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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 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. [2] [3] [4] The route was later proposed for complete withdrawal, however, in May 2022 it was announced that it would be retained.
Centrebus Group, [1] is a public transport company based in Leicester with bus services in the Midlands, North West and South East of England. Owned by Julian Peddle , the group contains Chaserider , [ 2 ] Centrebus , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] High Peak Buses [ 6 ] and D&G Bus .
D&G Bus was 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 April 2005 D&G Bus purchased Wednesfield based Midland.
As part of the New Ways to Bus network change, this route will be changed to provide service between Terry Fox and Campeau Drive only. The existing service to Fernbank via West Ridge will be replaced by route 262, with service on Hazeldean, Huntmar and Palladium replaced by routes 261, 263 and 266.
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.
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.
An XE40 NG bus owned by the Toronto Transit Commission. Xcelsior CHARGE NG is New Flyer's next generation battery electric, zero-emission bus. It is lighter, simpler and has longer range with better energy recovery. It has a capacity of 32-61 passengers with 2 wheelchair locations. It is available in 35-, 40-, and 60-foot configurations.