Rotala Management - Questions & Answers

[Ingleboro261F]

We thank you for your positive comments.  We are looking to use a number of second hand 66 plate E200's we have acquired on the 552/553


Simon

Are these the regular E200s or the E200MMCs?

@Ingleboro261F - I've already confirmed what that are in Redditch Depot thread, Winston:

https://wmbusphotos.com/forum/index.php?topic=2938.msg339639#msg339639

[Simon Dunn]

Noted on the 125 Stourbridge to Bridgnorth today that the passenger numbers whilst not great for the present service there were passengers particularly on the sections Stourbridge to Kidderminster and Highley to Bridgnorth that were dependent on the bus,
rather than the proposed pulling of the service in its entirety, could it not be retained with a reduced frequency
there are 3 vehicles on this service, it ought to be possible to reduce that to 2 surely.
Stourbridge to Kidderminster hourly, Kidderminster to Bridgnorth 2 hourly and when that bus gets to Bridgnorth could it run back to and from Highley whilst sitting at Bridgnorth making Highley to Bridgnorth hourly?

The loadings on the Bewdley to Bridgnorth and Stourbridge to Kidderminster are similar.  We have looked at how many people who use these buses per hour and it is around 15-20 on average depending upon time of day/ time of year.  A portion of these are children and concessions.  If we assume a £2 yield across all ticket types we need to average around 25 people per hour.  This is a significant difference.  We remain in dialogue with the Transport Authorities and we await their final outcome.

[Simon Dunn]

Do Preston Bus plan to keep running the 311 and 312 in the Ormskirk area when the routes go up for tender again

We will bid for the routes, when they go out for tender.

[Jay71]

Tonight....32227 should have left Upper Dean St at 2000. Any idea why the service never started from UDS?

[Simon Dunn]

Tonight....32227 should have left Upper Dean St at 2000. Any idea why the service never started from UDS?

I am advised

There was a police incident in the City Centre last night with some road closures. The driver turned at Colmore Circus to avoid this. Driver was two drivers had the same problem and the second driver had to be adjusted to run from Colmore Circus.

[Ryan Hack]

A odd one but do you have any plans with 40715 (PRN 909) or will it just be a two tone blue with a private reg? 

[Simon Dunn]

A odd one but do you have any plans with 40715 (PRN 909) or will it just be a two tone blue with a private reg?

I believe 40715 is already in Preston livery

[B7RLE]

Hello Simon, will the dual door Streetlite that you've acquired be converted into single door? If it will, will this be done externally or in house? 

[Simon Dunn]

Hello Simon, will the dual door Streetlite that you've acquired be converted into single door? If it will, will this be done externally or in house?

We will run the vehicle as it is

[Ryan Hack]

I believe 40715 is already in Preston livery

I meant to say will it stay in its current Preston bus blue livery or go into something else 

[Jay71]

Tonight.. Are you aware of any roadworks by Tipton Baths?
I wonder why 30924 @ 2133 decided to terminate at Robert Rd

[Simon Dunn]

I meant to say will it stay in its current Preston bus blue livery or go into something else

There is no intention to change at this moment in time.

[Simonm]

Hi, just wondered if there are any plans to resume repaints at Preston? There was a phase where vehicles seemed to be away most weeks for repainting into Preston Bus livery, but that seems to have slowed down. Currently around 10% of the fleet at Preston are in Diamond livery and there are some new vehicles which are either plain white or former operator colours. Would be good to see a more unified fleet.

[IMarkeh]

Hi Simon, Thank you for sorting out almost all of the previous open data errors. Some more that I've found which I hope you are able to get looked at too (Are you able to say why Diamond has so many errors when compared to other operators of a similar or larger size?)

Dudley 5 towards Blaze Park, after Stafford Street missing stop Eve Hill Dock Lane (43000870502). Towards Dudley swap High Oak Surgery for  St James' Church (43000849401)
Dudley 5A towards Dudley remove 'High Oak Surgery' (stop no longer exists)
Kidderminster 7 remove stops at Kidderminster Horsefair. Also after Broadwaters Drive missing Greenhill Hurcott Road Crossroads (2000G583516)
Kidderminster 10. After Borrington Road missing Mallard Avenue & Kittiwake Drive (wocgpwta & wocgtgdm). After Captain's Pool Road missing Chaffinch Drive (wocgpwpw)
Merry Hill 13, Stops ar Merry Hill need sorting as you show as Arriving at stop A but departures from stop B Mon-Sat and stop H on Sunday.
Dudley 14A towards Dudley, Sunday 08:58/09:58 trips missing all intermediate stops.
West Bromwich 16A towards West Bromwich, amend stop code for Birmingham Church Centre (correct stop is MS8 43000202111)
Tamworth 20, towards Tamworth after
Merry Hill 24H towards Merry Hill 16:00 Mon-Fri & 08:50 Saturday trips missing most/all intermediate stops.
Dudley 25, on trips which are internally coded '25T' towards Stourbridge & Merry Hill, after 'Engine Lane' missing stop Merry Hill Centre (43000836001)
Wolverhampton route 26A missing Bilston Bus Station stops in both directions
Wolverhampton 27, Monday-Saturday trips after 18:00 in both directions missing all intermediate stops. Also on trips towards Wolverhampton remove Sedgley All Saints Church and amend stop code at Market Hall (correct stop code 43000852505).
Wolverhampton 27A, On trips towards Wolverhampton, after Stickley Ellowes Rd missing stops Bird Street & Brookdale (nwmjwmgm & nwmjwmgt). Remove Sedgley All Saints Church and amend stop code at Market Hall (correct stop code 43000852505). Towards Dudley remove Dudley Flood Street and Dudley Churchill Centre.
Perry Bar 54. Towards Hamstead after Hamstead Austin Way missing Hamstead Railway Station (43000536101) & after Lavendon Road missing Walsall Road (43000531002). Towards Perry Barr after Spouthouse Lane missing Dyas Ave (43000541102).
Stourbridge 88 towards Stourbridge remove Angel Passage. Towards Norton remove both Foster Street East stops (all of these stops are not in use)
Route 202S towards Halesowen after Goodrest Avenue missing Victoria Ave (43000801202), Ridgeway Ave (43000801001) & Woodbury Rd (43000815504)
Dudley 226 towards Dudley remove 'High Oak Surgery' (stop no longer exists).
Dudley 226 towards Merry Hill. After Magistrates Court missing Junction Street (43008718003) and on Saturdays remove 'Vicar St'.
Dudley 226A towards Dudley remove 'High Oak Surgery' (stop no longer exists). Mon-Sat evening trips seem to be missing stops around Worsley Auckland Road too.
Dudley 226A towards Merry Hill remove the first stop named Kingswinford Kingsley Rd (43000842403). On Saturdays and Sundays towards Merry Hill  remove 'Vicar St'
Route 242S missing plenty of stops but the missing stops are marked as 'inactive' by Staffordshire Council on NAPTAN. Not sure if Ticketer can pick up inactive stops but if not, contact LA as they will be able to update NAPTAN for you.
Route 247 in both directions swap the timing point so it's at the 'other' Evesham Morrisons stop (2000G079600 should be the timing point in both directions)
Kidderminster 292S for some reason now isn't listed as school days only anymore.
Evesham 552/553 have no data at all despite you starting these routes in less than a week.
Various WM routes you need to update the OTC registration number in the Ticketer portal so that it uses the new West Midlands registration number rather than the old OTC registration number.
Evesham 540 07:34 from Evesham after Ashton Under Hill Cross missing Cottons Lane (2000G073101) and Cornfield Way needs moving to after the academy
08:36, 10:11, 11:11, 12:11 and 13:11 from Tewkesbury after Ashton under Hill Cornfield Way missing Ashton Under Hill Wood Lane (2000G671004)
15:46, 16:46, 17:50 (M-F) & 1846 (Sat) from Tewkesbury missing Beckford Village Hall (wocgdtpm)


Diamond South East:
N555 towards Heathrow change Terminal 4 to Stop 10 (490000104E)
H2D, H2X missing Terminal 2 stop to terminate.
RHU towards Hox Park, after Royal Holloway College missing University Founders Building stop (40004401021A). Towards Egham after St Jude's Cemeterymissing University Founders Building stop (40004401021A).

[Simon Dunn]

Tonight.. Are you aware of any roadworks by Tipton Baths?
I wonder why 30924 @ 2133 decided to terminate at Robert Rd

The driver was too ill to continue.


Simon