Another "new" operator on the scene in West Yorkshire shortly will be "Go Ahead West Yorkshire" - part of the Go Ahead group - who from February will be operating the WYMCA tendered service 571 (Halifax - Brighouse - Shelf), one of a number of routes being given up by Arriva.
I say "new" operator, as the operator will be the long-established Fourway Coaches, who were purchased by the Go Ahead group back in May, and who now operate out of the former Hughes DAF/Arriva Bus & Coach dealership site near Cleckheaton.? The 571 contract requires 2 vehicles, which I gather will be a pair of Volvo/MCVs from the East Yorkshire fleet.
With franchising seemingly on the way in West Yorkshire it's perhaps unsurprising that one of the big groups is dipping their toe in to the market.
