Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(10/09/2016 11:08)33109 Wrote:  Plus commanders have all appeared on the 88 over the past 2-3 weeks or so. Also anyone know were the new contracts awarded yet for the ex GHA services? Thought it was this month or similar when we should be finding out.

They were supposed to be announced 8.5 weeks before the start date (24th October.) However, it's rumoured TSS (Cheshire East's Transport Body) underestimated the amount of work involved in awarding the contracts meaning they'll be Short Notice registrations opposed to standard 8 weeks notice registrations.

In fairness TSS did also have to deal with Routemaster Buses saying they could no longer run any services (having previously said they can't keep the Crewe routes going) meaning TSS had to do emergency contracts for Routemaster replacements as well.

Apparently the Cheshire West emergency contracts for ex-GHA routes end in November, so they've got a bit longer to run.