Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

(28/03/2019 15:27)iMarkeh Wrote:  I am surprised though that they haven't tried to move the ops to Gillmoss because as they have said in the consultation, it's very costly to keep the depot open for 1 bus. GM has the 86 all night, every night.

I don't see why the requirement for "supervisory staff needed at the depot in case of breakdown or emergency" couldn't be handled from Gillmoss, regardless of whether the bus in question is going to physically return there. The only requirement at RF would then be for the bus to be let into the yard, the driver to get into the building to pay in, and for the premises to be locked up behind them. Even if that required one member of depot staff to remain on duty for an extra couple of hours, I'd have thought the costs would compare favourably to the sum of driver wages, diesel, and tunnel toll required to run dead from Bromborough to Gillmoss.