And there were a good number waiting for it as well. I had intended catching the 74 from Harrogate, but with it being cancelled and the 59 looking rather busy (no doubt due to a combination of the nice weather and the cancellation of the 74), I ended up going to Leeds instead. I have never known it be cancelled in Reliance days.
The only time I know Reliance cancelled it was when snow was too heavy and had blocked roads around Barden.
Coming back from Easingwold yesterday, there was no information whatsoever about multiple cancellations due to the incident on Lendal Bridge. I believe the last bus into York was the 16:20 off Thirsk.
At EY, I believe we got everything though on the A19 corridor (from Clifton Green obviously).
Feels like York often has a staff/resource problem, I've encountered many over the last 5-6 years when visiting the area. Fear many of the ex Reliance staff won't be sticking round for long, especially as some of them ended up at Transdev previously after Stephensons of Easingwold closed down with many moving on some time after.
They keep announcing onboard Coastliner that they're hiring, and even print job adverts on the back of tickets. I also get the impression that many ex-Reliance staff won't stick around, I've heard many complain about the lack of communication from depot managers regarding disruption information and they seem to be less happy generally.
Yes, I saw the afternoon 31X in Easingwold, although I believe it ran out of York via Holgate and Water Lane due to the disruption on Lendal.
That sounds like an even more complicated and inefficient way to run it, using three drivers from three depots instead of just one when they are short staffed doesn't sound like a recipe for success!
They have chopped the Easingwold-Thirsk stretch to minimal timing points and presumably The Black Bull means Raskelf (The Old Black Bull)
Raskelf, Thormanby and Bagby Lane End looks like a pretty decent selection of timing points, given they they are respectively a small village, a hamlet and a road junction – there are only 4 other bus stops along that section of the A19, none of which serve anywhere of note or more than about 3 houses. What stops would you want added?
Yes, I've seen a short on YouTube suggesting it's now withdrawn. I suppose they can't last forever unfortunately.
It looks that way…
Just an observation that they had cut them back.
The only stop they have downgraded from being a timing point is Birdforth. The other stops that are listed on the current timetable are not served by the revised route (most of them will be served by the 32 instead).
Assuming they receive fleet or generic "Transdev Go" livery the chances are very high based on what happens with the current fleet. It's only in the unlikely event they receive some sort of schools livery that they wouldn't appear in normal service sometimes.
www.transdevbus.co.uk
Thanks for that- do you know what fleet number scheme they'll use and if they are second hand what will the regs be?
The Citaros are 1501-15, due over the next month or two according to posts elsewhere - brand new.
With the lack of reliability of the Volvo 7900Es think they are trying to hang onto them as long as possible although that back fired last week when having sent one out to fill in for a failed 7900E the Eclipse managed just one trip and so the 2 & 3 had continuing spells of a 40 minute gap. Not sure if its correct but the West Yorkshire Information Service fleetlist (accessible at www.wyis.org.uk) has no indication of 1853 as to be transferred elsewhere or disposed of. Could be cover for the two Geminis and the two expected Merc Hybrids on the X98/X99.
Funny you should say that... A couple of weeks ago I saw a bus in the West Yorkshire "MyBus" schools livery operating on Denby Darts D1. Didn't note the reg as I was driving and I'm not up on types, but it did strike me as unusual.
The Harrogate 'Star' fleet of 86 seater school buses are used on normal services on occasions
Indeed one is tracking at the moment. Though whether the eVolvo it replaced had actually failed I cannot say, it could simply have been a ticket machine swap. Nevertheless I have travelled on a Star bus on local service myself and I fully expect such opportunities to arise again.
I presume this was one of the deckers in old Rosso livery. They put MyBus logos on them when they replaced some yellow school buses at Keighley, and some subsequently ended up in Huddersfield
