GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

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RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

(26/03/2015 13:38)J200ABW Wrote:  Be very interesting to see how Arriva respond to the changes on the 5/2v.

Obviously still the same number of buses per hour on the main stretch between Wrexham and Plas Madoc but if GHA have a flat 10 minute frequency you'd expect them to pick up a larger number of passengers than they do presently because of the added convenience opposed to Arriva's 15 min flat frequency.

Better for passengers too, particularly those going to Cefn as Vale and Arriva timed their services very close to one another, then leaving a 25ish minute gap between services.

Bus war ahead?

ARRIVA Midlands, Oswestry depot have a new timetable coming into play as showing on the website for 30th March showing an extra bus in the morning on some Cefn Mawr shorts to give 5 buses an hour until just after lunchtime and then dropping back. I seem to recall Vale Travel had retimed the 2V to operate just ahead of ARRIVA on a number of ocassions over the years.

I would not expect Oswestry depot to let GHA walk all over them as they did prevent Bryn Melyn taking the 53 by doing it commercially and the 2/2A/2C their main operation.