Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(10/02/2017 13:10)wirralbus Wrote:  Wouldnt it be better for Arriva to go into emergency mode and just seperate the 432/3 from the 437 once they have enough vehicles to provide a service on both routes.

That's a good idea; I wonder if the controllers have thought of that? I suppose the fact that each driver has a specific running board with a specific timetable is a factor. Also, in this day and age, failure to operate specific services without prior notice would probably fall foul of the TC's.

I think the days of being able to run an ad hoc bus service are well gone, irrespective of the circumstances. Back in the day, it was not uncommon for an inspector to simply instruct a driver to run a return journey on a route that was experiencing problems.