Express Airport Transfers (Europe) Ltd and The Skiers Lodge Ltd t/a Easybus

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RE: Express Airport Transfers (Europe) Ltd and The Skiers Lodge Ltd t/a Easybus
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easyCoach watch Wed 8th August 2019

Another Tempo YJ56WVU has arrived at Rhosymedre and as is the case with YJ56WVS which arrived last week they are yet to enter service.

They still appear to be short of serviceable vehicles and therefore only one vehicle worked the 2D Cefn Mawr service – the same situation as I noted last week. This appears to have been the case for the last few days. Two vehicles are required on this service to maintain the timetabled 30 minute frequency.

Time keeping was generally observed to be quite good on all services with even the 2 Oswestry service keeping good time albeit with very light loadings.

Due to the one vehicle shortage there is now a spare driver available and this driver has been allowing most of the other drivers to have longer breaks.

During the lunch period at King Street Bus Station, Wrexham an officer from D.V.S.A. was seen to inspect two of the vehicles. He appeared to wait for the driver to complete their statutory break before he undertook the inspections. Each inspection took about 15 minutes and therefore on both the 44 and 2D a run was missed. Both vehicles examined went immediately into service following the inspections.

The Dart KP51SYR was on the 44 Barkers Lane, Solo LXZ6238 on the 42 Wrexham Industrial Estate, Solo MX07JOU on the 64 Llangollen - Ceiriog Valley, MX05EKZ on the 2D Cefn Mawr and YJ56WUE and YJ56WVV on the 2 Oswestry.