(26/04/2013 09:53)Valandil Wrote:  There is some talk of changing the timetables again, particularly on the Penkeths where the afternoon peak is a bit of a desperate situation.

Currently the 30, 31 and 32 all leave within 6 or 7 minutes of each other, then leaving a gap of nothing for over half an hour.
This currently means that 3 buses frequently require access to 2 bays at a busy time, and the earliest is often left stranded trying to access a bay while changes-over are carried out or a few minutes' layover are spent on the stand. Also, all the passengers tend to crowd onto one of the three (whichever comes in earliest), often leaving a longer bus near-empty and possibly passengers on a route which they would not normally catch (often taking 'whatever comes first', e.g. the 30 instead of 31, if the 30 has arrived and the 31 hasn't yet).

I myself can see the 31 becoming every 45 minutes or so, with a dedicated Solo put on the route (or maybe running every hour as currently, but only interworking with just the 29 to Gemini, PVR 2). This would then allow for the 32 and 30 to interwork, without having to worry about longer vehicles running onto the 31. In recent times, the 31 ex Warrington at 1207 has regularly been worked by a Cadet, along with 2 afternoon peak journeys, causing some inconvenience for drivers, residents and passengers who are made late.

(06/05/2013 21:13)507022 Wrote:  Think I saw two of the Versas in Culcheth today - IIRC one of them had fleet number 106!

(07/05/2013 09:14)bolton bus basher Wrote:  106 is a hybrid version, sadly i had that yesterday and the condtion on the bus was a joke, rattles a lot at the back and the amount of muck on the floor as well was a joke, lookedl ike it had been like that a while, the next bus stop thingy was not working as well.