arriva come to redditch

[Liverpool Street]

JL1 - Selly Oak - John Lewis Distribution Centre, Redditch
http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/serviceInformation.aspx?id=34359740697

Oh so that's what that Arriva bus is doing in the South!! Thanks for that Stu

You'd have though a contract between those areas may have gone to Diamond operated from Redditch depot rather than Arriva Tamworth will all the dead mileage involved

Tell me about it Winston..

It does seem odd, even a small locally based operator would make more sense then Arriva.

I expect Arriva doesn't give any positioning mileage to this contract?

If they have covered their dead mileage costs in the contract value then fair play, but you'd think someone more local or even Diamond from Redditch may have been able to undercut Arriva

Indeed Winny, I agree. I doubt they've got the dead mileage covered if I'm honest, but I expect there's a local service which is operated on the same board as that dead mileage cost would push the contract through any value barriers. Maybe they were the only ones who went for it? And is this routs just for workers? As I'm near where that route goes and I've never known to see it flagged down.

[winston]

JL1 - Selly Oak - John Lewis Distribution Centre, Redditch
http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/serviceInformation.aspx?id=34359740697

Oh so that's what that Arriva bus is doing in the South!! Thanks for that Stu

You'd have though a contract between those areas may have gone to Diamond operated from Redditch depot rather than Arriva Tamworth will all the dead mileage involved

Tell me about it Winston..

It does seem odd, even a small locally based operator would make more sense then Arriva.

I expect Arriva doesn't give any positioning mileage to this contract?

If they have covered their dead mileage costs in the contract value then fair play, but you'd think someone more local or even Diamond from Redditch may have been able to undercut Arriva

Indeed Winny, I agree. I doubt they've got the dead mileage covered if I'm honest, but I expect there's a local service which is operated on the same board as that dead mileage cost would push the contract through any value barriers. Maybe they were the only ones who went for it? And is this routs just for workers? As I'm near where that route goes and I've never known to see it flagged down.

It looks as though it is just for JL workers as there are 3 return trips with a 40 min break at JL which seem to fit in around shift patterns