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Post by FUM 492Y on Jan 25, 2011 16:19:36 GMT 1
Rumour has it that the Leeds Free City Bus will be withdrawn in April due to budget cuts.
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Post by mollman on Jan 25, 2011 17:24:03 GMT 1
Metro should get some Hybrids for it then the government would have to fund it as 'green travel'
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Post by timelesstable on Jan 25, 2011 18:02:14 GMT 1
Rumour has it that the Leeds Free City Bus will be withdrawn in April due to budget cuts. That being the case how could Metro justify keeping the other City/Town Free Buses operating |
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Jan 25, 2011 18:38:27 GMT 1
I suspect this is nothing more than the ongoing threat that Metro issued months ago about how the spending cuts may effect bus services.
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Post by stevo on Jan 27, 2011 19:45:25 GMT 1
all free city/town buses in west yorks are going owing to lack of funding,everybody will have to walk again,what a shame lol
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Post by timelesstable on Jan 27, 2011 20:54:26 GMT 1
all free city/town buses in west yorks are going owing to lack of funding,everybody will have to walk again,what a shame lol Can you share the source of this information? |
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Post by olympian on Jan 27, 2011 21:43:42 GMT 1
HJC back to Dewsbury with siansburys funding a bus?
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Post by Matty on Jan 27, 2011 21:47:14 GMT 1
More than likely, if it is true that they are been cut...
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Jan 27, 2011 22:46:08 GMT 1
How many assumptions have you assumed there? about 3?
- The free bus is axed
- Sainsburys agree to fund their own bus
- HJC win the contract.
There is nothing on the Metro website or indeed on the news about the free buses coming off, so where are you all getting this info from?
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Post by FUM 492Y on Jan 28, 2011 13:42:34 GMT 1
First City Bus drivers have been informed by letter the fate of the free bus will be decided next week. By all accounts its not looking good!!
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Post by Jamie on Jan 28, 2011 16:27:00 GMT 1
First City Bus drivers have been informed by letter the fate of the free bus will be decided next week. By all accounts its not looking good!! Maybe sounding stupid but take a leaf from the North East and the 'QuayLink' brand adapt that into Metro's Free City Bus' could see a profit being made enough to keep the services going. But then again why should the likes of Leeds/Bradford etc.. lose out when Manchester get a hell of investment like they have just seen? It makes you wonder sometime. |
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Post by timelesstable on Jan 30, 2011 16:37:19 GMT 1
So the possibility of a few reasonable secondhand Solos on the market.
What would they be worth?
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Post by Matty on Feb 9, 2011 12:55:38 GMT 1
I emailed Metro about 2 weeks ago, if they had considered the Green Bus Fund & their reply was:
I refer to your email of 27 January 2011 regarding the Free City/Town Buses in West Yorkshire.
I can confirm that Metro has explored the opportunities to purchase Hybrid Buses via the Green Bus Fund.
The Green Bus Fund provides the capital costs to purchase the vehicles and not the revenue costs of operating the service.
As you may be aware the Free Bus services are jointly funded by the District Councils. Metro’s policy is that we would continue to fund the service if the relevant District Council agreed to do so and are now awaiting to be advised of their decision.
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Post by timelesstable on Feb 9, 2011 13:01:56 GMT 1
Appyling the same rules to the Hybrids being bought by First it would appear that First would be free to operate them on any route where ever they would want.
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Post by Craig on Feb 9, 2011 19:13:34 GMT 1
Appyling the same rules to the Hybrids being bought by First it would appear that First would be free to operate them on any route where ever they would want. True, although their "business case" for the buses was probably based specifically around their use on Scott Hall routes and therefore there may be some obligation there. To be honest I think it's a good thing if the buses do get used on other routes for full evaluation purposes, especially as a good proportion of them will be sat doing nothing most of the time. |
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Post by Steve Macz403 on Feb 9, 2011 19:51:58 GMT 1
Manchester's Hybrid Enviro 400's were funded through Green Bus Fund, and within 2 months stagecoach have placed them on most of their double deck routes, during evening and sundays. ive seen at least a couple allocated to random routes, rather than sticking to the indended university routes 42 and 43.
Plus Manchester's Free buses, all have similar fundings, im surprised Leeds free city bus wasn't on the list for green bus fund.
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Post by Jack on Feb 9, 2011 19:58:03 GMT 1
Manchester's Hybrid Enviro 400's were funded through Green Bus Fund, and within 2 months stagecoach have placed them on most of their double deck routes, during evening and sundays. ive seen at least a couple allocated to random routes, rather than sticking to the indended university routes 42 and 43. Plus Manchester's Free buses, all have similar fundings, im surprised Leeds free city bus wasn't on the list for green bus fund. Doesn't Manchester Metroshuttle also receive funding from Spinningfields, NCP Car Parks, Arndale Centre etc? |
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Feb 28, 2011 22:35:27 GMT 1
Assuming the service is saved, from 1st April, the Leeds FreeCityBus will be operated by CT Plus.
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Post by Matty on Feb 28, 2011 23:03:24 GMT 1
Oh nice one, BMC Condor on FreeCitybus anyone?
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Post by Burnside on Feb 28, 2011 23:07:08 GMT 1
Not a chance i dont think.
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Post by Matty on Feb 28, 2011 23:13:20 GMT 1
Maybe when some of the Solo's are poorly or in for a service.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Feb 28, 2011 23:16:07 GMT 1
They'd probably use an AccessBus before that.
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Post by Burnside on Mar 1, 2011 8:09:58 GMT 1
There is zero possibility of a BMC being used as it would be nigh on impossible to negotiate the turn off Clarendon into the LGI. Hard enough on a Solo
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