Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

[knutstransport]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham
Aintree Coachline are running the Cheshire Show shuttle from Knutsford again this year. Not sure on the exact vehicle they were using but it's a decker.

[knutstransport]

[split] VOSA Bus Registration Search
PC0003713/13 Registered (Short notice)
JOHN CHERRY
Route: Ellesmere Port Bus Station to Brook Street, Neston, Cheshire via Little Sutton, Willaston
Service number: 272
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 23 Jul 2018

Is John Cherry the person who is/was in charge of Aintree Coachline?

[iMarkeh]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

(19/06/2018 14:37)knutstransport Wrote:  Aintree Coachline are running the Cheshire Show shuttle from Knutsford again this year. Not sure on the exact vehicle they were using but it's a decker.

This could explain the Ex GAL and Metrobus Scania Esteem out on rails today then. It was an interesting spot, put it that way.

(19/06/2018 15:10)knutstransport Wrote:  PC0003713/13 Registered (Short notice)
JOHN CHERRY
Route: Ellesmere Port Bus Station to Brook Street, Neston, Cheshire via Little Sutton, Willaston
Service number: 272
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 23 Jul 2018

Is John Cherry the person who is/was in charge of Aintree Coachline?

Indeed he is. All Helms stuff is registered under him or AINTREE Coaching international.

[Olympian2100]

RE: [split] VOSA Bus Registration Search

(19/06/2018 15:10)knutstransport Wrote:  PC0003713/13 Registered (Short notice)
JOHN CHERRY
Route: Ellesmere Port Bus Station to Brook Street, Neston, Cheshire via Little Sutton, Willaston
Service number: 272
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 23 Jul 2018

Is John Cherry the person who is/was in charge of Aintree Coachline?

Yes, John Cherry has always owned Aintree Coachline.

[knutstransport]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

(19/06/2018 15:54)iMarkeh Wrote:  This could explain the Ex GAL and Metrobus Scania Esteem out on rails today then. It was an interesting spot, put it that way.

There's also a Hartford station to Cheshire Show shuttle which needs 2 vehicles. I can't confirm who's running those but logically it would be the same operator as the Knutsford one.

D&G, Network Warrington and GHA have all run the shuttle in past years but Aintree had it last year as well. Not sure how they got it ahead of more local operators, perhaps they have more spare large buses in their yard?

[iMarkeh]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

(20/06/2018 08:45)knutstransport Wrote:  There's also a Hartford station to Cheshire Show shuttle which needs 2 vehicles. I can't confirm who's running those but logically it would be the same operator as the Knutsford one.

D&G, Network Warrington and GHA have all run the shuttle in past years but Aintree had it last year as well. Not sure how they got it ahead of more local operators, perhaps they have more spare large buses in their yard?

Aintree have a lot of deckers. NW have a few but they would need drivers who are on reasonable wages which would up their cost. D&G have no deckers. GHA had plenty and drivers were low paid (as far as I know) so it is no surprise they ran the shuttles. Helms/Aintree have lots of deckers and the drivers are lowish paid (compared to NW, Arriva, Stagecoach etc) so it could be that side of things? Just down to how many deckers you have and how much you pay drivers?

In other news, the new 272 will run every 90 minutes with the route being the exact same as now until Little Sutton. At peak times the bus will run up Sutton Way and off peak will run via Seacombe Drive and Loxdale Drive (the Great Sutton part of the 7)

[knutstransport]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

(20/06/2018 11:35)iMarkeh Wrote:  Aintree have a lot of deckers. NW have a few but they would need drivers who are on reasonable wages which would up their cost. D&G have no deckers. GHA had plenty and drivers were low paid (as far as I know) so it is no surprise they ran the shuttles. Helms/Aintree have lots of deckers and the drivers are lowish paid (compared to NW, Arriva, Stagecoach etc) so it could be that side of things? Just down to how many deckers you have and how much you pay drivers?

Whether double deckers or large single deckers have been used on the Cheshire Show shuttles have depended on whose operated the service. I recall someone saying D&G used their Adderley Green allocated Metrocities when the year they operated the shuttle, GHA used single deckers the first time they ran the service but moved to deckers in subsequent years. It's a long time since it was operated by Network Warrington, I'm not even sure saying Network Warrington ran it was technically correct, I think they may have still been called Warrington Borough Transport.

[wimdebusse]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham
Odd to note Routemaster CUV243C on Southport-Merchant Taylor's this morning

[MX12CFE]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

(27/06/2018 07:01)wimdebusse Wrote:  Odd to note Routemaster CUV243C on Southport-Merchant Taylor's this morning

White President V539 ESC bought pupils from Merchant Taylors to Edge hill university Ormskirk yesterday. Think is used as a wedding bus as it has Congratulations on your special day on the side between decks panels.

[wimdebusse]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

(27/06/2018 12:11)MX12CFE Wrote:  White President V539 ESC bought pupils from Merchant Taylors to Edge hill university Ormskirk yesterday. Think is used as a wedding bus as it has Congratulations on your special day on the side between decks panels.

V539ESC was set up to do weddings also, as it had tables when acquired from Lothian, by the way is normal haunt is one of the M.T. - Southport runs
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