Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(01/02/2016 12:18)wirralbus Wrote:  Then the powers that be shouldnt say oh we got these buses for that route when they end up on all and sundry.

The buses are generally intended for certain routes. And generally speaking, the large majority of the time theyre mostly on the routes intended. The allocators, supervisors or whatever you want to call them are under immense pressure from management to run service, and ideally to lose no milage. If that means sticking a hybrid on a non cross river then so be it. Its pretty common for things to go wrong. People on this forum seem to forget there is a maintenance schedule as well as breakdowns.

Keep in mind that the 492/5 is often allocated buses with known reliability issues (such as 2428 when it needed water topping up on every trip), or buses which are needed for inspection.

Scenario - Hybrid is VOR for its 21 day inspection. Another bus due for 21 day inspection is a DAF, on Beechwoods. The Hybrid is finished and deemed fit. Therefore the DAF comes off for its inspection so Hybrid goes out in its place. Later on another hybrid fails on a 437. only bus in yard is the DAF which is now ready so off it goes on a 437. Then reported later posted on here - "Hybrid on 492 while DAF on 437 what a stupid allocation its not the route it was intended for",etc etc.

Hth.