HJA127N - Walsall 1988
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HJA127N - Walsall 1988
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In 1987 West Midlands Travel abandoned it's bus route in Palfrey, Walsall so as to put extra buses against Midland Red North's minibus operation. Midland Red North diverted one of it's routes to serve Palfrey, then eventually closed it's Walsall operation down. Then Chase Coaches took over the Palfrey service per this video of Ex Greater Manchester Leyland National HJA127N. WMT on seeing that Chase were making a success of running a bus to / from Palfrey then decided to divert buses back through Palfrey and damage competition (it worked).
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Fleetline119
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HJA127N, Palfrey, West Midlands Travel, Chase Coaches, Leyland National, Anti-competitive, Walsall,
HJA127N - Walsall 1988
Description:
In 1987 West Midlands Travel abandoned it's bus route in Palfrey, Walsall so as to put extra buses against Midland Red North's minibus operation. Midland Red North diverted one of it's routes to serve Palfrey, then eventually closed it's Walsall operation down. Then Chase Coaches took over the Palfrey service per this video of Ex Greater Manchester Leyland National HJA127N. WMT on seeing that Chase were making a success of running a bus to / from Palfrey then decided to divert buses back through Palfrey and damage competition (it worked).
Author:
Fleetline119
Tags:
HJA127N, Palfrey, West Midlands Travel, Chase Coaches, Leyland National, Anti-competitive, Walsall,
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