Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(05/04/2015 11:01)Barney Wrote:  Presumably it is still cheaper and cost-effective to rely on a private company to recover failed vehicles. Prior to Deregulation every bus company had its own break-down tender, often heavily rebuilt ex service vehicles.

I do wonder what the charges are for recovery. If £200 is an average and there is, on average, one call-out every other day that is still £36000 per year. Assuming a break-down tender has a minimum working life of ten years, that means that the bus operator is shelling out a lot more than it would cost to buy its own recovery vehicle. Of course, my sums may be totally off the mark.

Stagecoach have a recovery truck in Gillmoss but only ever see it pulling dead buses around the yard. And I think the fee is a bit more than £200. Buses have only needed water and RNW have been called in the past. Doesnt seem to be much commom sense at times does there.