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In 2018 the Cannock depot began closing entirely on Sundays due to county council subsidy cuts, leaving Cannock without buses, with the Cannock depot being sold to D&G bus in January 2021. In 2023, Arriva announced that it planned to close the Oswestry depot as a result of low patronage and financial difficulties following the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Chaserider brand name, which refers to Cannock Chase, was first used by Midland Red from 1977 [2] until 1992.. During November 2020, Centrebus Group subsidiary D&G Bus announced they would be taking over the Cannock depot of Arriva Midlands from the end of January 2021 with operations in Cannock and Stafford running under the revived Chaserider brand.
In late 2024, D&G Bus have now bought 16 MCV Evora's for their Adderley Green and Crewe depot which are now going to be used on the 38s which is a route that only recently acquired new Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC's for the fleet. These new buses are now based on the 38s and the Enviro 200 MMC's are now mainly based on the 31/37 routes run by ...
Arriva operate from three depots across Leicestershire in Barwell, Hugglescote, and Thurmaston which is also the headquarters for Arriva Midlands. Until October 2021 there was a fourth depot located in South Wigston but this closed after being open since 1957 with most services being transferred to Thurmaston depot. [12]
Operation Overdrive is the name of a series of improvement programmes carried out by Arriva in their UK bus operations. The original Operation Overdrive was done by Arriva Southern Counties in the Medway Towns in 2004, with further operations occurring in Maidstone (), Merseyside, Leicestershire, County Durham, and Southend-on-Sea ().
The closures form part of Cannock Chase Council's attempt to close a £1.3m budget shortfall for the next financial year. The theatre was set to be refurbished as part of the ambitious town centre ...
All the buses apart from the Ikarus and three Darts were sold at auction. The DAF and one of the Darts moved to Shrewsbury depot, with Cannock garage using the other two Darts. Arriva Midlands operated a Leyland National day on 28 April 2007 to commemorate the end of Leyland National operations which took in a majority of the routes operated.
The route was formerly operated by Arriva Midlands North. [1] In February 2022, Chaserider announced that it would withdraw the Saturday service and some late afternoon journeys due to low passenger numbers, starting on 20 February.