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Jun 8 2011, 11:24 AM
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QUOTE (Busman @ Jun 8 2011, 11:04 AM) Last night James freeman announced that as of the 27th of august newbury buses will no longer run any of the following routes
6/6a 8/12 The link
Consultations will begin later this week for the 14 drivers faced with compulsory redundancy.
The routes affected will be taken over by other company's subject to agreement. Were these routes 'viable' / profitable or were they loss making? Which other Company will touch them if they are loss making?
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Jun 8 2011, 11:39 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Jun 8 2011, 12:24 PM) Were these routes 'viable' / profitable or were they loss making? Which other Company will touch them if they are loss making? I don't think that the Link was loss making because it was usually fairly busy whenever I saw it at the bus station. I suspect that the other services weren't doing quite as well although the £1 into town singles have probably helped to boost trade a bit. In my opinion Reading Buses didn't really want to be in Newbury any more after losing many of their routes to Heyfordian/Newbury & District. Withdrawing these remaining services means that they can close their Newbury depot while still operating the profitable Jet Black/1 service out of the main depot in Reading.
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Jun 8 2011, 12:58 PM
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The official line is that newbury buses overheads are higher than other companies most of the extra overhead is deadwood management in reading.
The link costs money to run and all the others too many council passes and not enough full fares.
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Jun 8 2011, 04:29 PM
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QUOTE (James_Trinder @ Jun 8 2011, 12:39 PM) I don't think that the Link was loss making because it was usually fairly busy whenever I saw it at the bus station. I suspect that the other services weren't doing quite as well although the £1 into town singles have probably helped to boost trade a bit. In my opinion Reading Buses didn't really want to be in Newbury any more after losing many of their routes to Heyfordian/Newbury & District. Withdrawing these remaining services means that they can close their Newbury depot while still operating the profitable Jet Black/1 service out of the main depot in Reading. I thought the Jet Black service was a Newbury based service run by Weavaway up on Greenham.
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Jun 8 2011, 07:29 PM
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QUOTE (Exhausted @ Jun 8 2011, 05:29 PM) I thought the Jet Black service was a Newbury based service run by Weavaway up on Greenham. It's run by Newbury/ Reading buses & Newbury & District(Weavaway). But the buses all belong to Weavaway
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Jun 9 2011, 07:40 AM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Jun 8 2011, 04:02 PM) People are going to have to start learning to drive. What, including my 13 year old and 16 year old???
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Jun 9 2011, 09:10 AM
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QUOTE (JMH @ Jun 9 2011, 08:40 AM) What, including my 13 year old and 16 year old??? and my 83 year old mom?
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Jun 9 2011, 05:09 PM
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QUOTE (JMH @ Jun 9 2011, 08:40 AM) What, including my 13 year old and 16 year old??? Either that or walk. Or you will have to drive them.
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Jun 9 2011, 05:11 PM
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QUOTE (Jayjay @ Jun 9 2011, 10:10 AM) and my 83 year old mom? Well, another one who will have to find another form of transport. Society is changing and we are becoming more like America; those that have got, and those that haven't.
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Jun 9 2011, 08:02 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Jun 8 2011, 04:02 PM) People are going to have to start learning to drive. ...or walk.
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Jun 9 2011, 08:16 PM
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QUOTE (Busman @ Jun 8 2011, 01:58 PM) The official line is that newbury buses overheads are higher than other companies most of the extra overhead is deadwood management in reading.
The link costs money to run and all the others too many council passes and not enough full fares. Really? That's the official line? That there is too much deadwood management in Reading?
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