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RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Aaron21 - 12 Feb 2023
(11 Feb 2023, 10:44 pm)N391OTY Jim Hughes out in force today on Metro replacements from Haymarket to Regent Centre and Four Lane Ends. Of particular note, I saw two yellow Scania Omnicity deckers, VNP 893 and YSV 815, also white decker TVE 804 with Tamar Coaches (Plymouth) fleetname on the front. Not sure but possibly Scania Omnidekka ?Yea correct
3 Scania OmniDekka. 2 white, 1 red
2 Scania OmniCity both yellow
2 Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 both in the old Tyres livery
RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Michael - 20 Feb 2023
25 Mar 2023
PB1049268/325
Cancellation JIM HUGHES COACHES LTD 30 (31) Stanley Bus Station Stanley Bus Station
RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Aaron21 - 28 Feb 2023
Bustimes.org has now put up the 30 as canceled by Jh. Guessing the 31 is also canceled by them as well
RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Unber43 - 28 Feb 2023
I don't see why the 6 doesn't just replace the 30, every hour to Lanchester via Quaking Houses, then hourly just to Quaking Houses
RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - peter - 01 Mar 2023
(28 Feb 2023, 9:22 pm)Aaron21 Bustimes.org has now put up the 30 as canceled by Jh. Guessing the 31 is also canceled by them as well
The contract for the 30/31 has been awarded to Stanley Travel
RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Busu284 - 30 May 2023
Jh Coaches will be running the SF2 to Cramlington on the 10th June from 22.00 from St Mary's Place and running every 5 minutes till 00.40 to Cramlington
RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Unber43 - 30 May 2023
(30 May 2023, 12:24 pm)Busu284 Jh Coaches will be running the SF2 to Cramlington on the 10th June from 22.00 from St Mary's Place and running every 5 minutes till 00.40 to CramlingtonDo they have enough buses?
RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Busu284 - 30 May 2023
(30 May 2023, 1:41 pm)Unber43 Do they have enough buses?Takes 30 minutes to Cramlington according to the timetable. Could use coaches tbh alongside deckers
RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Dan - 30 May 2023
(30 May 2023, 2:46 pm)Busu284 Takes 30 minutes to Cramlington according to the timetable. Could use coaches tbh alongside deckers
They can't use coaches - the contract requires low-floor double-deck buses which are mincap84.
RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - ASX_Terranova - 30 May 2023
(30 May 2023, 4:38 pm)Dan They can't use coaches - the contract requires low-floor double-deck buses which are mincap84.
I assume it'll be worked by a omnicity DD then, as being ex-london it'll be euro 6.
JH Coaches of Birtley - Dan - 30 May 2023
(30 May 2023, 7:49 pm)ASX_Terranova I assume it'll be worked by a omnicity DD then, as being ex-london it'll be euro 6.
Probably, or the Volvo B9s.
But they could even put B7s on if they’ve factored the CAZ penalty into their price.
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RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Unber43 - 31 May 2023
(30 May 2023, 2:46 pm)Busu284 Takes 30 minutes to Cramlington according to the timetable. Could use coaches tbh alongside deckersSay it takes an hour there and back, they need altleast 10/12, they've got 14 deckers, only 4 I think are CAZ compliant
RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Jimmi - 31 May 2023
(31 May 2023, 9:29 am)Unber43 Say it takes an hour there and back, they need altleast 10/12, they've got 14 deckers, only 4 I think are CAZ compliantI *think* the two ex Nottingham Scanias, two ex Belle Vue Scanias, two ex Tyrers B9TLs and an ex Tamar Coaches OmniDekka are Euro 6, so that makes 7.
JH Coaches of Birtley - Adrian - 31 May 2023
I don't understand why people are questioning JH's ability to run this.
Given that they've won this one, we can rest easy knowing that the tender process will have been ran to complete perfection...!
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RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Busu284 - 31 May 2023
(31 May 2023, 2:32 pm)Adrian I don't understand why people are questioning JH's ability to run this.Cause its a small company. Its constantly the problem. They want the big wigs to run it. Arriva can't cause they have the 306 running every 5 minutes and Stagecoach & GNE already have there SF routes
Given that they've won this one, we can rest easy knowing that the tender process will have been ran to complete perfection...!
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JH Coaches of Birtley - tyresmoke - 31 May 2023
(31 May 2023, 12:10 pm)Jimmi I *think* the two ex Nottingham Scanias, two ex Belle Vue Scanias, two ex Tyrers B9TLs and an ex Tamar Coaches OmniDekka are Euro 6, so that makes 7.
Doesn’t really matter how many are Euro6 really… it’s a contracted service so whoever is paying for it (Nexus, I assume?) will pick up the cost of any fines as part of the tender price.
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RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Busu284 - 01 Jun 2023
Jh have took on 5 Enviro 400 euro6 with the first being showed on Facebook as LJ09 plate
RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Busu284 - 22 Jun 2023
Hearing from driver that Jh have won the R5. Another route for them to make good and gne want it (sarcasm don't take it to heart)
JH Coaches of Birtley - Dan - 22 Jun 2023
(22 Jun 2023, 10:39 am)Busu284 Hearing from driver that Jh have won the R5. Another route for them to make good and gne want it (sarcasm don't take it to heart)
Yes, they have.
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RE: JH Coaches of Birtley - Busu284 - 22 Jun 2023
Nice to see them win another service. I wonder how the R5 will work since it was always interwork with the other R services