First Manchester

[Mayneway]

RE: First Manchester

(12/12/2013 20:44)james Wrote:  

(10/12/2013 23:57)Mayneway Wrote:  A couple of odd allocations at Pioneer over the last few nights. Last night a B9 on the 343 and tonight a Marshall Dart.
This is the first time I've seen a Marshall Dart out after 8pm its virtually always a Solo on 343's.

ther has been a rerite on late duties im trying to get my head round it too but its wrong thats all i know

There was a Solo on 348/350 lates last night.

James, I watched a Hybrid Solo drive down Oldham Road towards Ashton today at Lunchtime 'not in service' with a handful of passengers on board. When the bus got to the lights at ikea it suddenly went back into service on the 419. As far as I know it was bang on time and after loading in the bus station it left heading back towards Middleton.
I've seen this happen a couple of times before and also once on a Sunday 168.

Are drivers told to go not in service or are they just being lazy. I can understand it on a frequent service like the 409 but the 419 isn't that frequent.