+- Forum | Merseyside Dennis Dart Website (http://dartslf.com/forum)
+-- Forum: Buses (/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Local Bus Scene: North West and Wales (/forumdisplay.php?fid=2)
+--- Thread: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others) (/showthread.php?tid=30)
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241
RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others) - knutstransport - 18/02/2016 16:19
On VOSA today:
PC1090231/54 - D & G BUS LIMITED T/A D & G BUS, MOSSFIELD ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 5BW
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Canute Place, Knutsford and Canute Place, Knutsford given service number 300 effective from 01-Mar-2016. To amend Timetable.
I wonder if this is reinstating the Saturday service? (They'd already had a previous application to change it at the start of March accepted.)
RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others) - Depotosw - 19/02/2016 09:13
Dennis Dart SLF / Alexander ALX 200 VX51 PZM was operating into Oswestry this morning on a 576 from Shrewsbury.
RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others) - Lynx - 19/02/2016 19:45
(19/02/2016 19:21)knutstransport Wrote: Well it appears GHA have new drivers who aren't being properly trained before taking buses out by themselves. One driver + bus showed up in Knutsford and the driver put up "P1 Hazel Grove" on the destination display when it should have been "27 Macclesfield." He said he'd only be shown the 27A route once and hadn't been shown the 27 or 27B routes at all. This was after he had driven along the 27A route (minus the AstraZeneca extension) when he should have gone along the 27 route (via Over Peover)!
A local councillor has confirmed Cheshire East council have retracted the recent contract awards to GHA for the 300 Saturday service and the evening 37 contract and they will stay with D&G and Arriva respectively for now, while GHA have been made to refund part of the subsidy they receive for the P1 due to non-operation of services and Cheshire East are currently reviewing whether GHA should keep the contract for the P1.
Wouldn't be the first time such a thing has happened, I've helped drivers navigate routes on a number of occasions because they have not been shown the route.
RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others) - T42 PVM - 19/02/2016 21:12
I have to wonder when they start the 84 Service will GHA manage to run everything without Services going missing or getting lost...
RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others) - Lynx - 19/02/2016 21:39
(19/02/2016 21:12)T42 PVM Wrote: I have to wonder when they start the 84 Service will GHA manage to run everything without Services going missing or getting lost...
Highly doubt it, the simple fact is they don't have enough buses, serviceable ones at least. They have no one to blame but there selves as they have clearly not anticipated the DDA. Just when it looked like GHA where finally putting together a quality operation in Cheshire they have gone and thrown it all up the wall.
RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others) - Aaron's Transport Pictures - 20/02/2016 20:38
http://www.ghacoaches.co.uk/news/
Under Denbighshire changes, Enviro200 MMC diagram in a Denbighshire variant of the GHA livery!
RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others) - DK09 GXY - 20/02/2016 20:41
(20/02/2016 20:38)Aarons Transport Pictures Wrote: http://www.ghacoaches.co.uk/news/
Under Denbighshire changes, Enviro200 MMC diagram in a Denbighshire variant of the GHA livery!
Looks good, what buses generally are used on those routes? Will be interesting to see where the older ones end up.
RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others) - Aaron's Transport Pictures - 20/02/2016 20:47
Mainly Optare Solo's on the 1/X1/2 and a Solo or Versa I believe for the 76.
RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others) - knutstransport - 21/02/2016 11:03
New 200 timetable from 29 Feb: http://www.ghacoaches.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/200-Effective-29.02.2016-Daily.pdf No extra services but timings of most services are changing
New 19 weekday timetable: http://www.ghacoaches.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/19-Effective-29.02.2016-Monday-to-Friday.pdf and Saturday timetable: http://www.ghacoaches.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/19-Effective-29.02.2016-Saturday.pdf I don't know why GHA have produced separate pdfs for weekdays and Saturdays! It looks like weekdays are staying the same but early services on Saturdays are changing.
RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others) - knutstransport - 21/02/2016 11:05
(20/02/2016 20:47)Aarons Transport Pictures Wrote: Mainly Optare Solo's on the 1/X1/2 and a Solo or Versa I believe for the 76.
Haven't two of the Versas recently received the standard new GHA livery after previously being in Connect 88 livery?