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Post by Tom B on Oct 18, 2006 5:27:05 GMT
Holloways do do some contract work, but not much - they have a few schools and supermarket services.
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Post by yorks06 on Oct 18, 2006 11:46:59 GMT
Yes that true i think they have a couple of runs on some local scunthorpe runs as well on schooldays only so at a guess posistioning journeys to avoid dead mileage, so nothing really that brings them in the path of Hornsby, Isle or Stagecoach so Veolia sharing a base with them in my opinon is the most likely out of all the Scunthorpe area operators.
On the subject of Veolia from catching another bus of theres last week needless to say the quality of service has not improved, hopefully Scunthorpe will get a better quality of service than sheffield/rotherham/doncaster
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Post by jt on Oct 18, 2006 15:43:36 GMT
since the so called cuts in lincoln there been a couple of extre Jounreys added in lincoln, along some increase Frequnceys, so I say wacth this Space there may start improving Scunthorpeagain in a couple of months time
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Post by maxtom115 on Oct 18, 2006 19:41:57 GMT
Don't hold your breath, the 'improved' 44 service in Lincoln is still as bad as it was before, ie the buses turning up every 30 minutes instead of 15 minutes and then being full because the ex-London Darts aren't big enough for peak runs!
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Post by jt on Oct 20, 2006 15:20:13 GMT
what on earth is going on In stageoach Lincolnshire?
whith a year of them buy the company, the amout of Cuts is beyound a joke, what did the buy it for?
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Post by maxtom115 on Oct 20, 2006 21:24:49 GMT
It came with Traction Group, they were more interested in the Yorkshire and Dundee operations and Lincolnshire was just an add on the side.
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Post by admin on Oct 20, 2006 21:26:02 GMT
It came with Traction Group, they were more interested in the Yorkshire and Dundee operations and Lincolnshire was just an add on the side. I have to disagree with that they were interested in the sheffield division and dundee lol not all rest of yorkshire, allthough lincolnshire is the one getting all the new buses etc so it makes you wonder. |
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Post by humberside on Oct 26, 2006 8:36:06 GMT
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Post by Tom B on Oct 26, 2006 11:44:22 GMT
New buses in Lincolnshire have been a few for the 100 Scunthorpe - Lincoln, and three for the Park Springs route which were paid for by the council!
They are only interested in Sheffield - like First then.
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Post by jt on Oct 26, 2006 20:27:16 GMT
also it seem that stageoach also may be keeping shuttle No7/8 instead of dunn line aswell.
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Post by humberside on Dec 9, 2006 11:52:51 GMT
Apparently Stagecoach reregistered the 7/8 commercially to stop Dunn Line going into Scunthorpe (ignoring their existing Sunday 350 contract). Dunn Line then decided it wouldnt worth just doing the 60 so Stagecoach rewon the tender for that. Info from Lincolnshire Local Buses Yahoo Group
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Post by jt on Dec 13, 2006 8:19:13 GMT
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Post by spotify95 on Jul 22, 2019 11:55:36 GMT
I understand that this is an extremely ancient topic, but the 7/8 in Scunthorpe of now is still run by Stagecoach, but the 8 terminates at Skippingdale Retail Park and then goes back as a 7 and the 7 terminates at the same location and returns as an 8. At the time this thread was originally started, does anybody here know if that's how the 7 and 8 were run back then?
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Post by humberside on Jul 27, 2019 12:14:04 GMT
My April 2006 'Scunthorpe Shuttle' timetable has the 7 and 8 back then as operating a common route from Scunthorpe Bus Station via Frodingham Road, Crosby and Dewsbury Avenue before then operating a loop via Hilton Avenue, Tesco Extra, the A1077 and Speedwell Crescent - the 7 anti clockwise and the 8 clockwise - back to Dewsbury Avenue and as per the outward route. My 30th October 2006 guide shows the same but with Frodingham Road replaced with the hospital and Avenue Vivian between Scunthorpe Bus Station and Crosby. Skippingdale Retail Park was not served - it seems to have been dropped when Tesco Extra opened in 2002 (and the Skippingdale Tesco closed) and did not regain a bus service until 2012, with the 37.
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Post by mrmoose on Jul 27, 2019 22:16:41 GMT
Humberside is correct - going back further the original 7/8 were renumbered in 2005ish from the 346 and 347 which ran right back into the 90's at least. At one time, these were the only town buses that ran directly past the Hospital, and also ran across town onto Ashby and Bottesford as 343/344 - so were quite well used. The 9 was launched in the late 90's, and that took most of the Hospital trade away. Although the 2 buses an hour has remained, it had been trimmed considerably since the mid 00's with most pre-0930 and post 1500 journeys gradually reduced until last years recast. I had been half expecting the 60 to replace what is now the 7 side of the route in the future - but under "simplibus" the current service is probably the best the area has had for many years - especially on Speedwell Crescent and Skippingdale.
Last I heard, a couple of early/late 8 journeys are still tendered to stagecoach.
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