D&G Bus

[knutstransport]

RE: D&G Bus
It doesn't look like D&G have enough drivers at Crewe to run everything, even with transferring some routes and journeys to other depots.

Looks like one of their regular tricks is one driver does 2 early return workings on the 84X, then switches to the 8 - leaving just a single bus and hourly service on the 84X for the rest of the day. If there's any regular passengers waiting at Crewe for the 08:30 84X departure they must be used to seeing the inbound 84X and wondering whether the driver will switch the destination display to the 8.

[KX03 KYY]

RE: D&G Bus

(10/02/2026 19:50)knutstransport Wrote:  It doesn't look like D&G have enough drivers at Crewe to run everything, even with transferring some routes and journeys to other depots.

Looks like one of their regular tricks is one driver does 2 early return workings on the 84X, then switches to the 8 - leaving just a single bus and hourly service on the 84X for the rest of the day. If there's any regular passengers waiting at Crewe for the 08:30 84X departure they must be used to seeing the inbound 84X and wondering whether the driver will switch the destination display to the 8.

What routes have moved?

Has the 82 gone back to Wincham I presume

Heard talks they were going move 85 to Stoke which would make more sence

[knutstransport]

RE: D&G Bus

(Yesterday 12:59)KX03 KYY Wrote:  What routes have moved?

Has the 82 gone back to Wincham I presume

Heard talks they were going move 85 to Stoke which would make more sence

Wincham outstation closed a couple of years ago, once they'd completed the upgrade work on the former Arriva outstation in Macclesfield.

The 49 (PVR 2) recently moved from Crewe to Macclesfield.

The 42 changed (PVR 3) was Crewe, now it's 1 at Crewe and 2 at Macc

The 38 Sunday service (PVR 2) was Crewe, now it's one vehicle from each of Crewe and Macc.

One of the strange things with the depot allocations is Congleton gets services operated from all 3 depots.
38 Crewe/Macc
42 Macc/Crewe
90/91/92/93A/93C Macc
94 Stoke
318 Stoke

That means pretty much any vehicle type in the D&G fleet can turn up in Congleton. The Streetlites would be a rare site now, but not impossible. A Versa and a Metrocity is likely, while Evoras, Enviros (long and short) are almost guaranteed, and a Solo is a possibility.

[KX03 KYY]

RE: D&G Bus
Did the 85 move from Crewe to Stoke or do Stoke cover some journey's?

Edit that looks like Stoke operate 1 board on the 85 judging by bustimes data from past week or so

[M60lad]

RE: D&G Bus
As far as I know (Could be wrong) most buses on 85 are operated by Crewe with one bus provided daily from Adderley Green Depot hence why when they first got them the ex Blackpool Citaroes were seen regularly on 85s.