Howards/Springfield

[Mayneway]

RE: Howards/Springfield

(11/08/2018 11:06)knutstransport Wrote:  But why continue to have operating discs under two different names and if you do and have regular vehicles for routes (like Howards did) why make Howards branding more prominent if it's running a service on a Springfield licence?


People still blame operators for rubbish services even when they are running the exact number of services specified by the tender.

As Rotala didn't adopt the Little Gem brand there was no point to it, the bus business was separate to the coach business. All they would have needed to do was to ensure Go Goodwins buses were debranded by a certain date.

That would be something only Howard's could answer. I suppose the logical thing to do is to put all the disks onto one licence and have it all operating as one brand but it there must be a reason why they continue to run on two separate licences/names.

Going back to Go Goodwins. I still don't buy it. I honestly think the rushed hash job of a rebrand was done to line up a sale. Plenty of operators run both bus and coach ops under the same name/brand and don't have any issues. It was all just done too quickly and half hearted.