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		<title><![CDATA[Forum | Merseyside Dennis Dart Website - Local Bus Scene: North West and Wales]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Agency looking for Scania drivers for advertising campaign]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1834</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I thought this might be of interest to a few people on here. These kind of posts are normally for glamorous women and families, but this time it's Scania bus and lorry drivers they want for an ad campaign.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FilmAndTVCastingCallsUK/posts/pfbid0YqwHUYrmSCeRHmgNjZchE9TAXDDPHopWWYsURY6HzmYjqjhUVNrQbe3HaU4a3cjzl" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/FilmAndTVCastin...HaU4a3cjzl</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I thought this might be of interest to a few people on here. These kind of posts are normally for glamorous women and families, but this time it's Scania bus and lorry drivers they want for an ad campaign.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FilmAndTVCastingCallsUK/posts/pfbid0YqwHUYrmSCeRHmgNjZchE9TAXDDPHopWWYsURY6HzmYjqjhUVNrQbe3HaU4a3cjzl" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/FilmAndTVCastin...HaU4a3cjzl</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[North West Traffic Commissioner Notices & Proceedings 2026]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1831</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[First Leeds Electroliners in Liverpool]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1827</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:32:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the title says, there are 5 First Leeds Electroliners in Liverpool this week for use on shuttles between Lime Street station and the Labour Party Conference at the Echo Arena....the 5 are 36592, 36607, 36611, 36612....36611 at least is tracking as well. 36648 is the 5th to also come over but is within the venue with tables fitted.<br />
<br />
HTH]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As the title says, there are 5 First Leeds Electroliners in Liverpool this week for use on shuttles between Lime Street station and the Labour Party Conference at the Echo Arena....the 5 are 36592, 36607, 36611, 36612....36611 at least is tracking as well. 36648 is the 5th to also come over but is within the venue with tables fitted.<br />
<br />
HTH]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[No wonder people don't use buses]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1826</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:22:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[English Heritage website gives the following info for getting to Beeston Castle by bus:<br />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">GHA service 83 (Tue) to Beeston; Otherwise GHA service 56 (Thu &amp; Sat) to Bunbury Heath (then 1 mile walk) or Arriva service 84 to Tarporley (2 1⁄2 miles)</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/beeston-castle-and-woodland-park/plan-your-visit/directions/" target="_blank">https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visi...irections/</a><br />
<br />
I suspect it was last updated before the Routemaster and GHA bus war on the 84!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[English Heritage website gives the following info for getting to Beeston Castle by bus:<br />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">GHA service 83 (Tue) to Beeston; Otherwise GHA service 56 (Thu &amp; Sat) to Bunbury Heath (then 1 mile walk) or Arriva service 84 to Tarporley (2 1⁄2 miles)</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/beeston-castle-and-woodland-park/plan-your-visit/directions/" target="_blank">https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visi...irections/</a><br />
<br />
I suspect it was last updated before the Routemaster and GHA bus war on the 84!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Franchise funding]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1823</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:45:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have just read an on-line report in the Manchester Evening News about the Bee Network cost and income and expenditure. It shows that only 47% of income (£183m out of £390m) comes from fares. It has been hailed as a great success with cheaper fares and more buses but one wonders whether the private (strangely nearly all foreign owned) companies would have done better. Given the level of subsidy required it doesn't seem so wonderful to me and there must be serious doubts that this level of local, and national, taxpayer contributions can continue in the longer term given the downward spiral of public finances. Is it really money well spent? Also, interesting that it is foreign owned companies who have benefitted rather than UK ones.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have just read an on-line report in the Manchester Evening News about the Bee Network cost and income and expenditure. It shows that only 47% of income (£183m out of £390m) comes from fares. It has been hailed as a great success with cheaper fares and more buses but one wonders whether the private (strangely nearly all foreign owned) companies would have done better. Given the level of subsidy required it doesn't seem so wonderful to me and there must be serious doubts that this level of local, and national, taxpayer contributions can continue in the longer term given the downward spiral of public finances. Is it really money well spent? Also, interesting that it is foreign owned companies who have benefitted rather than UK ones.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funding announcement: BRT for Liverpool and new buses and more trams]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1821</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:27:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[£1.6bn for Liverpool city region for a Bus Rapid System, similar to the Belfast Glider, serving the airport and the football stadia. Plus a new bus fleet in St Helens and the Wirral.<br />
<br />
£2.5bn for Greater Manchester including 1000 new electric buses and Metrolink expansion, with the intention of "Bee Network" being 100% electric by 2030.<br />
<br />
Outside the region it also includes a West Yorkshire Mass Transit and trams to Birmingham's new sports quarter.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[£1.6bn for Liverpool city region for a Bus Rapid System, similar to the Belfast Glider, serving the airport and the football stadia. Plus a new bus fleet in St Helens and the Wirral.<br />
<br />
£2.5bn for Greater Manchester including 1000 new electric buses and Metrolink expansion, with the intention of "Bee Network" being 100% electric by 2030.<br />
<br />
Outside the region it also includes a West Yorkshire Mass Transit and trams to Birmingham's new sports quarter.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Travel Master (MCR)]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1820</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 20:55:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I've noticed some unbranded modern coaches have been operating the Radbrooke Hall (Barclays) work shuttles recently. The other day I saw one was carrying the legal lettering for Travel Master (MCR) and had a LED destination display fitted showing Radbrooke Hall.<br />
<br />
At one point I was wondering whether there was some arrangement with D&amp;G, given the new 87/88 timetable only needs the 4th bus from the 08:57 to Macclesfield, and the 87s being routed via Radbrooke, but it seems that's additional to the workers only shuttles.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I've noticed some unbranded modern coaches have been operating the Radbrooke Hall (Barclays) work shuttles recently. The other day I saw one was carrying the legal lettering for Travel Master (MCR) and had a LED destination display fitted showing Radbrooke Hall.<br />
<br />
At one point I was wondering whether there was some arrangement with D&amp;G, given the new 87/88 timetable only needs the 4th bus from the 08:57 to Macclesfield, and the 87s being routed via Radbrooke, but it seems that's additional to the workers only shuttles.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[St. Helens bus station]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1819</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Stand nos. 1-3 in St. Helens Bus tation have been closed from 10 March 2025 - the first stage of the rebuilding process. Services (mostly Arriva) formerly using stands 1-3 are mostly using an alternative stop in Bickerstaffe Street, just outside the bus station. <br />
<br />
The remainder of the bus station is expected to close soon, pending replacement by a new bus station. In the interim, most services are due to transfer to a temporary terminal in Chalon Way.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Stand nos. 1-3 in St. Helens Bus tation have been closed from 10 March 2025 - the first stage of the rebuilding process. Services (mostly Arriva) formerly using stands 1-3 are mostly using an alternative stop in Bickerstaffe Street, just outside the bus station. <br />
<br />
The remainder of the bus station is expected to close soon, pending replacement by a new bus station. In the interim, most services are due to transfer to a temporary terminal in Chalon Way.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Potential transfer of bus stations to town councils]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1817</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cheshire East Council have been passing assets to town councils for a while now. It seems a potential transfer of Knutsford bus station to the town council is now being explored.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">KNUTSFORD BUS STATION<br />
The Town Centre Committee had resolved to recommend that the asset transfer of this area be<br />
explored. The working group agreed that transfer of the bus station should be considered.<br />
The proposed transfer area would include the taxi office, covered waiting area and the paved service<br />
road. There would be the potential to generate some income from the taxi office to contribute to the<br />
operational costs of maintaining the bus station itself. In preparing a business case, it would be<br />
recommended that the council commissions a structural survey of the bus station itself to understand<br />
future maintenance costs. </span><br />
<br />
The current bus station was constructed in 1990 as part of the Booths supermarket development, using S106 funding (or whatever the equivalent was then). I don't think much money has been spent on maintaining it since.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Cheshire East Council have been passing assets to town councils for a while now. It seems a potential transfer of Knutsford bus station to the town council is now being explored.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">KNUTSFORD BUS STATION<br />
The Town Centre Committee had resolved to recommend that the asset transfer of this area be<br />
explored. The working group agreed that transfer of the bus station should be considered.<br />
The proposed transfer area would include the taxi office, covered waiting area and the paved service<br />
road. There would be the potential to generate some income from the taxi office to contribute to the<br />
operational costs of maintaining the bus station itself. In preparing a business case, it would be<br />
recommended that the council commissions a structural survey of the bus station itself to understand<br />
future maintenance costs. </span><br />
<br />
The current bus station was constructed in 1990 as part of the Booths supermarket development, using S106 funding (or whatever the equivalent was then). I don't think much money has been spent on maintaining it since.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arriva NW & Wales Pulsars gone from the fleet]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1816</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Probably worth doing a thread on the Pulsars which have departed the Arriva NW/Merseyside/Wales fleets, given that they've been a huge part of the local bus scene since 2008....for completeness, I've included the large amount that left several years ago when the 45/46** Enviro400's arrived.<br />
<br />
2620 - trainer 8276<br />
2642 - Arriva Midlands North 3735<br />
2643 - ???<br />
2644 - ???<br />
2645 - ???<br />
2647 - ???<br />
2648 - ???<br />
2649 - ???<br />
2650 - ???<br />
2651 - ???<br />
2653 - trainer 8277<br />
2654 - trainer 8271<br />
2656 - ???<br />
2657 - ???<br />
2658 - ???<br />
2661 - ???<br />
2662 - ???<br />
2669 - Arriva Midlands North 3773<br />
2670 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3774<br />
2671 - Arriva Midlands North 3772<br />
2675 - ???<br />
2676 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2676 <br />
2677 - ???<br />
2678 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3757<br />
2679 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3760<br />
2681 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3759<br />
2682 - ???<br />
2683 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3763<br />
2684 - trainer 8273<br />
2687 - ???<br />
2688 - ???<br />
2689 - Arriva Yorkshire 1420<br />
2691 - Arriva Yorkshire 1421<br />
2692 - Arriva Yorkshire 1422<br />
2693 - Arriva Yorkshire 1423<br />
2694 - Arriva Yorkshire 1424<br />
2695 - Arriva Yorkshire 1425<br />
2696 - Arriva Yorkshire 1426<br />
2697 - Arriva Yorkshire 1427<br />
2698 - Arriva Derby 3771<br />
2699 - ???<br />
2700 - Arriva Midlands North T700 (???)<br />
2900 - Arriva Yorkshire 1428<br />
2901 - Arriva Yorkshire 1429<br />
2902 - Arriva Yorkshire 1430<br />
2903 - Arriva Yorkshire 1431<br />
2904 - Arriva Yorkshire 1432<br />
2905 - trainer 8274<br />
2909 - Arriva Yorkshire 1434<br />
2910 - Arriva Yorkshire 1435<br />
2911 - trainer 8275<br />
2917 - Arriva Derby 3738<br />
2919 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2919 (was also briefly Arriva Yorkshire 1433)<br />
2920 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2920<br />
2923 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2923<br />
2926 - Arriva Derby 3740<br />
2933 - scrapped???<br />
2936 - Arriva Derby 3736<br />
2937 - Arriva Derby 3739<br />
2938 - Arriva Yorkshire 1438<br />
2939 - Arriva Yorkshire 1448<br />
2940 - Arriva Yorkshire 1449<br />
2941 - scrapped???<br />
2948 - Arriva Derby 3737<br />
2949 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2949<br />
2950 - Arriva Derby 3706<br />
2951 - Arriva Derby 3707<br />
2952 - ???<br />
2953 - Arriva Derby 3711<br />
2954 - Arriva Derby 3712<br />
2955 - Arriva Derby 3713<br />
2956 - Arriva Derby 3714<br />
2957 - Arriva Derby 3715<br />
2958 - Arriva Derby 3716<br />
2959 - Arriva Derby 3708<br />
2960 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3819<br />
2965 - Arriva Derby 3717<br />
2972 - Arriva Derby 3718<br />
2973 - Arriva Derby 3719<br />
2977 - Arriva Derby 3709<br />
2978 - Arriva Yorkshire 1436<br />
2979 - Arriva Yorkshire 1437<br />
2984 - scrapped???<br />
2985 - Arriva Yorkshire 1439<br />
2986 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2986<br />
2987 - scrapped???<br />
2988 - scrapped???<br />
2989 - Arriva Derby 3725<br />
2993 - Arriva Derby 3726<br />
2995 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3820<br />
2996 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3821<br />
2997 - Arriva Midlands North 3757<br />
2998 - Arriva Midlands 3812<br />
2999 - Arriva Midlands 3813<br />
3000 - Arriva Derby 3720<br />
3002 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3002<br />
3003 - Arriva Derby 3721<br />
3004 - Arriva Derby 3722<br />
3005 - ???<br />
3006 - Arriva North East 1379<br />
3007 - Arriva North East 1380<br />
3008 - Arriva North East 1381<br />
3009 - scrapped???<br />
3010 - Arriva North East 1382<br />
3017 - Arriva Yorkshire 1440<br />
3021 - Arriva North East 1383<br />
3022 - Arriva Derby 3724<br />
3023 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3023<br />
3024 - Arriva North East 1384<br />
3025 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3024 (there was already a 3025 in that fleet)<br />
3026 - Arriva North East 1385<br />
3029 - Arriva North East 1387<br />
3030 - Arriva North East 1388<br />
3031 - Arriva North East 1389<br />
3032 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3032<br />
3033 - Arriva Northumbria 1390<br />
3034 - Arriva Northumbria 1391<br />
3035 - Arriva Northumbria 1392<br />
3036 - Arriva Northumbria 1393<br />
3037 - Arriva Northumbria 1394<br />
3055 - Arriva North East 1397<br />
3056 - Arriva North East 1398<br />
3058 - Arriva Derby 3727<br />
3062 - Arriva Midlands North 3805<br />
3063 - Arriva Midlands North 3806<br />
3064 - Arriva Midlands North 3807 (TUI7936)<br />
3065 - Arriva Midlands North 3808 (TUI7937)<br />
3066 - Arriva Midlands 3809 (TUI7938)<br />
3067 - Arriva Midlands 3810<br />
3068 - Arriva Midlands 3811<br />
3069 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3791<br />
3070 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3792<br />
3071 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3793<br />
3072 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3783<br />
3073 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3784<br />
3074 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3785<br />
3075 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3816<br />
3076 - Arriva Bed &amp; Bucks 3817<br />
3079 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3788<br />
3080 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3789<br />
3081 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3790<br />
3082 - Arriva Northumbria 1537<br />
3083 - Arriva Northumbria 1538<br />
3084 - Arriva Northumbria 1539<br />
3085 - Arriva Northumbria 1540<br />
3086 - Arriva Northumbria 1541<br />
3087 - Arriva Northumbria 1542<br />
3088 - Arriva Northumbria 1543<br />
3096 - scrapped???<br />
3098 - scrapped (very early withdrawal after serious accident)<br />
3103 - scrapped???<br />
3107 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3867<br />
3108 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3868<br />
3109 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3869<br />
3110 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3870<br />
3111 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3871<br />
3112 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3781<br />
3113 - Arriva North East 1524<br />
3114 - Arriva North East 1525<br />
3115 - Arriva North East 1526<br />
3116 - Arriva North East 1527<br />
3117 - Arriva North East 1528<br />
3118 - Arriva North East 1529<br />
3119 - Arriva North East 1530<br />
3120 - Arriva North East 1531<br />
3121 - Arriva North East 1532<br />
3122 - Arriva North East 1533<br />
3123 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3794<br />
3124 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3879<br />
3125 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3796<br />
3139 - scrapped???<br />
3147 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3873<br />
3148 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3874<br />
3149 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3875<br />
3150 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3876<br />
3151 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3877<br />
3152 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3878<br />
3153 - Arriva Midlands 3799 (TUI7931)<br />
3154 - Arriva Midlands 3800 (TUI7932)<br />
3155 - Arriva Midlands 3801 - possibly scrapped???<br />
3156 - Arriva Midlands 3802 (TUI7933)<br />
3157 - Arriva Midlands 3803 (TUI7934)<br />
3158 - Arriva Midlands 3804 (TUI7935)<br />
3202 - withdrawn???<br />
<br />
Any corrections and updates welcome.....<br />
<br />
HTH]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Probably worth doing a thread on the Pulsars which have departed the Arriva NW/Merseyside/Wales fleets, given that they've been a huge part of the local bus scene since 2008....for completeness, I've included the large amount that left several years ago when the 45/46** Enviro400's arrived.<br />
<br />
2620 - trainer 8276<br />
2642 - Arriva Midlands North 3735<br />
2643 - ???<br />
2644 - ???<br />
2645 - ???<br />
2647 - ???<br />
2648 - ???<br />
2649 - ???<br />
2650 - ???<br />
2651 - ???<br />
2653 - trainer 8277<br />
2654 - trainer 8271<br />
2656 - ???<br />
2657 - ???<br />
2658 - ???<br />
2661 - ???<br />
2662 - ???<br />
2669 - Arriva Midlands North 3773<br />
2670 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3774<br />
2671 - Arriva Midlands North 3772<br />
2675 - ???<br />
2676 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2676 <br />
2677 - ???<br />
2678 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3757<br />
2679 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3760<br />
2681 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3759<br />
2682 - ???<br />
2683 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3763<br />
2684 - trainer 8273<br />
2687 - ???<br />
2688 - ???<br />
2689 - Arriva Yorkshire 1420<br />
2691 - Arriva Yorkshire 1421<br />
2692 - Arriva Yorkshire 1422<br />
2693 - Arriva Yorkshire 1423<br />
2694 - Arriva Yorkshire 1424<br />
2695 - Arriva Yorkshire 1425<br />
2696 - Arriva Yorkshire 1426<br />
2697 - Arriva Yorkshire 1427<br />
2698 - Arriva Derby 3771<br />
2699 - ???<br />
2700 - Arriva Midlands North T700 (???)<br />
2900 - Arriva Yorkshire 1428<br />
2901 - Arriva Yorkshire 1429<br />
2902 - Arriva Yorkshire 1430<br />
2903 - Arriva Yorkshire 1431<br />
2904 - Arriva Yorkshire 1432<br />
2905 - trainer 8274<br />
2909 - Arriva Yorkshire 1434<br />
2910 - Arriva Yorkshire 1435<br />
2911 - trainer 8275<br />
2917 - Arriva Derby 3738<br />
2919 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2919 (was also briefly Arriva Yorkshire 1433)<br />
2920 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2920<br />
2923 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2923<br />
2926 - Arriva Derby 3740<br />
2933 - scrapped???<br />
2936 - Arriva Derby 3736<br />
2937 - Arriva Derby 3739<br />
2938 - Arriva Yorkshire 1438<br />
2939 - Arriva Yorkshire 1448<br />
2940 - Arriva Yorkshire 1449<br />
2941 - scrapped???<br />
2948 - Arriva Derby 3737<br />
2949 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2949<br />
2950 - Arriva Derby 3706<br />
2951 - Arriva Derby 3707<br />
2952 - ???<br />
2953 - Arriva Derby 3711<br />
2954 - Arriva Derby 3712<br />
2955 - Arriva Derby 3713<br />
2956 - Arriva Derby 3714<br />
2957 - Arriva Derby 3715<br />
2958 - Arriva Derby 3716<br />
2959 - Arriva Derby 3708<br />
2960 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3819<br />
2965 - Arriva Derby 3717<br />
2972 - Arriva Derby 3718<br />
2973 - Arriva Derby 3719<br />
2977 - Arriva Derby 3709<br />
2978 - Arriva Yorkshire 1436<br />
2979 - Arriva Yorkshire 1437<br />
2984 - scrapped???<br />
2985 - Arriva Yorkshire 1439<br />
2986 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 2986<br />
2987 - scrapped???<br />
2988 - scrapped???<br />
2989 - Arriva Derby 3725<br />
2993 - Arriva Derby 3726<br />
2995 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3820<br />
2996 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3821<br />
2997 - Arriva Midlands North 3757<br />
2998 - Arriva Midlands 3812<br />
2999 - Arriva Midlands 3813<br />
3000 - Arriva Derby 3720<br />
3002 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3002<br />
3003 - Arriva Derby 3721<br />
3004 - Arriva Derby 3722<br />
3005 - ???<br />
3006 - Arriva North East 1379<br />
3007 - Arriva North East 1380<br />
3008 - Arriva North East 1381<br />
3009 - scrapped???<br />
3010 - Arriva North East 1382<br />
3017 - Arriva Yorkshire 1440<br />
3021 - Arriva North East 1383<br />
3022 - Arriva Derby 3724<br />
3023 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3023<br />
3024 - Arriva North East 1384<br />
3025 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3024 (there was already a 3025 in that fleet)<br />
3026 - Arriva North East 1385<br />
3029 - Arriva North East 1387<br />
3030 - Arriva North East 1388<br />
3031 - Arriva North East 1389<br />
3032 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3032<br />
3033 - Arriva Northumbria 1390<br />
3034 - Arriva Northumbria 1391<br />
3035 - Arriva Northumbria 1392<br />
3036 - Arriva Northumbria 1393<br />
3037 - Arriva Northumbria 1394<br />
3055 - Arriva North East 1397<br />
3056 - Arriva North East 1398<br />
3058 - Arriva Derby 3727<br />
3062 - Arriva Midlands North 3805<br />
3063 - Arriva Midlands North 3806<br />
3064 - Arriva Midlands North 3807 (TUI7936)<br />
3065 - Arriva Midlands North 3808 (TUI7937)<br />
3066 - Arriva Midlands 3809 (TUI7938)<br />
3067 - Arriva Midlands 3810<br />
3068 - Arriva Midlands 3811<br />
3069 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3791<br />
3070 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3792<br />
3071 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3793<br />
3072 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3783<br />
3073 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3784<br />
3074 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3785<br />
3075 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3816<br />
3076 - Arriva Bed &amp; Bucks 3817<br />
3079 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3788<br />
3080 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3789<br />
3081 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3790<br />
3082 - Arriva Northumbria 1537<br />
3083 - Arriva Northumbria 1538<br />
3084 - Arriva Northumbria 1539<br />
3085 - Arriva Northumbria 1540<br />
3086 - Arriva Northumbria 1541<br />
3087 - Arriva Northumbria 1542<br />
3088 - Arriva Northumbria 1543<br />
3096 - scrapped???<br />
3098 - scrapped (very early withdrawal after serious accident)<br />
3103 - scrapped???<br />
3107 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3867<br />
3108 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3868<br />
3109 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3869<br />
3110 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3870<br />
3111 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3871<br />
3112 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3781<br />
3113 - Arriva North East 1524<br />
3114 - Arriva North East 1525<br />
3115 - Arriva North East 1526<br />
3116 - Arriva North East 1527<br />
3117 - Arriva North East 1528<br />
3118 - Arriva North East 1529<br />
3119 - Arriva North East 1530<br />
3120 - Arriva North East 1531<br />
3121 - Arriva North East 1532<br />
3122 - Arriva North East 1533<br />
3123 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3794<br />
3124 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3879<br />
3125 - Arriva Herts &amp; Essex 3796<br />
3139 - scrapped???<br />
3147 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3873<br />
3148 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3874<br />
3149 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3875<br />
3150 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3876<br />
3151 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3877<br />
3152 - Arriva Beds &amp; Bucks 3878<br />
3153 - Arriva Midlands 3799 (TUI7931)<br />
3154 - Arriva Midlands 3800 (TUI7932)<br />
3155 - Arriva Midlands 3801 - possibly scrapped???<br />
3156 - Arriva Midlands 3802 (TUI7933)<br />
3157 - Arriva Midlands 3803 (TUI7934)<br />
3158 - Arriva Midlands 3804 (TUI7935)<br />
3202 - withdrawn???<br />
<br />
Any corrections and updates welcome.....<br />
<br />
HTH]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Northwich and Keanes?]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1815</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 09:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[TfW Rail are advertising a replacement bus service is running between Newton-le-Willows and Manchester operated by "Northwich and Keanes". Is there such an operator, or has something got miscommunicated e.g. perhaps Keanes Coaches and tickets being accepted on rail services via Northwich?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[TfW Rail are advertising a replacement bus service is running between Newton-le-Willows and Manchester operated by "Northwich and Keanes". Is there such an operator, or has something got miscommunicated e.g. perhaps Keanes Coaches and tickets being accepted on rail services via Northwich?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Warrington Bus Station Closure]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1814</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Due to a burst water pipe in the roof near the entrance to the Bus Station from Winwick Street Warrington Bus Station has been closed since last night and it has been announced that it will be shut tomorrow, services are going from various different stops scattered round the town centre.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Due to a burst water pipe in the roof near the entrance to the Bus Station from Winwick Street Warrington Bus Station has been closed since last night and it has been announced that it will be shut tomorrow, services are going from various different stops scattered round the town centre.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[North West Traffic Commissioners Notices & Proceedings 2025]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1813</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 18:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year.<br />
<br />
New thread for new year.<br />
<br />
Registrations:<br />
<br />
None of note.<br />
<br />
Variations:<br />
<br />
PC1090231/171 D &amp; G BUS LIMITED, MOSSFIELD ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 5BW Operating between Chester Bus Interchange, George Street, Chester and Cross O' Th' Hil Road, No Mans Heath given service number 41 effective from 20 January 2025. To amend Timetable.<br />
<br />
PC1090231/172 D &amp; G BUS LIMITED, MOSSFIELD ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 5BW Operating between Cross O' Th' Hill Road, No Mans Heath and Whitchurch Bus Station, White Lion Meadow, Whitchurch given service number 41 effective from 20 January 2025. To amend Timetable.<br />
<br />
Cancellations:<br />
<br />
PC1073901/11 ELLENVALE COACH COMPANY LTD, GEORGE MOOR IND. EST., FLETCHERTOWN, CA7 1BA  Operating between Fletchertown Village Hall and Cockermouth given service number 68 effective from 24 December 2024.<br /><!-- start: postbit_attachments_attachment -->
<br /><img src="images/attachtypes/pdf.gif" border="0" alt=".pdf" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="attachment.php?aid=764" target="_blank">np_3157_01_January_2025.pdf</a> (Size: 221.96 KB / Downloads: 3)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Happy New Year.<br />
<br />
New thread for new year.<br />
<br />
Registrations:<br />
<br />
None of note.<br />
<br />
Variations:<br />
<br />
PC1090231/171 D &amp; G BUS LIMITED, MOSSFIELD ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 5BW Operating between Chester Bus Interchange, George Street, Chester and Cross O' Th' Hil Road, No Mans Heath given service number 41 effective from 20 January 2025. To amend Timetable.<br />
<br />
PC1090231/172 D &amp; G BUS LIMITED, MOSSFIELD ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 5BW Operating between Cross O' Th' Hill Road, No Mans Heath and Whitchurch Bus Station, White Lion Meadow, Whitchurch given service number 41 effective from 20 January 2025. To amend Timetable.<br />
<br />
Cancellations:<br />
<br />
PC1073901/11 ELLENVALE COACH COMPANY LTD, GEORGE MOOR IND. EST., FLETCHERTOWN, CA7 1BA  Operating between Fletchertown Village Hall and Cockermouth given service number 68 effective from 24 December 2024.<br /><!-- start: postbit_attachments_attachment -->
<br /><img src="images/attachtypes/pdf.gif" border="0" alt=".pdf" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="attachment.php?aid=764" target="_blank">np_3157_01_January_2025.pdf</a> (Size: 221.96 KB / Downloads: 3)
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			<title><![CDATA[Northern rail replacement buses on Sunday]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1812</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[As Northern seem to have long term issues affecting Sunday services, and they're sourcing replacement buses from whoever is willing to run them, I thought maybe it deserves its own thread.<br />
<br />
I saw a Mario Coaches EVORA (MA23 RYO) on a Chester to Stockport earlier, it passed an unbranded coach on the Stockport to Chester in the other direction I didn't get the full registration but it was similar, so I think it was one of Mario's.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As Northern seem to have long term issues affecting Sunday services, and they're sourcing replacement buses from whoever is willing to run them, I thought maybe it deserves its own thread.<br />
<br />
I saw a Mario Coaches EVORA (MA23 RYO) on a Chester to Stockport earlier, it passed an unbranded coach on the Stockport to Chester in the other direction I didn't get the full registration but it was similar, so I think it was one of Mario's.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drivers returning to their old routes after a long gap]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1807</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 11:43:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I recently heard that one of D&amp;G's Macclesfield based drivers, transferred to Arriva from GHA around 10 years ago. He used to drive the 19 and 27 (Macclesfield to Knutsford) under GHA. As Arriva pulled out of Macclesfield, he transferred to D&amp;G. Now D&amp;G have transferred the 88 to Macclesfield, he's usually allocated some journeys on the 88 Macclesfield-Knutsford-Altrincham.<br />
<br />
I was wondering how common is it for drivers to return to a route they used to drive after such a long gap? I know it's not uncommon for routes to transfer from one operator to another, and then back again a few years later, but as drivers move around and leave the industry as well, I'm not sure how common this is.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I recently heard that one of D&amp;G's Macclesfield based drivers, transferred to Arriva from GHA around 10 years ago. He used to drive the 19 and 27 (Macclesfield to Knutsford) under GHA. As Arriva pulled out of Macclesfield, he transferred to D&amp;G. Now D&amp;G have transferred the 88 to Macclesfield, he's usually allocated some journeys on the 88 Macclesfield-Knutsford-Altrincham.<br />
<br />
I was wondering how common is it for drivers to return to a route they used to drive after such a long gap? I know it's not uncommon for routes to transfer from one operator to another, and then back again a few years later, but as drivers move around and leave the industry as well, I'm not sure how common this is.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Metroline Manchester]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1806</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 18:14:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Currently in storage at Go North West's Wigan depot for use by Metroline Manchester are a large amount of Bee Network E200MMC's, no idea what fleetnumbers (or even what sort of fleetnumbering system Metroline Manchester will use) they will be but they are as follows...<br />
<br />
YX24OZA<br />
YX24OZB<br />
YX24OZC<br />
YX24OZD<br />
YX24OZE<br />
YX24OZF<br />
YX24OZG<br />
YX24OZH<br />
YX24OZJ<br />
YX24OZK<br />
YY24XPZ<br />
YY24XRA<br />
YY24XRB<br />
YY24XRC<br />
YY24XRD<br />
YY24XRE<br />
YY24XRF<br />
YY24XRG<br />
YY24XRH<br />
YY24XRJ<br />
YY24XRK<br />
YY24XRL<br />
YY24XRN<br />
YY24XRO<br />
YY24XRP<br />
With Bee Network tranche 3 starting on 5/1/25, potentially these could get '74' plates instead.<br />
<br />
In addition, several Volvo B9TL/Wright from London are up in Manchester are trainers, I believe they are at the Arriva Wythenshawe depot....they are as follows<br />
<br />
BK10MEV<br />
BK10MFA<br />
BK10MFE<br />
BK10MFF<br />
BK10MFO<br />
BV10WVX<br />
<br />
HTH]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Currently in storage at Go North West's Wigan depot for use by Metroline Manchester are a large amount of Bee Network E200MMC's, no idea what fleetnumbers (or even what sort of fleetnumbering system Metroline Manchester will use) they will be but they are as follows...<br />
<br />
YX24OZA<br />
YX24OZB<br />
YX24OZC<br />
YX24OZD<br />
YX24OZE<br />
YX24OZF<br />
YX24OZG<br />
YX24OZH<br />
YX24OZJ<br />
YX24OZK<br />
YY24XPZ<br />
YY24XRA<br />
YY24XRB<br />
YY24XRC<br />
YY24XRD<br />
YY24XRE<br />
YY24XRF<br />
YY24XRG<br />
YY24XRH<br />
YY24XRJ<br />
YY24XRK<br />
YY24XRL<br />
YY24XRN<br />
YY24XRO<br />
YY24XRP<br />
With Bee Network tranche 3 starting on 5/1/25, potentially these could get '74' plates instead.<br />
<br />
In addition, several Volvo B9TL/Wright from London are up in Manchester are trainers, I believe they are at the Arriva Wythenshawe depot....they are as follows<br />
<br />
BK10MEV<br />
BK10MFA<br />
BK10MFE<br />
BK10MFF<br />
BK10MFO<br />
BV10WVX<br />
<br />
HTH]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Merseytravel to be renamed.]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1805</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:39:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The ECHO has confirmed today that in future, Merseytravel will be renamed as 'Transport For Liverpool City Region'<br />
<a href="https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/major-change-merseytravel-historic-name-29576767" target="_blank">https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv...e-29576767</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The ECHO has confirmed today that in future, Merseytravel will be renamed as 'Transport For Liverpool City Region'<br />
<a href="https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/major-change-merseytravel-historic-name-29576767" target="_blank">https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv...e-29576767</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cheshire Show buses]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1804</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 18:52:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Does anyone know which operator(s) have been contracted to run the Cheshire Show shuttle buses this year? The Cheshire Show website says they are "arranged by ANSA". I've seen Aintree Coachline operating one in previous years.<br />
<br />
I think there's 4 vehicles required in total - one to run the shuttle to/from Knutsford station, two to run the services to/from Hartford station and one to run to/from Altrincham Interchange.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Does anyone know which operator(s) have been contracted to run the Cheshire Show shuttle buses this year? The Cheshire Show website says they are "arranged by ANSA". I've seen Aintree Coachline operating one in previous years.<br />
<br />
I think there's 4 vehicles required in total - one to run the shuttle to/from Knutsford station, two to run the services to/from Hartford station and one to run to/from Altrincham Interchange.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arriva sold]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1803</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 16:21:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.railmagazine.com/news/2024/06/05/uk-train-operators-under-new-ownership-as-i-squared-buys-arriva" target="_blank">https://www.railmagazine.com/news/2024/0...uys-arriva</a><br />
;<br />
I thought it was only the bus operations they were selling.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.railmagazine.com/news/2024/06/05/uk-train-operators-under-new-ownership-as-i-squared-buys-arriva" target="_blank">https://www.railmagazine.com/news/2024/0...uys-arriva</a><br />
;<br />
I thought it was only the bus operations they were selling.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stagecoach and Bustimes]]></title>
			<link>https://dartslf.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1801</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2024 07:07:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[This follows on from my post on Stagecoach Manchester yesterday.<br />
<br />
Over the last 24 hours, the only Stagecoach vehicles tracking on Bustimes anywhere in the UK are those in London, and on the Bee Network in Manchester.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This follows on from my post on Stagecoach Manchester yesterday.<br />
<br />
Over the last 24 hours, the only Stagecoach vehicles tracking on Bustimes anywhere in the UK are those in London, and on the Bee Network in Manchester.]]></content:encoded>
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