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Post by stephen01 on Dec 19, 2023 0:43:30 GMT 1
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Post by stevieinselby on Dec 19, 2023 20:07:12 GMT 1
The Stephensons website was revived back in 2018 with "We're part of the York Pullman Bus Company Group" on it, so it isn't exactly news 😂
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Post by peteleeds on Jan 26, 2024 8:48:52 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2024 17:02:18 GMT 1
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Post by stevieinselby on Mar 8, 2024 12:33:52 GMT 1
I'm intrigued as to why! I can't believe it will be cost effective to buy a brand new double-decker for school or contract work, and passenger numbers on their stage carriage services certainly don't merit it. (Their busiest routes are probably the 19 and the Dalesbus 874, both of which have height restrictions and can't use double-deckers). But having said that, they've bought a load of brand new Evoras that are only being used on school and contract work now, so it's obviously profitable for them...
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Post by kendall17 on Mar 8, 2024 12:47:50 GMT 1
Just because it's with them, doesn't mean they've gone out and asked for it.
More likely that the rep has offered it to them for a week in the hope of a sale or two.
Saying that, Acklams have a good fleet of modern deckers that dont see traditional stage carriage work
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2024 13:58:13 GMT 1
Just because it's with them, doesn't mean they've gone out and asked for it. More likely that the rep has offered it to them for a week in the hope of a sale or two. Saying that, Acklams have a good fleet of modern deckers that dont see traditional stage carriage work There's quite a few independents that have E400MMCs, usually used on rail replacement, they look extremely smart as well in my opinion.
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Post by dwarfer1979 on Mar 11, 2024 10:13:20 GMT 1
I'm intrigued as to why! I can't believe it will be cost effective to buy a brand new double-decker for school or contract work, and passenger numbers on their stage carriage services certainly don't merit it. (Their busiest routes are probably the 19 and the Dalesbus 874, both of which have height restrictions and can't use double-deckers). But having said that, they've bought a load of brand new Evoras that are only being used on school and contract work now, so it's obviously profitable for them... School hires. Essentially the reasoning is you can get 2 classes onto a single vehicle rather than 2 single-deck coaches (so reducing driving costs) in a vehicle not much more expensive than a coach designed for shorter more local trips that these normally are (when compared to a traditional 3-axle double-deck coach which is much more expensive & designed for long distances) and can be deployed on multiple uses much more easily than a coach where you have a mix of work. The advantage over an older secondhand equivalent is that the vehicle is properly specced for the higher speeds whereas most secondhand deckers on the market are ex city buses and so aren't set up for long periods of fast running so are sub-optimal in this aspect in terms of both comfort & top end speed.
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