Diamond Bus North West

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RE: Diamond Bus North West

(10/02/2021 15:20)Mrboo Wrote:  But who pays for the bigger buses and the fuel and it not as eco. Deckers move air and air don`t pay fares. if you was planning to hire a bus or coach for a event would you pick the right bus that means every seat is full or pay for a bus that 50% is not used and that without counting standing.

No one should be traveling currently and even when schools are back they can drupe a bus that can be filled as they dont need to social distance school services.

I have never seen a 171 standing only.

It like when I used to get the 168 they used to be standing only when they used the Dennis Dominos.
But there was no hint of cutting that route as it had the right bus for the job
often routes get lost when they try run big buses on small routes as they look unused but use a small bus and the service looks used.

Have you been out lately?? Let me tell you as it is as a driver eco drives in and out of the city centre all day...... people are still travelling and shock horror buses are still busy. Currently the government is subsiding commercial bus journeys and encouraging bus operators to use larger vehicles where possible to aid social distancing. It’s all good and well sending a Solo out on a tendered service but once it’s got 5 passengers on its ‘full’ and your leaving people at bus stops.

Yes buses are not carrying the passenger numbers they carried pre pandemic but their not running around empty.