GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

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RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

(19/02/2016 19:21)knutstransport Wrote:  Well it appears GHA have new drivers who aren't being properly trained before taking buses out by themselves. One driver + bus showed up in Knutsford and the driver put up "P1 Hazel Grove" on the destination display when it should have been "27 Macclesfield." He said he'd only be shown the 27A route once and hadn't been shown the 27 or 27B routes at all. This was after he had driven along the 27A route (minus the AstraZeneca extension) when he should have gone along the 27 route (via Over Peover)!

A local councillor has confirmed Cheshire East council have retracted the recent contract awards to GHA for the 300 Saturday service and the evening 37 contract and they will stay with D&G and Arriva respectively for now, while GHA have been made to refund part of the subsidy they receive for the P1 due to non-operation of services and Cheshire East are currently reviewing whether GHA should keep the contract for the P1.

Wouldn't be the first time such a thing has happened, I've helped drivers navigate routes on a number of occasions because they have not been shown the route.