ARRIVA DERBY – 6 January 2008: New 68A and 68B, Swadlincote - Melbourne - Derby, replaces service 69 (Linton - East Midlands Airport) and provides through buses to Derby once more.
ARRIVA MIDLANDS – 28 January 2008: 103, Leicester Quicksilver Park and Ride, is lost to Veolia (Paul James) on re-tender.
FIRST POTTERIES – 6 January 2008: Among several minor changes, the Sunday evening service on 18, Hanley - Leek, is transferred to D & G Coach & Bus on City of Stoke-on-Trent re-tendering.
TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS – 6 January 2008: 934, Birmingham - Pheasey, extended to Foley Arms (absorbing 934A). The frequency on 993, Birmingham - Streetly, is increased and the whole service now runs via Banners Gate, absorbing 993A.
CENTRAL CONNECT – 7 January 2008: S1, Birmingham Stationlink, is withdrawn without replacement. 104X and 112 are incorporated into new 903, Birmingham - Sutton Coldfield - Lichfield. 113X is now 113, and both it and 118 are extended from Streetly to Aldridge.
GREEN TRANSPORT CO (The Green Bus) – 8 January 2008: FORT is the name of a new hourly Mon-Fri service from Fort Dunlop to Birmingham City Centre, understood to be financially supported by The Fort shopping centre.
HEARTLANDS TRAVEL – 26/28 January 2008: This is a new operator, and has started 778 Nuneaton - Baddesley Ensor, 10/11 Tamworth - Fazeley Circular, and commuter services HX1 (from Tamworth via Kingsbury) and HX2 (from Dordon via Polesworth and Stoneydelph) into Birmingham.
MIDLAND CLASSIC – 7 January 2008: New 9, Burton - Swadlincote - Ashby, basically hourly, replaces parts of similar Arriva Midlands 9.
VEHICLE NOTES
Arriva Midlands North have 800 (SN56 AWZ), an Alexander-Dennis Enviro 200 Dart, at Tamworth.
Elkin Travel began using N777 ELK (formerly N903 PFC) in January. It is a Plaxton Verde-bodied Dennis Lance, latterly with Diamond, but one that got rather wet in Carlisle a few years ago! Now in attractive all-over red, it can be seen on the 766, Tamworth - Nuneaton.
These were just the headlines. In addition, detailed route changes are provided for all operators throughout the East and West Midlands.
Our February 2008 bulletin covered eleven major operators and 14 Independents.
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