(13/12/2020 17:13)L401CJF Wrote:  Allocations office as in duty allocation - its where the chap who does all the shifts and holidays etc works- he is also working the Woodside desk so to speak, ie checking those due to book on there are there etc.

Woodside is a base where a number of duties book on and book off there. Drivers who are on a shift on either the 409,410,411,413,414,464,487 will either report to or sign off at Woodside as well as take their meal break there. All reliefs at Woodside are done in either the bus park or woodside bus station with the exception of the 464/487 who shunt in a van to Hamilton St.

It is a pain at the moment as there are no shifts that book on and finish at woodside, but rather you sign on at laird st in the morning and take the bus out then finish at woodside, or you may book on at woodside in the afternoon and run the bus into Laird St at the end of the day, so you have to work out where to park your car -if you have time to take it to laird st or vice versa on your break etc.

Worth mentioning woodside canteen isn't open weekends , and didn't open during the lockdown period so proved it could be avoided successfully.

As far as I know no service changes, I assume all 410s will have the driver change on Duke St instead.

(14/12/2020 18:25)SNL 824 Wrote:  464 and 487 have changeover after they come out of tunnel INBOUND from Liverpool

(14/12/2020 22:44)Liamkennedy2231 Wrote:  If social distancing is still in place when Woodside closes, that’s going to be a pain in the backside for everyone to sign on at LS (assuming everyone obeys the 2m rule)

(15/12/2020 01:19)L401CJF Wrote:  Space is tight in both Laird St and Woodside canteens at the moment with only one driver allowed to sit at each table so could be interesting, they could always use a bus as additional canteen space as they have done in other regions. I think one of the DB250s (now on laird st scrap line) was used as a canteen space at a Yorkshire depot.

(15/12/2020 16:42)trixmax2000 Wrote:  A number of depots are using some training buses Runcorn have had a Volvo B10BLE parked

(15/12/2020 22:38)DVG526 Wrote:  Anytime is bad enough but using a bus as a ‘canteen’ area during winter is a disgrace. During a pandemic is unbelievable. Front line workers? Thanks.

(17/12/2020 00:29)SNL 824 Wrote:  Can't argue with that