Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

[YK53 GXO]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham
Dennis Trident\Alexander ALX400 X373 NNO (124) has been withdrawn and is to be stripped down and used for spares. Its engine has been donated to Aintree Trident X378 NNO.

[YN05 WKE]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham
PC0003713/11 - JOHN CHERRY T/A AINTREE COACHLINE, 17 ATLAS WAY, ELLESMERE PORT, CH66 1TL
Registration Accepted
Starting Point: Gorse Stacks, Chester City Centre
Finish Point: Heswall Bus Station
Via: Neston
Service Number: 22
Service Type: Normal Stopping
Effective Date: 01-SEP-2015
Other Details: Monday to Saturday (excluding bank holidays)

[SNL 824]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

(24/06/2015 16:43)E208 WBG Wrote:  PC0003713/11 - JOHN CHERRY T/A AINTREE COACHLINE, 17 ATLAS WAY, ELLESMERE PORT, CH66 1TL
Registration Accepted
Starting Point: Gorse Stacks, Chester City Centre
Finish Point: Heswall Bus Station
Via: Neston
Service Number: 22
Service Type: Normal Stopping
Effective Date: 01-SEP-2015
Other Details: Monday to Saturday (excluding bank holidays)

Here we go again! However if they couldn't make it work against Avon, not sure how it will go against SC. Nonetheless good to see Helms/ACL back on this route to provide some competition.

Presumably the theory is that a route through the city centre will give an advantage.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham
Stagecoach are withdrawing the X22 the previous day, so they'll have the route to themselves.

[SNL 824]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

(24/06/2015 20:29)SNL 824 Wrote:  Here we go again! However if they couldn't make it work against Avon, not sure how it will go against SC. Nonetheless good to see Helms/ACL back on this route to provide some competition.

Presumably the theory is that a route through the city centre will give an advantage.

OK just seen the posts on the SC thread. Bollocks to competition then. The real losers here are through passengers to West Kirby. My thought though has always been to cut out West Vale/Little Neston particularly since the 487 was rerouted - very few passengers for extra running time - and this certainly made the X in X22 redundant.

[mathias]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham
ACL now seem to own ex-Lothian 533 (V533 ESC) Trident/President decker.

Still wears the checkered 'Harlequin' livery of its previous operator....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45726467@N02/14080035664/
(Photo Credit; David Beardmore)

Only difference seems to be the 'ACL' lettering in place of 'Lothian'

[326VFM]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

(25/06/2015 11:52)mathias Wrote:  ACL now seem to own ex-Lothian 533 (V533 ESC) Trident/President decker.

Still wears the checkered 'Harlequin' livery of its previous operator....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45726467@N02/14080035664/
(Photo Credit; David Beardmore)

Only difference seems to be the 'ACL' lettering in place of 'Lothian'

ACL now own four ex-Lothian Tridents, will be at ACL in Liverpool not Helms, firstly I saw were 533 and 537. They told me that two more on the way from Ensign dealer, so far I know another one will be 532 but another one not know yet.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham
With Credit to the Merseytravel Website it looks like the Heswall - Chester Service's will be numbered 22,22A and 22B so there might be slightly different routes

Bus number: 22/22A/22B
Run by: Aintree Coachline
Going between: Chester - Heswall
Date service changes: 1st September 2015
What's changing? New service introduced by Aintree Coachline
New timetable available? No

[R879 HRF]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham
Assume one of them will serve Neston high school as the 272 does

[mathias]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

(25/06/2015 13:14)326VFM Wrote:  ACL now own four ex-Lothian Tridents, will be at ACL in Liverpool not Helms, firstly I saw were 533 and 537. They told me that two more on the way from Ensign dealer, so far I know another one will be 532 but another one not know yet.

OK, thanks for that