Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(28/07/2021 11:01)iMarkeh Wrote:  So Winsford is short of drivers so the solution is to give them more work (the 38 and some of the 10s) and hold back drivers who would otherwise be returning 'home' and put them on a queue.

Have I missed something here? Doesn't sound like the best thought through way of working.

Could it be more 'efficient' diagramming?

I recall a number of years back the 288 Altrincham-Wilmslow-Knutsford was an Arriva Wythenshawe route and the 300 Knutsford circular was an Arriva Winsford route. However, they decided to change it so Wythenshawe took the 300 and produced workings which were something like

288 Altrincham-Knutsford
300 Knutsford circular
300 Knutsford circular
288 Knutsford-Altrincham

The 300 never ran to time and drivers didn't seem to know the route but Arriva claimed it was a more efficient way of working.