Cumfybus

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RE: Cumfybus

(07/09/2016 15:42)Alexw12 Wrote:  Night runs? I know Arriva currently run the both on Sundays and bank holidays.

Did hear a rumour that UK Coachways bided for the 519 contract.

Both routes are on the same contract, so if UK Coachways did get the 519 they'd get the 510 as well. Personally I don't think UK Coachways would bid for that as the company's main appeal from a staffing point of view is that most of its work is Monday to Friday daytime schools runs, so no late turns, hardly any Saturdays (apart from the 535/537) and (as far as I know) no Sundays, so it wouldn't be a good fit for them and they'd find it difficult to cover. Of course, I could be wrong on that and they may have won it, but I would be surprised if that was the case.

I think Arriva might have got it. They seem to be quite fond of their night-time tenders at the moment.

(07/09/2016 16:25)Mayneway Wrote:  Thanks for the clarification on that.
I'm sure I was told originally that it was him that actually approached Cumfybus with the idea of setting up an operation in GM and that he was ops manager at Bolton but everything seemed to have gone very quiet just wondered if he was still there.

No problem, I think he was a good friend of Cumfybus's MD long before Maytree collapsed.