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It seems as if the money has run out as only one repaint has taken place recently and ther are Solos in several diferent liveries. They seem to be concentrating on upgrading Dove Holes depot as the are hoping to have all staff and vehicles in there by early December though I don't khow how they...

as mentioned above, 225 was particularly unreliable and has now suffered major mechanical failure combined with being a non-standard one off, its neither Mk1 or Mk2, has made it uneconomical to resurrect, though never say never, it is being robbed to keep the others going. Also Centrebus only...

High Peak are using 2 Omnicitys on Transpeak, 788 has been repainted and is "Transpeak" branded similar to the Trent Barton style for continuity and easy recognition, 789 is to go for repaint soon. Meanwhile 704 is being repainted at present with(apparently) 748 to follow, these are Wright...

The R was used as an abreviation of Rainbow when the Rainbow 1 - 5 services were introduced between Nottingham and Derby, R1 being what is now Transpeak, the R61 etc ran in conjunction with this.

"High Peak" management think that Red Arrow will probably take away a good number of OAP "freebies" to leave extra capacity for the more lucrative full fare paying passengers --- old post above --- --- new post below --- The Olympus seems to have been well accepted by the public with many...

Transpeak has been split into 4 seperate interconnecting routes TP1 - 4 advertised as connecting but with no need to change buses as the bus continues all the way, which apparently makes it ok to be a local service --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Some parts of TP serve all...

They are promising newer Scanias for Transpeak but as it is registered as a local service they will have to be low floor and not coaches so probably "Omnilinks" or "Wright Solars" --- old post above --- --- new post below --- The majority of ex Bowers routes only need small capacity buses so...

The ex Trent services are presently being run from Dove Holes and ex Bowers from Chapel and seem set to continue for a while which is to allow for reconstruction/reorganisation at Dove Holes. The management are confident that the majority of buses will be accomodated at Dove Holes (a few...

Has anyone enquire about the purchase cost. I have always dreamed of buying one to run on a British heritage railway, but have no idea of the cost of bringing one to England or if re-guaging is feasible. I have recently come into a small legacy but without a target price, I don' know if I am...

the platform structure looks very similar to the slow line platforms at East Midlands Parkway and not at all temporary

It is definitely a through platform, and the space that looks like a bay seems to be filling up with access footways etc.