Vehicle Transfers

[the trainbasher]

You seem to fail to understand the work that goes into tenders, even before the bidding process opens. They do not only look at the number of passengers! They look at where these passengers are boarding and alighting. If that is all you have to worry about in your life, I wish I had it.

Sorry I believe taxpayers money should be spent wisely and not in a frivolous manner. As a local government worker myself, I do not agree with public money being wasted.

Paying a bus operator £3.14 per passenger to run a bus service which averages less than 4 passengers a journey is a waste of taxpayers money, especially as then said taxpayers who use it are then charged an additional fare on top.

How would you like it if your council tax was funding a vanity project such as replacing a perfectly functional bus station in or converting a fairly free flowing roundabout into a traffic light system.

You would feel outraged!!

[Tony]

Sorry I believe taxpayers money should be spent wisely and not in a frivolous manner. As a local government worker myself, I do not agree with public money being wasted.

I believe it should be spent wisely as well, not paying someone to answer frivolous FOI requests. What you are doing is wasting taxpayers money when that civil servant could be spending his paid time doing something more worthwhile

[Dom]

Sorry I believe taxpayers money should be spent wisely and not in a frivolous manner. As a local government worker myself, I do not agree with public money being wasted.

Paying a bus operator £3.14 per passenger to run a bus service which averages less than 4 passengers a journey is a waste of taxpayers money, especially as then said taxpayers who use it are then charged an additional fare on top.

How would you like it if your council tax was funding a vanity project such as replacing a perfectly functional bus station in or converting a fairly free flowing roundabout into a traffic light system.

You would feel outraged!!

You may want to check your numbers there, as it is not 4 passengers.

Both projects have worked in the past, for example Wolverhampton and Stourbridge Bus Station. If you are reffering to Dudley Bus Station the plans to redevelop are needed as the station is outdated and struggles to operate, so no, not a functional station.

Free flowing roundabouts? Is that what you would of said about Burnt Tree island? That got converted to a traffic light system and that now flows much better.

[Tony]

2143 & 2145 spending the night at WB to have Init ticket machines fitted, then onto Walsall tomorrow for painting blue for Coventry

[Tony]

I've just dropped repainted 2148 off at Coventry this afternoon. Should just need a 4 weekly inspection before being used so may be out tomorrow

[2206]

No, just working out the best ALX400 to keep

Are they all staying at AG for now, or are some due to leave in the near future. They have been there over a month now and nothing appears to have left?

[Tony]

2152 now at Coventry

[Michael Bevan]

According to a photo I've been sent, 731 is currently sat in Walsall Garage. It appears to be missing all of it's vinyls. Is this heading back to Xplore Dundee @Tony?

[Tony]

Reserve fleet Trident 4180 is another now at YW out on the 76 today

[paulb1973]

Reserve fleet Trident 4180 is another now at YW out on the 76 today

Is sister 4181 still at YW? - I had both of these as BC operated buses, but have they both moved across?

[Wolves256]

Hello Tony
I did not see the E200 transfers in the January update

[Tony]

According to a photo I've been sent, 731 is currently sat in Walsall Garage. It appears to be missing all of it's vinyls. Is this heading back to Xplore Dundee @Tony?

Yes it is.

Photo of it here
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/0501-0830/731.html

[ross4122]

That looks rather ghastly. Give us the green stripe back, like what we voted for!

[Dom]

That looks rather ghastly. Give us the green stripe back, like what we voted for!

Very good point actually, why is it a gold stripe @Tony?

[Tony]

Very good point actually, why is it a gold stripe @Tony?

It's no good asking someone who is colour blind, I never even noticed.