Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(09/08/2016 19:59)Dentonian Wrote:  I'm afraid your fleet list is out of date; 36071/2 have transferred to Yorkshire; 21271 to Grimsby (or wherever the rest of the 09 regs went) and 21252 has been sold out of the fleet. If based on the company's own Fleet Card it should also be remembered that buses in reserve "on paper" often remain in service well after their supposed withdrawal.

I don't want to repeat similar agruments (on another thread) about swapping routes round willy-nilly, but apart from anything else, you have to train drivers on new routes, and you can't just transfer drivers from one depot to another permanently at short notice, like you can with an inanimate object like a bus. Apart from anything else, new schedules have to be written and agreed. Also, as regards non-Gold on Gold services, that would be very negative from a marketing point of view, with newly won over customers (if there are any) left less than impressed.

Ahh, Ok, thanks for that update. I personally dont see why you cant just move a driver over and a bus to then get more space for other buses. Non-gold on gold shouldnt be too bad if it is advertised. For some if it is a case of it gives an additional bus or if it was ran short over a more busy section of the route and was numbered 2A or something like that. I know the reserve list can be used in service but the fact they are reserve means that normal buses should be able to cover it sufficiently.

(09/08/2016 20:17)chester285 Wrote:  From what was said on another group, the E200mmcs currently at Rockferry are destined to head to Chester in exchange for the normal Enviro200s this then standardises the fleet not only for service, but for the engineers alike. So RF have one style of Enviro 200 and Chester has the other, whether this happens remains to be seen

Oh my goodness. Them going round Lache. Dont want to offend anyone but surely that cant end well judging by the reputation. If they moved darts to the 16 and put MMCs on like 51/53 and on 7/8/9 then that seems ok.