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RE: South Lancs Travel - motormayhem1 - 12/03/2015 20:37
The locals could be given up and let transdev take the 535 and diamond the others and arriva keep the 575/362/10.
RE: South Lancs Travel - M60lad - 12/03/2015 20:58
More news is that the new Commercial Manager at Diamondbus Northwest (SLT) wants the MAN Meridians repainted ASAP and once repainted they will be going back on 635s, also the only SLT buses that will be staying with Diamondbus Northwest will be Solos and as I've said the MAN's and maybe the Scanias although there is a hint (not sure yet) that some or all of the Scanias will be off as he's planning on replacements for the 126 & 132 as they are the big earners for the depot at the moment
RE: South Lancs Travel - motormayhem1 - 12/03/2015 22:34
The only reason i say transdev is because i thought they operate along that route into bolton with arriva and when i say give the route to diamond i dont personally mean go to them and say here you can have this route its just my way of saying if they did close bolton which I'm not saying they are and is a big if then they will only take routes that are profitable and that can be run from other depots with minimal lost mileage which would then leave all the locals to get deregistered and possibly taken up by other operators if they are deemed to fit in with there network plans.
RE: South Lancs Travel - B10B6514 - 12/03/2015 23:17
Interesting times afoot.
As a suggestion.. Should this thread now be renamed Diamond Bus (North West)/SLT?
RE: South Lancs Travel - T42 PVM - 13/03/2015 01:02
(12/03/2015 20:58)M60lad Wrote: More news is that the new Commercial Manager at Diamondbus Northwest (SLT) wants the MAN Meridians repainted ASAP and once repainted they will be going back on 635s, also the only SLT buses that will be staying with Diamondbus Northwest will be Solos and as I've said the MAN's and maybe the Scanias although there is a hint (not sure yet) that some or all of the Scanias will be off as he's planning on replacements for the 126 & 132 as they are the big earners for the depot at the moment
Where has this information come from
Going onto the 126 and 132, The 126 requires Deckers but since it interworks with the Leigh Local Stuff i cant see that happening, the 132 Passengers numbers have been slowly going up the last 12 Months and i think Passenger Growth would be improved further if there was no gaps in the Service around School Time
RE: South Lancs Travel - M60lad - 13/03/2015 07:10
Before you go off on one Bolton Bus Basher I'm not making this up as my info came indirectly via official channels as another friend of mine who used to work up here gave me the info and he got the info officialy, also Diamondbus Northwest are getting a new fleet manager who's starting in a couple of weeks time in the form of Scott Dunnn.
RE: South Lancs Travel - 126th street - 13/03/2015 10:39
(13/03/2015 07:10)M60lad Wrote: Before you go off on one Bolton Bus Basher I'm not making this up as my info came indirectly via official channels as another friend of mine who used to work up here gave me the info and he got the info officialy, also Diamondbus Northwest are getting a new fleet manager who's starting in a couple of weeks time in the form of Scott Dunnn.
Scott Dunn is the MD of Yourbus and has major interests (and his family) in Australia, which is where he spends most of his time. Rumour has it that he and Simon Dunn do not see eye to eye. Hence I don't see much likelihood of him having anything to do with what was South Lancs...
Bob Dunn on the other hand (Scott and Simon's father and MD at Preston Bus) is much more likely to have influence/control. Bob is a stand-up guy who has done a good job at Preston; not someone to be messed with, but a proper bus man and someone who thinks nothing of turning up at 0500 and supervising the morning run-out.
RE: South Lancs Travel - T42 PVM - 13/03/2015 12:08
As just proven Indirectly is not always correct as when Information is past from one person to another it can be changed a bit, I never stated anywhere that you where making this up, i was just interested to know where your Information came
RE: South Lancs Travel - T42 PVM - 13/03/2015 15:32
Got an E.Mail from Merseytravel today saying they are looking to partly replace the 319 Service
RE: South Lancs Travel - T42 PVM - 13/03/2015 17:44
Floline 67 has now been Withdrawn from Service