Rotala Management - Questions & Answers

[Simon Dunn]

Hi Mr Dunn.
I have seen in Dudley this week you now have BU16 UYD in the fleet, as 30531. It looks really good in Diamond blue I must say, I just wondered if there were any plans to paint UYC, 30530, into Blue too, as it rarely's on the 31/32/42 West Midlands Bus routes, nornally see it on 002.
Thank you.

No plans at present.

[TheMidlandsTrident]

Hello Simon,

Please can you tell me why many drivers at Redditch used Incorrect or Not In Service destinations when in service.

Some examples are:
This morning at Bidford Co Op, 30822 destination shows as being on 58 Redditch Circular
This morning at Bidford Co Op, 40820 destination shows as not in service
Last night on the 50, a couple streetdecks either had no front dest or showed not in service
On the 6/01/25, driver on 20885 put Happy Halloween on the destination when he was on 12 astwood bank.
On the 4/01/25 Driver on 30508 when on 57 Redditch Circular left driver training on the destination 
On the 4/01/25 Driver on 40626 when on 247 Evesham had driver training on the destination 

and I would assume there are many more examples.
Thank you 

[Jay71]

40833 still has Manchester signage inside the bus

[Simon Dunn]

40833 still has Manchester signage inside the bus

We will get this resolved.

[Simon Dunn]

Hello Simon,

Please can you tell me why many drivers at Redditch used Incorrect or Not In Service destinations when in service.

Some examples are:
This morning at Bidford Co Op, 30822 destination shows as being on 58 Redditch Circular
This morning at Bidford Co Op, 40820 destination shows as not in service
Last night on the 50, a couple streetdecks either had no front dest or showed not in service
On the 6/01/25, driver on 20885 put Happy Halloween on the destination when he was on 12 astwood bank.
On the 4/01/25 Driver on 30508 when on 57 Redditch Circular left driver training on the destination
On the 4/01/25 Driver on 40626 when on 247 Evesham had driver training on the destination

and I would assume there are many more examples.
Thank you

Thank you.  I will discuss this with the depot OM.

[bususer12]

Might be a good idea to remind the Drivers who were involved in the changeover of the 18.20 14 Service FROM Dudley to pick up passengers who want to use their services

The driver who was being relieved let passengers off, moved to a different stand to change drivers, with the relief driver not deciding to pick up any passengers from the DY10 Dudley Bus station stop. Bit of a shambles

[TheMidlandsTrident]

Hey Simon,

Sorry to keep complaining about destinations but it is becoming quite a problem on the 247 this morning as a lot of students thought that it was the 247S as both streetdecks (40839 and 40841) didn't have working front destinations.

Please if possible can you speak to the drivers and tell them to put a piece of paper in the window displaying what route they are on. 

Thank you.

[Simon Dunn]

Might be a good idea to remind the Drivers who were involved in the changeover of the 18.20 14 Service FROM Dudley to pick up passengers who want to use their services

The driver who was being relieved let passengers off, moved to a different stand to change drivers, with the relief driver not deciding to pick up any passengers from the DY10 Dudley Bus station stop. Bit of a shambles

I have spoken to the OM and asked them to pick this up with the appropriate drivers.

[B61 ANDREW]

 The front destination display on 15005 when on Bromsgrove on demand services shows 'Bromsgrove'  but underneath  only shows the top half of 'on demand'  -  if that makes sense.  There is a photo on Flickr.com which shows this .

[Simon Dunn]

Hey Simon,

Sorry to keep complaining about destinations but it is becoming quite a problem on the 247 this morning as a lot of students thought that it was the 247S as both streetdecks (40839 and 40841) didn't have working front destinations.

Please if possible can you speak to the drivers and tell them to put a piece of paper in the window displaying what route they are on.

Thank you.

Thank you for the message.  One of the vehicles was repaired this morning - the other is being looked at tonight.

[Simon Dunn]

The front destination display on 15005 when on Bromsgrove on demand services shows 'Bromsgrove'  but underneath  only shows the top half of 'on demand'  -  if that makes sense.  There is a photo on Flickr.com which shows this .

The destination blind is set up incorrectly.  We are going to look at change the settings tonight.

Thank you

[tbrookes]

40632 Staying at Preston Bus or going to Diamond?

[Jay71]

40714.. Only one of the doors is working. One seems to be stuck 

[Simon Dunn]

40632 Staying at Preston Bus or going to Diamond?

The vehicle was acquired for Manchester

[Simon Dunn]

40714.. Only one of the doors is working. One seems to be stuck

The vehicle was defected yesterday whilst in service.  The vehicle was removed and repaired.