Chaserider

[Rachvince53]

D&G has historically always built its business on winning tenders as the lowest bidder. You reap what you sow!

Not a Chaserider tender but one of the drivers on my local tendered service said their company  have to run the tendered service even if it means taking a bus off a commercial route. 

[MW]

Not a Chaserider tender but one of the drivers on my local tendered service said their company  have to run the tendered service even if it means taking a bus off a commercial route.

Because they get fined from the tendering authority if they don't run a journey! 

[Rachvince53]

Because they get fined from the tendering authority if they don't run a journey!

Correct. This happened many years ago when a driver and company claimed they had run a journey on the Sunday tendered 562 but Centro (as it was then) did some checking and fined the company for falsely claiming the journey had run.

[markcf83]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Im imagining the little ba#tards mums probably had them at 11, never worked in their lives , and the dads are probably living with em but claiming seperately, probably on fake mental health saying they cant go out the house except for drug dealing 🤣🤣🤣

...and robbing.... 

[Bob]

Because they get fined from the tendering authority if they don't run a journey!

Would they have been fined today then, as one of the 16 plate volvos got took off, leaving gaps then a 63 plate evolution ( presumably not euro 6?) Got shoved on there after ....

[Rachvince53]

Would they have been fined today then, as one of the 16 plate volvos got took off, leaving gaps then a 63 plate evolution ( presumably not euro 6?) Got shoved on there after ....

If any journeys on a tendered service are missed then, depending upon the circumstances (ie not caused by an accident, breakdown or vandalism) and it was stated in the tender document then yes the company would be fined for failing to operate that journey or journeys. In the case you mention, if Staffs CC are monitoring the service (and its a tendered route or journey) they are entitled to fine the company if no satisfactory explanation for missing those journeys can be provided.  Simply not having a vehicle available is not likely to be acceptable.  Any fine though would not be immediate as the company would have to be given time to prepare evidence as to why those journeys didn't run. 

[Bob]

Looks like 704s back in service again

[Wba_lad]

Does anyone know what happened with 506 today well yesterday (Saturday 2nd December) it looks like it got stuck at Blakenall.

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

Does anyone know what happened with 506 today well yesterday (Saturday 2nd December) it looks like it got stuck at Blakenall.

Another smashed window I think considering it ran back dead

[Westy]

From Chaserider social media.

'Good morning, following more anti-social activity along route 19 on Saturday between Walsall and Bloxwich we will not serve Blackenall today and will operate along main roads only. We will revert to normal route on Monday.'

[Bob]

Are they a bus down on there today too? Looks like mmc made only one journey on  the 19

[hlliwmai]

Are they a bus down on there today too? Looks like mmc made only one journey on  the 19

No, it's now a 2 bus operation on a Sunday the one bus runs private to Walsall from depot it does 1 trip to Bloxwich and runs private back to depot the other bus runs private from depot to Bloxwich and takes over from the first bus 

[Wba_lad]

So today 19s are going down 31/32 route, I think it's disgusting the fact the kids are still smashing the buses, it's broad daylight, Chaserider and TFWM stopped running after a certain time but still looks like the little brats are doing it on Saturdays when they are off school (if they even go to school). 

[Westy]

No, it's now a 2 bus operation on a Sunday the one bus runs private to Walsall from depot it does 1 trip to Bloxwich and runs private back to depot the other bus runs private from depot to Bloxwich and takes over from the first bus

So what does the first bus do after it's first & only trip?

[ellspurs]

So what does the first bus do after it's first & only trip?

Hightails it back to the yard before it gets its windows smashed.