Go Goodwins

[M60lad]

RE: Go Goodwins
Interesting news I read elsewhere recently is that Goodwins have apparently lost their big Cricket Conrtract to Swans as they've recently won the Team Transport Contract for the Cricket World Cup in 2019 and will be using 2 13.8m Plaxton Elite i High Speck Coaches with loung and kitchen area fitted.

[ant17612]

RE: Go Goodwins

(20/12/2018 07:08)M60lad Wrote:  Interesting news I read elsewhere recently is that Goodwins have apparently lost their big Cricket Conrtract to Swans as they've recently won the Team Transport Contract for the Cricket World Cup in 2019 and will be using 2 13.8m Plaxton Elite i High Speck Coaches with loung and kitchen area fitted.

Not sure what the truth is here as if that was going to happen I don't know why Goodwins have just taken delivery of a brand new high spec Vanhool. The ICC World Cup Contract is probably not related to that of the ECB one. It also will require a heck of a lot more than 2 coaches.

[M60lad]

RE: Go Goodwins
Currently on loan to Diamondbus Northwest covering vehicle shortages are GUI441 Volvo B7TL ALX400 which was in use today on Trafford Centre services 126/132/300.

Also on loan is a Dennis Dart East Lancs Spryte in Goodwins livery this was seen this evening in Bolton running out of service.

[NorthernCounties]

RE: Go Goodwins
VanHool WSV533 is now on the other side of the city with orion travel, still in Goodwins livery for the time being

[gilesbus1]

RE: Go Goodwins

(22/12/2018 22:21)M60lad Wrote:  Currently on loan to Diamondbus Northwest covering vehicle shortages are GUI441 Volvo B7TL ALX400 which was in use today on Trafford Centre services 126/132/300.

Also on loan is a Dennis Dart East Lancs Spryte in Goodwins livery this was seen this evening in Bolton running out of service.

This same pair of vehicles have been on loan again to Diamond today (Wednesday) but this time from Eccles depot.

[ant17612]

RE: Go Goodwins
Into the fleet is Ex London United Scania Decker YN55NKX.

B7TL GUI441 has received an all over black livery advertising Radio XS.

Enviro400MMC YX66WLH has passed into the Ensignbus operational fleet.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Go Goodwins
Looks like Go Goodwins are back into Service work, they have registered the 84/84A Trafford General Hospital to Albert Square and the 521 Little Leaver to Blackrod starting 29th April.

[Metroline1511]

RE: Go Goodwins

(05/03/2019 17:47)T42 PVM Wrote:  Looks like Go Goodwins are back into Service work, they have registered the 84/84A Trafford General Hospital to Albert Square and the 521 Little Leaver to Blackrod starting 29th April.

Maybe they are willing to run some such work from their main base, but merely lost interest in having the satellite operation based at Eccles, which they sold to Rotala in 2017.

[Mayneway]

RE: Go Goodwins
I find them a really strange outfit. They rebranded the bus ops to Little Gem, then sold to Rotala stating that running bus services had a negative effect on the coach side of things when there were negative comments regarding timekeeping of the services etc, yet here they are doing it all over again.

[iMarkeh]

RE: Go Goodwins

(16/03/2019 13:48)Mayneway Wrote:  I find them a really strange outfit. They rebranded the bus ops to Little Gem, then sold to Rotala stating that running bus services had a negative effect on the coach side of things when there were negative comments regarding timekeeping of the services etc, yet here they are doing it all over again.

Could it be that they put in a stupid price not expecting to win and then it just so happened that they were the lowest bidder. It keeps people employed and if you are putting in a daft price, you are making a fair bit of profit on it.