Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(17/10/2015 10:45)R557 ABA Wrote:  Is Google Maps telling us something?



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I've just pulled the following API request for Birkenhead Bus Station Stand 6 and got a perculiar response:

{
"atcocode": "2800S22043F",
"smscode": "meramwjm",
"request_time": "2015-10-17T15:00:09+01:00",
"bearing": "",
"stop_name": "Birkenhead Bus Station",
"departures": {
"1": [
{
"mode": "bus",
"line": "1",
"direction": "Bus Exchange (Chester)",
[undefined=undefined] "operator": "2605",[/undefined]
"aimed_departure_time": "15:09",
"dir": "inbound",
"date": "2015-10-17",
"best_departure_estimate": "15:09",
"source": "Traveline timetable (not a nextbuses live region)"
},
{
"mode": "bus",
"line": "1",
"direction": "Bus Exchange (Chester)",[undefined=undefined]
"operator": "2867",[/undefined]
"aimed_departure_time": "15:09",
"dir": "inbound",
"date": "2015-10-17",
"best_departure_estimate": "15:09",
"source": "Traveline timetable (not a nextbuses live region)"
},
{
"mode": "bus",
"line": "1",
"direction": "Bus Exchange (Chester)",
[undefined=undefined]"operator": "2605",[/undefined]
"aimed_departure_time": "15:29",
"dir": "inbound",
"date": "2015-10-17",
"best_departure_estimate": "15:29",
"source": "Traveline timetable (not a nextbuses live region)"
}
]
}

You'll note that there are two listed operators for this service: 2605 & 2867, the second of which is running a service at the same time as the first at 15:09. Given that this data is sourced through Traveline, and therefore via VOSA, could this mean that Arriva is taking over some of the 1 journeys from Stagecoach at some point, and a data glitch has caused a premature leak?