D&G Bus

[iMarkeh]

RE: D&G Bus

(29/07/2025 11:27)knutstransport Wrote:  MMC YX19 ONO has entered service on the 31 and 37 routes today. Apparently, previously with Go North East, despite being in plain white.

Supposedly running around without and operators disc in the window and with the destination screen stuck on 'bus reversing' and was like that for 2 days. At least 2 drivers there haven't done their walkaround checks properly and D&G should have done an inspection on the bus before sending it out to ensure it was compliant with all legislation.

D&G are the 'Red Group' of the north at this rate. Complete and utter cowboys.

[EDB325]

RE: D&G Bus
The vehicle was 9031 with Go North East, but only for a 3 month period earlier this year. It had previously been with Falcon in Guildford, and was last with Somerset Passenger Solutions, so it would seem to be a dealer loan vehicle.

[knutstransport]

RE: D&G Bus

(30/07/2025 07:24)EDB325 Wrote:  The vehicle was 9031 with Go North East, but only for a 3 month period earlier this year. It had previously been with Falcon in Guildford, and was last with Somerset Passenger Solutions, so it would seem to be a dealer loan vehicle.

D&G have been buying some ex-Mistral vehicles from The Bus Shop. I can't see that particular vehicle on their website (either as sold or on sale) but YX19 ONS is listed, as is YX68 ULV (with D&G currently having ULW and ULY).

[knutstransport]

RE: D&G Bus
D&G's tracking is getting a bit all over the place. I noticed this morning 504 and 570 were tracking the wrong way around. Unless there was a random swap in Wilmslow this morning 101 changed into 5002.

According to the tracking 571 came off 3/10s to replace 5002, which presumably failed as there were some missing journeys and 571 tracked doing a random drive around Handforth before taking the Wilmslow-Altrincham part of a 88 journey.

However, the strangest one is 571's replacement on the 3/10s is tracking as vehicle 1 (a Chaserider vehicle) that managed to be in Lichfield and Macclesfield at the same time.