Routemaster Buses Nantwich

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RE: Routemaster Buses Nantwich
I have followed this saga very closely being a resident of Nantwich and a regular user of the Nantwich to Chester services. The truth is Routemaster recognised an opportunity when Arriva took out one of the hourly Chester 84s ( Didn't they consider new buses/Sapphire for this service in 2014? ) and started a gap-filling service around last Christmas. From regular observations the Routemaster service was quickly establishing itself with reasonable loadings although mainly from the bus pass brigade.

GHA I assume recognised their success and felt they should get a piece of the action. To this end they started their service a few weeks ago running a few minutes ahead of Routemaster and not surprisingly were carrying few passengers. By this time they had invested in the ex-Arriva London Geminis DW70-73 ( numbers they still carry on their superbly painted bodies ). So we had the sight of empty DDs following well-filled GHA Centros most of the day.

I feel extremely sorry for Routemaster. I hope the TC is sympathetic to their plight and does not penalise them. I think they have tried hard to provide a decent service only to be squashed by a larger operator.

I realise most of this is repetitious from previous posts but I think Routemaster have been hard done by,