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Post by 69340 on Apr 28, 2017 17:56:59 GMT 1
on metro website Services being picked up by other operators. Bus company M Travel will have it operating licence revoked from Saturday 29 April. All school services currently run by MTravel will be covered by other operators from Tuesday 2 May when schools return. (Download list of new operators - PDF 205KB) On local commercial bus services, a new operator Stanley Gath will take over the following services on a commercial basis; Service 183 Wakefield to Pontefract Service 134 – Pontefract to Castleford via Junction 32 (now operating until approximately 14:00 Monday – Friday, normal service on Saturdays) Services 487/488/489 Knottingley - Pontefract via Chequerfield (Some journeys withdrawn after 1400. The Saturday service to Broomhill Estate will be withdrawn). Full timetables will be available on this site when we receive them from the operator. All services run under contract for West Yorkshire Combined Authority have been replaced and will start from Tuesday 2 May operating the same routes and timetables as now: Service 30/39 Pontefract - Upton – Hemsworth – will be run by CT Plus Service 49 Pontefract - Lower Ackworth – will be run by CT Plus 134 evenings – will be run by Arriva (operating as services 410/411) LINK www.wymetro.com/news/M_Travel_update/
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Post by 69340 on Apr 28, 2017 17:58:54 GMT 1
Former M travel Schools/Services – New Operator
Castleford
L02 (PM) – Stanley Gath
Brigshaw
918 – Stanley Gath
919 – Stanley Gath
920 – Stanley Gath
Carleton
531 – Stanley Gath
531A – Stanley Gath
530 (AM) – CT Plus
Garforth
527 - Squarepeg
X64 Aberford– Stanley Gath
X64 AM Micklefield - Squarepeg
Hemsworth
500 – Waterson’s
501 – Stanley Gath
531 – Stanley Gath
Kings
544 – Poppleton’s
Minsthorpe
249A – Stanley Gath
563 - Waterson AM, CT Plus PM
Rodillian
574 – Stanley Gath
575 - Stanley Gath
575A - Stanley Gath
Royds
916 - CT Plus
L14 – Stanley Gath
L15 – Stanley Gath
L17 – CT Plus
L17A – CT Plus
St Wilfrid’s
582 – CT plus
606 – CT plus
610 – Stanley Gath
611 – Stanley Gath
612 – Waterson’s
613 – Stanley Gath
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Apr 28, 2017 18:14:28 GMT 1
Stanley Gath? Isn't that a brand that ended up with Tates Travel Group?
The few routes taken over by CT Plus, I wonder if they will be yellow MyBuses, or if this is where the ex-388 London double decks will turn up.
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Apr 28, 2017 18:46:13 GMT 1
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Post by hstjohnny on Apr 28, 2017 18:46:13 GMT 1
Stanley Gath? Isn't that a brand that ended up with Tates Travel Group? The few routes taken over by CT Plus, I wonder if they will be yellow MyBuses, or if this is where the ex-388 London double decks will turn up. Correct, Stanley Gath Travel is the Official rebirth of Tates Travel
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Apr 28, 2017 19:45:07 GMT 1
Owners of small independents generally know each other and look out for each other. Despite competition it's a small industry.
Either the owner of M Travel has told the owner of Tates that they are decent routes or the owner of Tates has seen M Travek running them for many years, meaning they must be decent routes.
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Post by alx400 on Apr 28, 2017 19:57:54 GMT 1
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Apr 28, 2017 20:00:45 GMT 1
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Post by dimmock87 on Apr 28, 2017 20:00:45 GMT 1
Check companies house, stanley gath is registered at m travel owners home address with daughter as sole director So we under the assumption that Stanley gath will b run from the M travel yard using their current fleet?
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Apr 28, 2017 20:04:46 GMT 1
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Post by alx400 on Apr 28, 2017 20:04:46 GMT 1
Check companies house, stanley gath is registered at m travel owners home address with daughter as sole director So we under the assumption that Stanley gath will b run from the M travel yard using their current fleet? Id put my money on it
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Apr 28, 2017 20:14:23 GMT 1
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Post by dimmock87 on Apr 28, 2017 20:14:23 GMT 1
So we under the assumption that Stanley gath will b run from the M travel yard using their current fleet? Id put my money on it They ll still b in faded m travel livery in a year's time lol
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Apr 28, 2017 20:24:12 GMT 1
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Post by hstjohnny on Apr 28, 2017 20:24:12 GMT 1
Done some more digging.
It appears the team is made up of mainly ex Tates directors with the added assistance from a family member of the M Travel director.
I have no doubt that they'll be running the current M Travel vehicles out of the current yard at Glasshougton on Tuesday albeit with a change in Legal lettering and M Travel names removed off certain vehicles. I can't seem them relocating to the old Tates yard.
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Apr 29, 2017 17:26:39 GMT 1
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Post by dimmock87 on Apr 29, 2017 17:26:39 GMT 1
What's the new livery going to be?
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Post by gooderson1 on Apr 30, 2017 16:41:05 GMT 1
Who knows what the new livery will be. How about popping along to the area on Tuesday and checking for yourself but I expect it will be a miracle if any vehicles have been repainted between close of service on Saturday and start of service on Tuesday(that is of course if the new operator is using the same vehicles). Sorry but is a silly question to ask.
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Post by dimmock87 on Apr 30, 2017 23:50:31 GMT 1
Who knows what the new livery will be. How about popping along to the area on Tuesday and checking for yourself but I expect it will be a miracle if any vehicles have been repainted between close of service on Saturday and start of service on Tuesday(that is of course if the new operator is using the same vehicles). Sorry but is a silly question to ask. Not that I noir any else expecting them to paint any vehicles in the 48 hours between 1 company closing and the new 1 opening but some1 might hav had an idea of future colours of the new company. But seen as thou I pass the company's depot on a near daily basis going to and from work so I will more than likely pass their Tuesday anyway!
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Post by kaytown on May 1, 2017 22:01:57 GMT 1
Seen on WY Metro's Facebook page, Stanley Gath coaches taking over the M Travel services from tomorrow. As for the school runs,who knows?
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Post by 69340 on May 2, 2017 0:18:16 GMT 1
Seen on WY Metro's Facebook page, Stanley Gath coaches taking over the M Travel services from tomorrow. As for the school runs,who knows? Look at my recent post
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Post by davopazza on May 2, 2017 9:41:36 GMT 1
Seen a 134 out on the road today using a M Travel Vehicle complete with M Travel fleet name.
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Post by dimmock87 on May 2, 2017 9:52:43 GMT 1
Seen a 134 out on the road today using a M Travel Vehicle complete with M Travel fleet name. By looks of it each bus that's gone out in service today has a little note on windscreen sayin on hire to Stanley gath.
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Post by chriswade2008 on May 2, 2017 11:50:49 GMT 1
Some M Travel buses are out today complete with on hire to Stanley Gath Ltd on the windscreen
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Post by malli on May 2, 2017 16:36:36 GMT 1
Nowt wrong with that lads
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Post by gooderson1 on May 2, 2017 21:11:40 GMT 1
CT Plus were using a dart, still in Dewsbury Free bus livery, on one of the WY Metro contracts they aquired following the "demise" of M Travel in Pontefract this morning. Only problem was that the route was a mystery as no details displayed in the destination box.
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Post by kaytown on May 2, 2017 21:19:03 GMT 1
Was weird seeing nothing in the layover area at Ponte Bus Station at 5pm tonight. Usually all taken up by M Travel decker at that time.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on May 2, 2017 22:04:05 GMT 1
CT Plus were using a dart, still in Dewsbury Free bus livery, on one of the WY Metro contracts they aquired following the "demise" of M Travel in Pontefract this morning. Only problem was that the route was a mystery as no details displayed in the destination box. I had a feeling that bus would resurface here, they've been using it on Leeds schools most recently, also with a paper route number.
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Post by kaytown on May 3, 2017 10:28:42 GMT 1
Former M Travel decker still running, albeit without their fleetnames, and an 'on hire to Stanley Gath Coaches' label stuck in the front window.
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Post by dimmock87 on May 3, 2017 13:11:21 GMT 1
Former M Travel decker still running, albeit without their fleetnames, and an 'on hire to Stanley Gath Coaches' label stuck in the front window. Every bus they hav in service has that label on front. Soon disappear if or when they get painted into what ever livery Stanley gath is guna b
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Post by justpassingby on May 11, 2017 14:34:40 GMT 1
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