Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

[iMarkeh]

RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

(29/03/2019 21:04)Quackdave Wrote:  I don't see why the requirement for "supervisory staff needed at the depot in case of breakdown or emergency" couldn't be handled from Gillmoss, regardless of whether the bus in question is going to physically return there. The only requirement at RF would then be for the bus to be let into the yard, the driver to get into the building to pay in, and for the premises to be locked up behind them. Even if that required one member of depot staff to remain on duty for an extra couple of hours, I'd have thought the costs would compare favourably to the sum of driver wages, diesel, and tunnel toll required to run dead from Bromborough to Gillmoss.

It depends on the supervisory costs. You are talking increased costs running it from Gillmoss from the perspective of drivers and bus but if the supervisors are there and any additional cost which may come with the depot being open for 1 single bus, it could be worth examining the costs in depth.

Is there more costs than meet the eye with keeping the depot open longer?