Routemaster Buses Nantwich

[knutstransport]

RE: Routemaster Buses Nantwich

(15/04/2016 19:23)Mayneway Wrote:  Could be that the tender has been handed backed and is in the process of being re-awarded possibly on an emergency basis.
But it's not unheard of for a smaller operator to dramatically scale back and just retain one/several smaller contracts. Unlike commercial work contracts are guarenteed income which if they have been hit hard is just what they need to stay afloat.

In my neck of the woods Checkmate travel survive on just a couple of small contracts it can and does work.

From next month Tomlinson Travel are going to be running one route (the 319 around Sandbach) and some school contracts and private hire and they've been around quite a while now. They've have never needed a daily PVR of more than 1 for all their public services. Although having a small fleet of 16-30 seater buses is obviously cheaper than one consisting of large single deckers and double deckers.

[knutstransport]

RE: Routemaster Buses Nantwich
YJ53 VDT and YG52 EVY have been transferred from Routemaster to D&G: http://dgbus.co.uk/fleet-list.html

[YN05 WKE]

RE: Routemaster Buses Nantwich

(16/04/2016 10:54)knutstransport Wrote:  YJ53 VDT and YG52 EVY have been transferred from Routemaster to D&G: http://dgbus.co.uk/fleet-list.html

That's good to hear that the commanders are staying in the North West

[knutstransport]

RE: Routemaster Buses Nantwich
Routemaster's remaining services have all been suspended as of today with most services being picked up by D&G: http://cheshireeast.gov.uk/public_transp...ables.aspx

[mikestone]

RE: Routemaster Buses Nantwich
Last week a Stanways coach was setting down at Crewe station on the Sandbach school service with on hire labels - at the time I assumed it was because of the early start to their term.
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In fact D&G only seem to have taken the Rural service, last seen operated by a step entrance Dart, which only requires one bus. No mention of Reaseheath services - had they already lost them (neither Rease Heath or South Cheshire seemed to have any reference to operators on their latest booklets)?

[mikestone]

RE: Routemaster Buses Nantwich
Has any of the fleet been noted elsewhere, apart from the tridents? Tiger 4993UG has been attending rallies and the photo captions suggest that it is owned by Gareth Hughes, the listed transport manager for RM Buses, Wigan, believed to be its previous owner. (http://www.rmbuses.com/buses/index.html)
RM Buses OC is listed as that of Routemaster buses, but their other vehicle, RML2701 seems to spend most of its time at Crewe heritage centre.

[Mayneway]

RE: Routemaster Buses Nantwich

(29/09/2016 12:40)mikestone Wrote:  Has any of the fleet been noted elsewhere, apart from the tridents? Tiger 4993UG has been attending rallies and the photo captions suggest that it is owned by Gareth Hughes, the listed transport manager for RM Buses, Wigan, believed to be its previous owner. (http://www.rmbuses.com/buses/index.html)
RM Buses OC is listed as that of Routemaster buses, but their other vehicle, RML2701 seems to spend most of its time at Crewe heritage centre.

Isn't Gareth Hughes the former Maynes driver who owns the Maynes Leopard? I always thought he was somehow connected to Howards/Springfield if I'm thinking of the same person.

[mikestone]

RE: Routemaster Buses Nantwich

(29/09/2016 14:23)Mayneway Wrote:  Isn't Gareth Hughes the former Maynes driver who owns the Maynes Leopard? I always thought he was somehow connected to Howards/Springfield if I'm thinking of the same person.

May well be because the caption to one of his photo's refers to his "collection of big cats".
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EDIT
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4993 UG was listed as entry by Howard's in todays Merseyside rally, but no sign of any of their entrants.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Routemaster Buses Nantwich
Routemaster Buses have had their Licence revoked

ROUTEMASTER BUSES LTD
Director(s): GRAHAM ALAN MEADOWS, ANDREW HAYWARD, DAVID
QUAYLE
UNIT 3, GATE FARM, WETTENHALL ROAD, NANTWICH, CW5 6AL
Registered Bus Services running under this licence have also been revoked with
immediate effect.

[YN05 WKE]

RE: Routemaster Buses Nantwich

(15/12/2016 03:01)T42 PVM Wrote:  Routemaster Buses have had their Licence revoked

ROUTEMASTER BUSES LTD
Director(s): GRAHAM ALAN MEADOWS, ANDREW HAYWARD, DAVID
QUAYLE
UNIT 3, GATE FARM, WETTENHALL ROAD, NANTWICH, CW5 6AL
Registered Bus Services running under this licence have also been revoked with
immediate effect.

Did not realise they had done anything to get there licence revoked..thought they just gave up with service work