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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.
Norton Canes is served by Chaserider bus service 3 (Cannock - Brownhills) and 60 (Cannock - Lichfield). These buses were previously operated by Arriva Midlands prior to the Cannock depot sale to D&G, owners of the Chaserider brand. Currently there are no Sunday or Bank Holiday buses.
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.
Hednesford no longer has a bus station, although there is an interchange on Victoria Street acting as a hub to locations such as Cannock, Rugeley, Lichfield and Pye Green. All services are run by Chaserider and Select Bus. No buses operate on Sunday.
Arriva Midlands was the former operator of most bus routes around Burntwood before being taken over by D&G Bus in January 2021, now operating under Chaserider brand which is a subsidiary of D&G. There are no railway connections in Burntwood. The nearest railway stations are Lichfield, Hednesford and Cannock, of which Lichfield is the closest.
Midland Red [1] was a bus company that operated in the Midlands of England from 1905 until 1981. It was one of the largest English bus companies, operating over a large area between Gloucester in the south and Derbyshire in the north, and from Northampton to the Welsh border.