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Post by BusmanBry on Mar 16, 2023 14:00:21 GMT 1
Hi there Stephen,
Thanks ever so much for taking the time to compile the list of current routes for me, it really is truly appreciated.
I`m actually staggered as to how few routes are operated from Belle Isle these days compared to the vast number that were operated from the same depot back in 1992 when i passed my PSV test there in the September of that year.
Looking back to that year when i was on the mini bus network driving Optare Metro riders and Renault Dodge`s, we had that many routes on the mini bus network alone and then there was the big bus network too.
I guess people just dont want to or dont need to use a bus as much these days, hence why possibly lots of bus companies are not buying brand new buses.
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Post by steviewevie on Mar 17, 2023 9:11:39 GMT 1
The list keeps getting shorter. Does anybody know which depot operates the contracted 113 Dewsbury Hospital to Pontefract Hospital via Pinderfields Hospital that was taken on when CT Plus collapsed?
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Post by sharksmith on Mar 17, 2023 9:20:34 GMT 1
The list keeps getting shorter. Does anybody know which depot operates the contracted 113 Dewsbury Hospital to Pontefract Hospital via Pinderfields Hospital that was taken on when CT Plus collapsed? 1001 & 1055 running on it today per BusTimes so that would make it Dewsbury? |
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Post by adam on Mar 17, 2023 11:42:38 GMT 1
Yeah 113 is a Dewsbury based route
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Post by stephen01 on Mar 17, 2023 12:41:44 GMT 1
The list keeps getting shorter. Does anybody know which depot operates the contracted 113 Dewsbury Hospital to Pontefract Hospital via Pinderfields Hospital that was taken on when CT Plus collapsed? Dewsbury depot run it with 3 buses Mon-Fri and 2 on weekends/Bank Hols. Today for example 1001, 1002 & 1055 are all on it. |
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Post by adam on Mar 17, 2023 13:21:28 GMT 1
How do the drivers swap on this? Do they travel to and from Dewsbury Hospital on a 268 and swap there or does it go into the bus station as an unadvertised stop to swap, or do they just send a new bus and driver up to pick up the service
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Post by BusmanBry on Mar 17, 2023 14:21:35 GMT 1
To Adam,
When CT Plus ran the 113 hospital shuttle service the driver changovers were all done at Pinderfields Hospital and there were only 2 buses on the service all day and night. As one bus left dewsbury one bus left Pontefract and the timing was for them to both be at Pinderfields at quarter to the hour and then back to either Pontefract or Dewsbury at quarter past the hour.
I`m guessing that due to it being run from Dewsbury now the whole contract may have changed somewhat.
Cheers,
Bryan.
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Post by adam on Mar 17, 2023 15:47:08 GMT 1
To Adam, When CT Plus ran the 113 hospital shuttle service the driver changovers were all done at Pinderfields Hospital and there were only 2 buses on the service all day and night. As one bus left dewsbury one bus left Pontefract and the timing was for them to both be at Pinderfields at quarter to the hour and then back to either Pontefract or Dewsbury at quarter past the hour. I`m guessing that due to it being run from Dewsbury now the whole contract may have changed somewhat. Cheers, Bryan. Sometimes the same bus is on all day which indicates either swap at Dewsbury Hospital or Dewsbury bus station, then sometimes the buses swap which indicates the other option |
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Post by dennisthemenace504 on Mar 17, 2023 17:28:33 GMT 1
How do the drivers swap on this? Do they travel to and from Dewsbury Hospital on a 268 and swap there or does it go into the bus station as an unadvertised stop to swap, or do they just send a new bus and driver up to pick up the service Driver changeovers are done at Dewsbury Hospital, driver either takes fitters vehicle or another bus |
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Post by steviewevie on Mar 17, 2023 17:39:44 GMT 1
Thanks for that.
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Post by stephen01 on Mar 17, 2023 17:51:37 GMT 1
Dewsbury Route list as it stands:
113 Mid Yorkshire Shuttle
126 Wakefield to Dewsbury
202/203 Leeds to Huddersfield
230/230A Dewsbury to Grange Moor
250 Dewsbury to Heckmondwike (Mon-Sat Daytime)
281 Dewsbury to Birstall Retail Park/Fieldhead
283/283A Dewsbury to Bradford
WA2 school bus.
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Post by BusmanBry on Mar 18, 2023 17:51:52 GMT 1
Please could i ask what the current ( 2023 ) list is now for Castleford depot?.
Many thanks.
Bryan.
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Post by Username on Mar 18, 2023 17:57:45 GMT 1
Dewsbury Route list as it stands: 113 Mid Yorkshire Shuttle 126 Wakefield to Dewsbury 202/203 Leeds to Huddersfield 230/230A Dewsbury to Grange Moor 250 Dewsbury to Heckmondwike (Mon-Sat Daytime) 281 Dewsbury to Birstall Retail Park/Fieldhead 283/283A Dewsbury to Bradford WA2 school bus. Your forgetting 280. |
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Post by stephen01 on Mar 18, 2023 18:48:54 GMT 1
Dewsbury Route list as it stands: 113 Mid Yorkshire Shuttle 126 Wakefield to Dewsbury 202/203 Leeds to Huddersfield 230/230A Dewsbury to Grange Moor 250 Dewsbury to Heckmondwike (Mon-Sat Daytime) 281 Dewsbury to Birstall Retail Park/Fieldhead 283/283A Dewsbury to Bradford WA2 school bus. Your forgetting 280. Quite easy to do |
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