Claribels

[Kevin]

The changes are required to cover for the tendered duties.

Really? Even though the tendered services are all week not just Saturday?

[winston]

The changes are required to cover for the tendered duties.

Why take on tendered work if is leading to Claribels having to reduce frequencies on their commercial services?

[busfan2847]

Why take on tendered work if is leading to Claribels having to reduce frequencies on their commercial services?

The tendered work must be expected to make a greater financial return than the commercial services being withdrawn.

[Steveminor]

Tendered work gives you a garuteed stable income allowing you to make better future financial planning. Something that operators dont get on commercial services. It will also give us a wider area to promote our coach business and grow our that side of the business quicker as well.
The future is bright the future is blue & white.

[2206]

Tendered work gives you a garuteed stable income allowing you to make better future financial planning. Something that operators dont get on commercial services. It will also give us a wider area to promote our coach business and grow our that side of the business quicker as well.
The future is bright the future is blue & white.

Why are the frequency reductions only required on Saturday though, as the tendered services operate all week?

[Adam 404]

Why are the frequency reductions only required on Saturday though, as the tendered services operate all week?

Drivers hours

[fleetline6477]

Tendered work gives you a garuteed stable income allowing you to make better future financial planning. Something that operators dont get on commercial services. It will also give us a wider area to promote our coach business and grow our that side of the business quicker as well.
The future is bright the future is blue & white.

I would have thought that Claribles have been running 55, 71E and 94 for enough years now for the levels of income to be reasonably accurately predictable.

[winston]

I would have thought that Claribles have been running 55, 71E and 94 for enough years now for the levels of income to be reasonably accurately predictable.

I would also expect the levels of income generated from established commercial routes to be far greater than tendered work, particularly in the current climate.

[2206]

I would also expect the levels of income generated from established commercial routes to be far greater than tendered work, particularly in the current climate.

Just seen the timetables now on NWMs website from 23/04/17 the 55 will be come a Monday to Friday peak time only service.
City Centre - Chelmsley Wood, 06:53, 07:56, 08:16, 16:50 and 17:20.
Chelmsley Wood - City Centre, 06:15, 07:15, 07:36 and 08:55. Quite sad news.

The 71E is being reduced from every 20 minutes to every 30 minutes all week.

[winston]

Just seen the timetables now on NWMs website from 23/04/17 the 55 will be come a Monday to Friday peak time only service.
City Centre - Chelmsley Wood, 06:53, 07:56, 08:16, 16:50 and 17:20.
Chelmsley Wood - City Centre, 06:15, 07:15, 07:36 and 08:55. Quite sad news.

The 71E is being reduced from every 20 minutes to every 30 minutes all week.

Claribels can't have been doing as well as we all thought on their commercial network, if they now withdrawing some of it in favour of tendered work.

[2206]

Claribels can't have been doing as well as we all thought on their commercial network, if they now withdrawing some of it in favour of tendered work.

Some of the journeys on the 55 being withdrawn do carry a full load Monday to Friday daily. Many journeys are well used Monday to Friday from what i've seen.

[winston]

Some of the journeys on the 55 being withdrawn do carry a full load Monday to Friday daily. Many journeys are well used Monday to Friday from what i've seen.

There can't be enough of those journeys to warrant a full service, otherwise you would be expecting Claribels to be making more money from the 55 etc than the tendered work.

I thought that Claribels were expanding in to tendered work, but that doesn't seem to be the case, more like replacing commercial work.

[Kevin]

I'll say it
They've been doing the same routes forever and now suddenly a shift from commercial services to tendered services
It seems very strange and I think it's a bit of a shame, hope it works out for them and we don't just see them on the constant merry-go-round of tendered work

[PM]

I'll say it
They've been doing the same routes forever and now suddenly a shift from commercial services to tendered services
It seems very strange and I think it's a bit of a shame, hope it works out for them and we don't just see them on the constant merry-go-round of tendered work

Ironically a bit like Hansons and the group of out of area tenders recently taken on!

[Steveminor]

Just seen the timetables now on NWMs website from 23/04/17 the 55 will be come a Monday to Friday peak time only service.
City Centre - Chelmsley Wood, 06:53, 07:56, 08:16, 16:50 and 17:20.
Chelmsley Wood - City Centre, 06:15, 07:15, 07:36 and 08:55. Quite sad news.

The 71E is being reduced from every 20 minutes to every 30 minutes all week.

NWM website is incorrect its only sayurday thats reduced on 71e