(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.
(19 Jul 2019, 9:56 pm)S830OFT wroteFull 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)
The Stillington to Stockton section is contracted I believe, as it used to operate as service 84...
(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.
There's been further confirmation this afternoon from Stockton Borough Council that the company has indeed ceased trading, as of today. Seems they've basically ran today getting peoples hopes up from what has been heard on the street..... Company has gone and the council inquiring with other bus ops for the slim chance of services being retained.
(19 Apr 2019, 11:20 am)tyresmoke wrote VDL Centro 19 YJ56JYA returned from repaint into the blue/grey base livery yesterday. Both this and 17 (YJ57BCU) are due to be vinyled shortly.
Centro YJ56 JYA and Citaro BN12 EOX both for sale on ebay according to the vendors notes being sold on behalf of finance company.
