The Staffordshire & Merseyside Bus Group has been set up to cover both of the said areas. But as well as these two major areas we will also cover Cheshire, North Wales, Derbyshire, Shropshire and Greater Manchester.

This group is not only about the major operators such as Arriva, First Group or Stagecoach within these areas but also the independent operators such as D&G, Scraggs/Blue Buses, Wardle Transport, Bakerbus, Happy Als, A1A, Avon and many more that also operate in any of the above named areas that the group covers.

With the ever changing face of bus companys within our territory we rely on you the members to keep us updated as to what is going on in these locations.

We also are pleased for photographs to be posted to the group, please mark your photos with who took them, so that others know and you get the recognition you deserve.

PLEASE NOTE:
1) New members will be on moderation for a short period of time. We are sorry about this but it is to cut down on the number of false postings we have had.
2) New members must also provide an email address where the group moderators can get hold of them, any failure to be able to get messages to you in this way, will result in an automatic refusal to join the group.

(... PLEASE CAN YOU FILL IN THE COMMENTS BOX WITH DETAILS OF YOUR INTEREST IN BUSES AND REASON FOR WANTING TO JOIN THE GROUP, IF YOU DO NOT DO THIS AND ARE JOINING FROM ONE OF THE FREE EMAIL ADDRESSES SUCH AS THOSE PROVIDED BY YAHOO ETC. THEN WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT YOUR APPLICATION WITH NO NOTICE OR REASON GIVEN ...)
Thank you for your time and assistance in this matter.

GROUP PHOTO:- The front page pic for this month is of smartly turned out ex-Arriva London Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties G516 VBB, now in the fleet of North West Travel. Latterly a trainer with Arriva, NWT have converted it back to PSV use and have also single doored it, and is seen here at West Kirby on a schools route on Thursday 1st May.
© Mark Haldon