goodwins had staff on furlough for all 9 months.
While not all staff are drivers, if operators had staff on furlough for 9 months, including one after things reopened, is that another reason why operators are losing drivers to other industries?
