Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(01/05/2017 09:52)33109 Wrote:  I've been wondering with the current state of the 130, if it continues to get worse which it appears to be doing how long until the council or transport service solutions step in?

Usually if something gets this bad I thought they'd consider taking the service off the operator concerned. But it isn't all arriva's fault though. More recovery time needs putting into the timetable which no-one seems willing to do.

If the problems are mainly with Mon-Sat (commercial) services then Cheshire East and TfGM can only take limited action e.g. keeping a close eye on punctuality and informing the Traffic Commissioner, then it's up to her whether or not action is taking against Arriva.

Even if there's problems with the Sunday and BH services I can't see the contract being terminated soon for two reasons:
1. There was a lack of interest in the contract, even Stagecoach who had the interim contract didn't bid for the new long term contract.
2. Terminating the contract early seems to be a last resort - look at what GHA got away with on the 200 service.

If Arriva go to Cheshire East and say this Sunday/BH timetable isn't working we need to review it to get a more punctual service then I'm sure Cheshire East will oblige - after all they've just done that with the 99 service after D&G said it wasn't possible to provide a punctual hourly service with a PVR of 1 (which was the basis the contract was awarded on.)

Quote:Also is it still arriva running the 82 northwich - chester or was it re-awarded?

Arriva still run it. I'm not sure if it's a contract or a commercial service though. Given some services needed to be operated by deckers even when it was half-hourly I imagine an hourly service should be commercially viable to run without a subsidy.