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 Jun 8 2011, 10:04 AM
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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. |
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Jun 8 2011, 11:24 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 15-May 09 From: Newbury Member No.: 60 |
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, 04:02 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 6,085 Joined: 13-May 09 From: Newbury, Berkshire. Member No.: 33 |
People are going to have to start learning to drive.
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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, 05:36 PM
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Not a thread about busses in months and then two come along at once.
-------------------- Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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Jun 8 2011, 06:05 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,933 Joined: 14-May 09 From: Newbury Member No.: 55 |
QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jun 8 2011, 06:36 PM) Not a thread about busses in months and then two come along at once. 
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Jun 8 2011, 07:29 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 14-September 09 From: Newbury Member No.: 341 |
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 8 2011, 09:36 PM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jun 8 2011, 06:36 PM) Not a thread about busses in months and then two come along at once.  V Good |
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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, 10:20 AM
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I wonder if this is sabre-rattling by the bus company to get more subsidy from West Berks Council?
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Jun 9 2011, 10:46 AM
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I don't think so, as James Trinder said Reading Transport has never wanted to be in Newbury, they have been trying to get rid of their Newbury counter part for a while now.
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Jun 9 2011, 05:09 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 6,085 Joined: 13-May 09 From: Newbury, Berkshire. Member No.: 33 |
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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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 6,085 Joined: 13-May 09 From: Newbury, Berkshire. Member No.: 33 |
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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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,933 Joined: 14-May 09 From: Newbury Member No.: 55 |
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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Jun 9 2011, 08:41 PM
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We are better off without Reading Buses. The one sad thing about this is the 14 staff who will possibly lose their jobs. Jet Black is sub contracted out to Weavaway / Newbury & District by Reading Buses. The only services provided by Reading Buses now will be Vodafone, which is obviously a money spinner. I've said for the last year, let's look at the bus network from scratch and put it all out to competetive tender. All that has happened from what I was saying is that Reading Buses have made such a mess of it all that they are now pulling out.
Who's up for a social enterprise bus company, run similar to the urban / rural bus challenge schemes? |
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Jun 9 2011, 10:36 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,682 Joined: 23-September 10 From: In the lower 40 Member No.: 1,104 |
I thought the Guardian readers were meant to be encouraging us all away from private means of transport and on to public ??
-------------------- Gammon. And proud!
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