(31 Dec 2013, 5:54 pm)CatsFast101 wrote I do think it's a bit late to notify people, if it's Thursday 2nd Januray they announce changes it's still only 24 days until changes come into affect. I recall the 24th March 2013 changes been announced early Feburary and I think it's only right people are notified well in advance.
As long as it is well advertised, then surely 3.5 weeks is ample time to become aware of changes, if they were only given 7 days that would be taking the piss, but 3 weeks in advance is a good amount of time
(31 Dec 2013, 6:19 pm)peter wrote I have been looking into bus operators in and around Yorkshire and neighbouring areas and discovered something very interesting about a bus operator called Trent Barton, which is summarised in a quote below:
'the villager' services run south to Burton on Trent with the numbering system, V1, V2, V3 and V4 and a number of services run north towards Ilkeston and Heanor such as the 'black cat' and 'H1'.
Trentbarton also operate a number of express services around the East Midlands. These include:
'red arrow' service from Nottingham to Derby
'pronto' (operated jointly with Stagecoach) from Nottingham and Mansfield to Chesterfield
V1, V2, V3, V4 are also route numbers used for the GNE Venture network. Black Cats was a brand previously used by GNE and I believe there was also previously a H1 service/route. Red Arrows and Pronto are also brands both used by GNE. A coincidence?
Dont know about conincidence, are any of the services you menioned anything to do with The Go-Ahead-Group?