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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 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.
Arriva Midlands were previously the main operator around Cannock but their operations based at their Cannock depot were sold to D&G Bus during 2020. [30] Select Bus Services [31] also operate a small number of services while National Express West Midlands service X51 links Cannock with Birmingham via Walsall and Great Wyrley.
D&G Bus is a bus operator serving the West Midlands and North West formed by David Reeves and Gerald Henderson in April 1998 initially operating four buses on two routes under contract to Stoke-on-Trent City Council. It expanded with both route and school services in Cheshire and Staffordshire with 16 buses by the end of 1998.
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 ...
Bromsgrove, The Strand, Birmingham Road – (Closed 1981) – [BE] Cannock, Delta Way. The last depot opened by Midland Red. Became Head office for Midland Red North (later Arriva Midlands North). Sold to D&G Bus t/a 'Chaserider' autumn 2020. Coalville, Ashby Road – (Closed 2011) – [CE] Cradley Heath, Forge Lane – (Closed 1977) – [CY ...
Services at Kidsgrove are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 170 DMUs, London Northwestern Railway using Class 350 EMUs and Northern Trains using Class 323 and 331 EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: 2 tph to Crewe; 1 tph to Stafford [3] 1 tph to Newark Castle via Derby and Nottingham [4] 1 tph to Stoke-on-Trent ...
Centrebus Limited, [1] trading as Centrebus, is a bus company based in Leicester operating services in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland. Centrebus hold a 51% shareholding in High Peak Buses and since December 2019 D&G Bus has become a part of the Centrebus Group through shareholder Julian ...