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Post by stephen01 on Aug 24, 2023 21:12:24 GMT 1
No excuse for vandalism, an absolute disgrace. A and A Coach Travel don't deserve to be vandalised. I hope whoever did it gets caught and punished serverely. I hope someone manages to help A and A Coach Travel out as soon as possible. Disgraceful behaviour from whoever did this! Wonder who they've annoyed, just in time for Leeds festival when the entire fleet should be out........ that's why they was aiming for today to be back on the road
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Post by stephen01 on Aug 24, 2023 21:19:13 GMT 1
First have the Festival contract, at £8 a return trip! Nice work if you can it. What is it for a 16 year old from Leeds to Bramham on the 7 - £2 return? Correction it's now First Travel Solution which run it and tender out to other operatora to help. Also the pricing is set out by the Festival organisers. When FWY took over running it after Geldards went under they always use a DTV as the ticket office with a couple of the windows turned upside down.
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Post by jimmi on Aug 25, 2023 11:15:57 GMT 1
A&A now have former Glen Valley Tours Optare Solo YJ54UXH which is out on the 30 today (assuming you can actually catch it, waited for 10:11 from Horsforth Green, flew straight past down Church Road / Fink Hill, leaving me and an elderly gentleman stood around like prats).
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Post by stephen01 on Aug 28, 2023 8:35:59 GMT 1
A&A now have former Glen Valley Tours Optare Solo YJ54UXH which is out on the 30 today (assuming you can actually catch it, waited for 10:11 from Horsforth Green, flew straight past down Church Road / Fink Hill, leaving me and an elderly gentleman stood around like prats). They've also got another ALX400; SJ02ANM from Ashcrofts in Speke and is working on Leeds Festival duties
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Aug 28, 2023 14:21:00 GMT 1
A&A now have former Glen Valley Tours Optare Solo YJ54UXH which is out on the 30 today (assuming you can actually catch it, waited for 10:11 from Horsforth Green, flew straight past down Church Road / Fink Hill, leaving me and an elderly gentleman stood around like prats). They've also got another ALX400; SJ02ANM from Ashcrofts in Speke and is working on Leeds Festival duties Both these vehicles are actually only on loan, and carry Harris Travel legals Presumably standing in for the buses that were vandalised
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Post by platform5 on Aug 29, 2023 23:35:26 GMT 1
No A&A buses have been vandalised to my knowledge
Not sure what the Facebook link has to do with A& A travel ?
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Post by WYBS on Aug 30, 2023 0:57:53 GMT 1
No A&A buses have been vandalised to my knowledge Not sure what the Facebook link has to do with A& A travel ? The vehicles photographed appear to belong to 'DM Motor Services', though I admittedly have never heard of that company before.
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Post by Burnside on Aug 30, 2023 5:45:03 GMT 1
All Google results seem to indicate DM Motor Services is a mechanic based at Tockwith Airfield. And the guy who made the Facebook post is an ex-ConnexionsBuses mechanic, so could be a link there?
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Post by stephen01 on Aug 30, 2023 13:07:17 GMT 1
All Google results seem to indicate DM Motor Services is a mechanic based at Tockwith Airfield. And the guy who made the Facebook post is an ex-ConnexionsBuses mechanic, so could be a link there? there isn't as Connexions have issued a statement on social media after false claims in York Press saying it was their depot. I have been made aware of the issue by an industry insider and it's more complex than what we all think/thought.
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Post by gogglyboi on Aug 30, 2023 20:49:21 GMT 1
No A&A buses have been vandalised to my knowledge Not sure what the Facebook link has to do with A& A travel ? The person that sent me the link told me it was A&A, and with small operators like that it's difficult to find information to confirm or deny so I took their word for it. If I was misinformed I apologise, I'll look into things further before posting about them in future.
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Post by joseph on Aug 31, 2023 17:29:20 GMT 1
To be totally blunt, I'm not too surprised people are getting confused as to who owns what up in that part of North Yorkshire, the latest being this DM Travel made up of what looks like A&A vehicles, or shall we for legal reasons say ex A&A vehicles. Connexions, City Travel, A&A and now DM Travel all somehow connected to each other, what next, frig knows who we are travel? Not a fan of a certain manager of one of these firms so that last bit gave me lots of pleasure lol.
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Post by stephen01 on Aug 31, 2023 22:44:03 GMT 1
To be totally blunt, I'm not too surprised people are getting confused as to who owns what up in that part of North Yorkshire, the latest being this DM Travel made up of what looks like A&A vehicles, or shall we for legal reasons say ex A&A vehicles. Connexions, City Travel, A&A and now DM Travel all somehow connected to each other, what next, frig knows who we are travel? Not a fan of a certain manager of one of these firms so that last bit gave me lots of pleasure lol. DM and a&a have nothing to do with Connexions as they've already issued a statement over this.
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Post by kendall17 on Sept 1, 2023 8:01:05 GMT 1
To be totally blunt, I'm not too surprised people are getting confused as to who owns what up in that part of North Yorkshire, the latest being this DM Travel made up of what looks like A&A vehicles, or shall we for legal reasons say ex A&A vehicles. Connexions, City Travel, A&A and now DM Travel all somehow connected to each other, what next, frig knows who we are travel? Not a fan of a certain manager of one of these firms so that last bit gave me lots of pleasure lol. Linked how? All are probably connected having spent time at operators across the region before taking tbe plunge & setting up on their own. The fact they lend a hand to each other is commendable.
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Post by platform5 on Sept 5, 2023 20:23:25 GMT 1
1306 Horsforth - Pudsey no sign today.
Rang the operator, was told it was operating and I had missed it despite being at the stop 10 minutes prior.
Rang metro to report it and was told to ring the operator ! Rang the operator back to ask if the following journey to the vale would operate as I can walk from there and was told to “ fxxk off” and phone dead.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2023 20:26:05 GMT 1
A and A Travel are one of the worst operators in living memory, no disregard or care for the public, the elderly who use the service. There is no excuse for any operator ever to swear at their customers, to perfect valid questions.
I really wish someone would something about these cowboys, as telling people and customers to f off is inexcusable. Companies like these shouldn't be operating.
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Post by mattb7tl on Sept 5, 2023 20:42:40 GMT 1
1306 Horsforth - Pudsey no sign today. Rang the operator, was told it was operating and I had missed it despite being at the stop 10 minutes prior. Rang metro to report it and was told to ring the operator ! Rang the operator back to ask if the following journey to the vale would operate as I can walk from there and was told to “ fxxk off” and phone dead. That's WILD I can't comprehend why they even bothered to enter the industry if they have literally not a single care on earth
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Post by platform5 on Sept 6, 2023 20:12:42 GMT 1
No sign of any bus on the 30 today 10am-11am
After the last encounter I didn’t bothering ringing the operator or metro !
Interesting there was a hand written notice in the bus stop at Horsforth which told passengers for the 30 bus to use the number 9 or ring A& A travel to book your journey “24 hours in advance if your journey is essential “ No telephone number was given on the notice !
So is this service a kind of on demand thing now ?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2023 20:16:30 GMT 1
This essentially means, A and A Coach Travel can't be bothered to operate the service and we don't care about the customers! This needs reporting to Metro and perhaps the Traffic Commissoner, maybe the local press as well perhaps?
Its a publically registered service not an on demand thing! A and A Coach Travel are too lazy to operate it.
This company is definitely one of the worst companies we've seen in West Yorkshire's history.
Surely A and A are breaking some sort of regulation with the prebooking thing on a publically registered bus service?
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Post by stephen01 on Sept 6, 2023 21:03:24 GMT 1
This essentially means, A and A Coach Travel can't be bothered to operate the service and we don't care about the customers! This needs reporting to Metro and perhaps the Traffic Commissoner, maybe the local press as well perhaps? Its a publically registered service not an on demand thing! A and A Coach Travel are too lazy to operate it. This company is definitely one of the worst companies we've seen in West Yorkshire's history. Surely A and A are breaking some sort of regulation with the prebooking thing on a publically registered bus service? well the developers for Horsforth Vale can ask Metro and TC to pull the contract from A&A. Can only see Fourways or Squarepeg been suitable candidates to take it on.
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Post by WYBS on Sept 6, 2023 21:29:08 GMT 1
This essentially means, A and A Coach Travel can't be bothered to operate the service and we don't care about the customers! This needs reporting to Metro and perhaps the Traffic Commissoner, maybe the local press as well perhaps? Its a publically registered service not an on demand thing! A and A Coach Travel are too lazy to operate it. This company is definitely one of the worst companies we've seen in West Yorkshire's history. Surely A and A are breaking some sort of regulation with the prebooking thing on a publically registered bus service? well the developers for Horsforth Vale can ask Metro and TC to pull the contract from A&A. Can only see Fourways or Squarepeg been suitable candidates to take it on. Or just divert the funding into Yorkshire Buses' no.9.
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Post by stephen01 on Sept 6, 2023 21:54:11 GMT 1
well the developers for Horsforth Vale can ask Metro and TC to pull the contract from A&A. Can only see Fourways or Squarepeg been suitable candidates to take it on. Or just divert the funding into Yorkshire Buses' no.9. that can only happen with a full retender. Metro can now offically pull the contract from A&A though as A&A are in breach of the temp emergency timetable that Metro themselves set up.
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Post by deerfold on Sept 6, 2023 22:52:02 GMT 1
1306 Horsforth - Pudsey no sign today. Rang the operator, was told it was operating and I had missed it despite being at the stop 10 minutes prior. Rang metro to report it and was told to ring the operator ! Rang the operator back to ask if the following journey to the vale would operate as I can walk from there and was told to “ fxxk off” and phone dead. I'd advise reporting to the traffic commissioner, both the the journeys that didn't run and their attitude to the public.
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Post by platform5 on Sept 7, 2023 9:44:40 GMT 1
I contacted them last year around 3 times and got an automated response saying they would get back to me within 28 days. I never heard anything.
They aren’t the most customer friendly organisation to approach or engage with in my opinion.
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Post by roilshead on Sept 7, 2023 11:29:04 GMT 1
Interesting there was a hand written notice in the bus stop at Horsforth which told passengers for the 30 bus to use the number 9 or ring A& A travel to book your journey “24 hours in advance if your journey is essential “ No telephone number was given on the notice ! So is this service a kind of on demand thing now ? You could have some fun here - book a journey in advance, then should [sic] the bus turn up at the booked time (and this is where things might fall down!), when doors open just shout "f##k off" and walk away. Of course, their Facebook posts state that they would never behave in the manner recorded on this forum. Its been a while since I e-mailed metro to update them on this never-ending story, nut I've a bit of time on my hands today . . .
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2023 14:21:35 GMT 1
I wonder if the developers for Horsforth Vale actually know the problems with the operator? As the public won't know its the developers funding the route! Did the developers get a say on who could bid or operated the route or would that just be down to metro. I'm sure the developers won't want to fund for bus journies to an operator that hardly ever turn up.
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