Arriva Leicester

[AlexS]

3791 has apparently transferred from Telford to replace them

Which is absolutely pointless given they already have an excess of saloons and a shortage of deckers.
Hinckley is currently down to one decker (with 3778 covering) which will work over the summer but as soon as the schools go back there are two boards on the X84 which need deckers and multiple Thurmaston services are regularly seeing saloons on diagrams which can see people left behind (and that's before considering the increasing unreliability of the remaining B7s and B9s meaning it is far from unusual to have journeys missed either side of the smaller bus).

At the very least they need to have a look at the allocation policy in operation so that boards either side of reduced capacity services are allocated the most reliable vehicles in the fleet and the less reliable vehicles are constrained to services where missing buses have less impact on passengers or where it is easier to source replacement vehicles. 

[Fin W]

Which is absolutely pointless given they already have an excess of saloons and a shortage of deckers.
Hinckley is currently down to one decker (with 3778 covering) which will work over the summer but as soon as the schools go back there are two boards on the X84 which need deckers and multiple Thurmaston services are regularly seeing saloons on diagrams which can see people left behind (and that's before considering the increasing unreliability of the remaining B7s and B9s meaning it is far from unusual to have journeys missed either side of the smaller bus).

At the very least they need to have a look at the allocation policy in operation so that boards either side of reduced capacity services are allocated the most reliable vehicles in the fleet and the less reliable vehicles are constrained to services where missing buses have less impact on passengers or where it is easier to source replacement vehicles.

Some of the London vehicles that are being withdrawn need to be transferred up here instead of being sold

[Tony]

Some of the London vehicles that are being withdrawn need to be transferred up here instead of being sold

Depends whether they are owned and being sold, or just returned off lease to their owner

[Fin W]

true

[Glenfieldmathk1]

Are the service changes listed anywhere yet?
Can't find any info online, and even Leicester buses website doesn't mention any info about them .. just says the service that's changing but doesn't explain the changes.. 

[Coventrybususer95]

I looked and cannot find any information on the charges which seems really unusual

[SSmith09]

Are the service changes listed anywhere yet?
Can't find any info online, and even Leicester buses website doesn't mention any info about them .. just says the service that's changing but doesn't explain the changes..

New timetables can be found on the actual service page by scrolling down to the bottom

Looking at most its small adjustments but service 51 is losing most of the later evening buses to add a short 50 working to Fosse Park 😞

Hinckley changes are listed including the withdrawal of local services 1 & 2

[AlexS]

New timetables can be found on the actual service page by scrolling down to the bottom

Looking at most its small adjustments but service 51 is losing most of the later evening buses to add a short 50 working to Fosse Park 😞

Hinckley changes are listed including the withdrawal of local services 1 & 2

Not sure those timetables are entirely accurate. Somehow I don't see that the actual plan is for the X84 to be running 2 journeys 5 minutes apart each hour.

[Glenfieldmathk1]

Not sure those timetables are entirely accurate. Somehow I don't see that the actual plan is for the X84 to be running 2 journeys 5 minutes apart each hour.

I thought that too.. 104 bus leaves fosse park in the evening before it's arrived at fosse park! (Unless they now plan to run 2 buses all night and have massive wait / layovers?).

[SSmith09]

I thought that too.. 104 bus leaves fosse park in the evening before it's arrived at fosse park! (Unless they now plan to run 2 buses all night and have massive wait / layovers?).

Looks like the short 50 and 104 will interwork during the evenings with some layover between them 🙄

[joieman]

Are the service changes listed anywhere yet?
Can't find any info online, and even Leicester buses website doesn't mention any info about them .. just says the service that's changing but doesn't explain the changes..

I looked and cannot find any information on the charges which seems really unusual

Found the service updates:
https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/latest-news/changes-to-your-bus-services-in-leicester-aug23

[Mayfield]

All green Arriva electric D/D noted at Thurmaston this afternoon, think the fleet number is 8000, no registration plate visible.

[Fin W]

Does anyone know if installation of the chargers has began yet?

[Mayfield]

I can only presume that's what happening by the amount of the car park that's currently dug up.

[NiralVassantilal]

All green Arriva electric D/D noted at Thurmaston this afternoon, think the fleet number is 8000, no registration plate visible.

Is there any photos of these StreetDecks in the depot?