(11 Dec 2016, 9:30 pm)Tom wrote Any idea who's won this contact then? Probably Phoenix or something...
The response deadline was 05/12/2016, so Nexus should reveal which operator the contract has been awarded to shortly.
(12 Dec 2016, 12:34 pm)GuyParkRoyal wrote Nexus are tendering for the following bus services: 333, 335, 392, W1, W1A and W3. The start date for the contracts will be in March 2017.
The response deadline is 03/01/2017, with the contracts being awarded by the end of January 2017 and commencing 19/03/2017. The contracts will expire 17/03/2018, so another fairly short-term contract length.
Service 333: 1x Euro 4 vehicle with a minimum capacity of 36
Service 335: 2x Euro 4 vehicles with a minimum capacity of 23
Service M71: 1x Euro 4 vehicle with a minimum capacity of 23 and maximum vehicle length of 9.5m
Services W1/W1A: 2x Euro 4 vehicles with a minimum capacity of 36 and maximum length of 9.0m
Service W3: 1x Euro 4 vehicle with a minimum capacity of 16 and maximum length of 9.0m
Would be really nice for Go North East to be awarded with the contract for the 335 service as that would link up the network nicely, and would allow customers to use other Go North East tickets on the 335 service. I'm thinking Phoenix will stand a good chance at getting most/all of them again though.
(12 Dec 2016, 3:54 pm)Tom wrote Thought Phoenix had won them for longer than a few months.
The current contracts were only ever meant to last six months (24/07/2016 to 18/03/2017) - see original post here.