JezzaBus!: June 2015

Today, there has been a fairly uneventful change. Our sister company bus4you has taken over the 411. They use the existing Optare Versas. Nothing else has happened at bus4you. JezzaBus! next. The 261 has been renumbered 200. In Birmingham, route 99 and X111 have swapped buses for the next month or two. London has been fairly uneventful. 5 of the Omnicitys engines have been replaced in 10 days. There is nothing more to report this week, as it has been fairly boring!

Future News in London:

20/06/15: bus4you wins route 411 with 7 existing Optare Versas.

27/06/15: JezzaBus! wins routes N550/N551 with 5 Gemini 3s each
11/07/15: bus4you wins routes R5/R10 and R8 (now tendered together) with 5 new 9m Optare Solo SRs
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R1 with 8 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R2 with 5 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R3 with 5 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R4 with 7 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R6 with 3 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R7 with 2 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R9 with 4 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R11 with 8 new MC990 Metrocitys

15/08/15: bus4you wins route 346 with 5 new Electric 9.0m Optare Solo SRs

JezzaBus! Now Operate Routes:

HARLOW
Garage: Church Langley (CL)

Route 261 (Harlow to Potters Bar) Every 10 minutes with 15 Gemini 2s

Route HT1 (Harlow Town Rail Station to Harlow Bus Station) Every 5 minutes with 2 ex-London 56 Enviro 400s

Route 163 (Sawbridgeworth Circular via Hunsdon) Every 15 minutes with 4 Enviro 200s

BIRMINGHAM
Garage: Smethwick (SW)
Route 6 (Solihull to Birmingham) Every 5 minutes with 16 Wright Streetlite DFs

Route 99 (Halesowen to Birmingham) Every 10 minutes with 12 Optare Tempo SRs

Route 11C (Outer Circle) Every 10 minutes with 15 ex-London 390 Gemini 2s and and 15 ex-73 Gemini 2s

Route 111 (West Bromwich to Acocks Green) Every 15 minutes with 8 Optare Tempo SRs

Route X111 (Solihull to Dudley) Every 15 minutes with 12 Caetano CityGold Gas Buses

LONDON

Garage: North Greenwich (NG)
Route 486 / 129 (North Greenwich to Bexleyheath / North Greenwich to Greenwich) Every 8 / 12 minutes with 20 ex-CT Plus and London United Scania Omnicitys
Route 386 (Blackheath Villiage to Woolwich) Every 15 minutes with 10 Wright Streetlite DFs

Route 239 (Tower Hill to Kidbrooke Station) Every 15 minutes with 6 Enviro 200s
Route 188 (North Greenwich to Russell Square) Every 8 minutes with 22 Optare Metrodeckers

Route 108 (Stratford to Lewisham) Every 15 minutes with 15 Enviro 200s

Garage: Isleworth (IW)

Route 65 (Kingston to Ealing) Every 8 minutes with 24 Ex-London United Enviro 400s
Route 110 (Twickenham to North Middlesex Hospital) Every 20 minutes with 5 ex-Arriva MCV Evolutions
Route 391 (Richmond to Fulham) Every 10 minutes with 9 Enviro 400 MMCs and 9 Optare Metrodeckers
Route E8 (Brentford to Ealing) Every 8 minutes with 11 Enviro 200s
Route H28 (Bulls Bridge to Osterley) Every 20 minutes with 9 original buses from the route
Garage: Euston (EU)
Route 1 (Tottenham Court Road to Canada Water) Every 8 minutes with 20 ex-56 Enviro 400s
Route 56 (Whipps Cross to St Bartholemew's Hospital) Every 7 minutes with 24 NBFLs

Route 13 (Golders Green to Aldwych) Every 8 minutes with 25 Gemini 2s

Garage: South Mimms (SM)

Route 298 (Potters Bar to Arnos Grove) Every 20 minutes with 6 Gemini 3s

Route 626 (Finchley to Dame Alice Owen's School) with 5 Gemini 3s

Route 628 (Kingsbury to Southgate) with 4 Gemini 3s

Route 653 (Muswell Hill to Kingsbury) with 4 Gemini 3s

Route 683 (Friern Barnet to Kingsbury) with 4 Gemini 3s

Route 688 (Southgate to Kingsbury) with 7 Gemini 3s

bus4you now operate routes:

LONDON

Garage: Richmond (RH)

Route H37 (Hounslow to Richmond) Every 6 minutes with 16 Optare Tempos

Route 411 (West Molesey to Kingston) Every 20 minutes with 7 Optare Versas

Yesterday, JezzaBus! took over route 13 with 25 of the existing Gemini 2 buses. There were no dramas, just a few curtailments to Oxford Circus and Swiss Cottage. All is fine with the London, Harlow and Birmingham operations. The LT and E400 involved in the incident last week are both fully repaired and have been since Wednesday (slightly later than planned). SD6s engine trial is going well, it will give new life to all of the Omnicitys, as they are getting a bit worn out now. We have decided to replace the engines one by one, from next 10/06/15 through to 15/07/15. On eBay, we have purchased two fairly old buses to start up a heritage fleet. They are Metrobus Pointer P285 FPK (to be repainted into original Guildford & West Surrey livery) and Fords Of Althorne Olympian C118 CHM (to be repainted into original London Transport livery). The main news this week though, is the formation of our sister company, bus4you. It has a very minimal logo and will offer frequent bus services around communities in outer London. It operates route H37 with 16 of the existing Optare Tempos. Here is the logo:

Future News in London:

06/06/15: JezzaBus! wins route 13 with 25 existing Gemini 2

06/06/15: JezzaBus! Sister company formed - bus4you

06/06/15: bus4you wins route H37 with 16 existing Optare Tempos

20/06/15: bus4you wins route 411 with 7 existing Optare Versas.

15/08/15: bus4you wins route 346 with 5 new Electric 9.0m Optare Solo SRs

JezzaBus! Now Operate Routes:

HARLOW
Garage: Church Langley (CL)

Route 261 (Harlow to Potters Bar) Every 10 minutes with 15 Gemini 2s

Route HT1 (Harlow Town Rail Station to Harlow Bus Station) Every 5 minutes with 2 ex-London 56 Enviro 400s

Route 163 (Sawbridgeworth Circular via Hunsdon) Every 15 minutes with 4 Enviro 200s

BIRMINGHAM
Garage: Smethwick (SW)
Route 6 (Solihull to Birmingham) Every 5 minutes with 16 Wright Streetlite DFs

Route 99 (Halesowen to Birmingham) Every 10 minutes with 12 Caetano CityGold Gas Buses

Route 11C (Outer Circle) Every 10 minutes with 15 ex-London 390 Gemini 2s and and 15 ex-73 Gemini 2s

Route 111 (West Bromwich to Acocks Green) Every 15 minutes with 8 Optare Tempo SRs

Route X111 (Solihull to Dudley) Every 15 minutes with 12 Optare Tempo SRs

LONDON

Route 239 (Tower Hill to Kidbrooke Station) Every 15 minutes with 6 Enviro 200s
Route 188 (North Greenwich to Russell Square) Every 8 minutes with 22 Optare Metrodeckers

Route 108 (Stratford to Lewisham) Every 15 minutes with 15 Enviro 200s

Garage: Isleworth (IW)

Route 13 (Golders Green to Aldwych) Every 8 minutes with 25 Gemini 2s

Garage: South Mimms (SM)

Route 298 (Potters Bar to Arnos Grove) Every 20 minutes with 6 Gemini 3s

Route 626 (Finchley to Dame Alice Owen's School) with 5 Gemini 3s

Route 628 (Kingsbury to Southgate) with 4 Gemini 3s

Route 653 (Muswell Hill to Kingsbury) with 4 Gemini 3s

Route 683 (Friern Barnet to Kingsbury) with 4 Gemini 3s

Route 688 (Southgate to Kingsbury) with 7 Gemini 3s

bus4you now operate routes:

LONDON

Garage: Richmond (RH)

Route H37 (Hounslow to Richmond) Every 6 minutes with 16 Optare Tempos

JezzaBus!

Saturday, 20 June 2015

411 Takeover. That's It.

Sunday, 7 June 2015

bus4you formation, new heritage fleet and 2 takeovers!