Diamond Bus North West

[Mrboo]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(23/09/2020 21:44)Mayneway Wrote:  Yes they have invested (or leased) a load of basic spec deckers that happen to be allocated mainly to the 163, as it happens to compete on Rochdale road, but look between the cracks and you still see plenty of scruffy unkept buses with failed destination blinds and bits of paper stuck in the windows.
Everyone always comments on Bolton but what about Eccles. Most of the Solos there are past there best and look scruffy, several buses still knocking about in Preston bus livery and from what I’ve seen and been told today they have lost some more work come October.

As for drivers, one of my colleagues who’s worked all over the ok with Meridian agency reckons they are currently supplying Bolton depot with agency drivers and the contract they have signed suggests they will be supplying a lot more!

I worked in London with someone to supply 50 bus drivers for underground replacement and I had may issues with agency drivers. most was sacked from London bus firms or really poor drivers. and I know Meridian and had dealing with them very rude owner when you call to ask about missing staff. So I feel it has to be a stop gap and bound to cost them money and they will not want to keep paying out for agency drivers.

I have seen some of the new buses with panels not clipped in or locked and are starting to get dirty so getting new buses and a few temp drivers are not going to sort out the issues of bad management as they are letting buses go out with issues as I had a driver say they have send out buses with no oil or water.