Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(05/03/2023 11:20)knutstransport Wrote:  Let's not forget it was 2016 when GHA Coaches collapsed. Arriva have been running an hourly 84 for 7 years since then, not to mention they were running it before then. Arriva did make the 84 a commercial success.

Even though the D&G 84 shorts didn't last as long, we know what they did when they were actually losing money on a 130 from Macclesfield to Manchester Airport. If the 84 shorts weren't working, why wouldn't they have cancelled sooner?

Granted with GHA we have no idea. They were only running duplicate services and their finances were already in the red. The 84 registration itself seemed a very desperate attempt to get some additional fares.

The 84 has traditionally been an hourly service, even from back in the day when it was pre NBC era Crosville C84, the Crewe-Nantwich shorts were numbered K43 back then

I remember 3 operators competing on the full 84 route, it was bizarre bus war what is mostly a rural route, with the only big places villages of Tarporley & Tarvin, not surprising it didn't last