Registration number: PB1118065/43
Licence Number: PB1118065
Variation number: 1
Status: Cancellation
Service number: .X7, X7S
Service type: Normal Stopping
Start point: Middlesbrough Bus Station
Finish point: Owington Farm
Via: Teeside Park, Stockton, Norton, Billingham
Date received: 22 May 2019
Effective date: 03 Jul 2019
(20 Jun 2019, 11:23 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Registration number: PB1118065/43
Licence Number: PB1118065
Variation number: 1
Status: Cancellation
Service number: .X7, X7S
Service type: Normal Stopping
Start point: Middlesbrough Bus Station
Finish point: Owington Farm
Via: Teeside Park, Stockton, Norton, Billingham
Date received: 22 May 2019
Effective date: 03 Jul 2019
Not seen the X7 run for the past couple weeks.
(25 Jun 2019, 5:00 pm)benambro wrote [ -> ]
Not seen the X7 run for the past couple weeks.
The X7 times have been taped over at Teesside Park, Supposed to run til Tuesday!
Very much in the public domain now despite no official word from the company - Stagecarriage have ceased trading as of earlier today
(19 Jul 2019, 5:00 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]Very much in the public domain now despite no official word from the company - Stagecarriage have ceased trading as of earlier today
Shame =(
(19 Jul 2019, 5:00 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]Very much in the public domain now despite no official word from the company - Stagecarriage have ceased trading as of earlier today
It’s a shame but I could see that coming from the moment they re-branded
A shame to see another independent operator cease trading.
What's happening with service X8 now then?
(19 Jul 2019, 7:21 pm)S830OFT wrote [ -> ]What's happening with service X8 now then?
Should be taken over by another operator I imagine. Another independent if not the council if I had to make a guess.
Or nobody? Not all commercial routes get replaced.
(19 Jul 2019, 9:48 pm)omnicity4659 wrote [ -> ]Or nobody? Not all commercial routes get replaced.
The Stillington to Stockton section is contracted I believe, as it used to operate as service 84...
(19 Jul 2019, 9:56 pm)S830OFT wrote [ -> ]
The Stillington to Stockton section is contracted I believe, as it used to operate as service 84...
Full route was operated on a commercial basis, services to/from Stillington haven't been contracted since April 2014 when the council pulled the plug on all subsidised routes (was Arriva service 6 up until that point)
(19 Jul 2019, 5:38 pm)SnarledComic1 wrote [ -> ]It’s a shame but I could see that coming from the moment they re-branded
How come? What about the re-brand?
(20 Jul 2019, 7:54 am)Adrian wrote [ -> ]
How come? What about the re-brand?
Just had a bit of a feeling that something could have been going on internally hence they rebranded as Bus4
Even the rebrand was half hearted, they painted some buses but never branded them.
(20 Jul 2019, 5:02 pm)makem1 wrote [ -> ]Even the rebrand was half hearted, they painted some buses but never branded them.
You never know what goes on behind the scenes. If the resources dry up, then it doesn't matter how much effort the staff put into something - the money is not there.
The X8 is running today - Omnidekka and the Centro.
From what I've heard they may have only let some drivers go with a few staying on. Seems like they're just trying to slim the company down to a point where it can't operate. I expect a few more twists to this saga.
(22 Jul 2019, 1:32 pm)SnarledComic1 wrote [ -> ]From what I've heard they may have only let some drivers go with a few staying on. Seems like they're just trying to slim the company down to a point where it can't operate. I expect a few more twists to this saga.
I've heard a few various rumours and like most things, I take them with a pinch of salt.
However if cash flow is tight and school contracts have came to an end for the summer, then I can see why a surplus of staff may have been trimmed.
Whether I agree with that sort of strategy is another matter.
Regardless, it is a shame that a company who looked to be on the up and demonstrated some ambition, have hit some sort of buffer.