Arriva Leicester

[joieman]

Twice this week the 08:30 service 27 to Ratby left the bus station several minutes late, and in both cases the bus was just laying about while the driver was nowhere to be found.

[RobertJ21a]

Twice this week the 08:30 service 27 to Ratby left the bus station several minutes late, and in both cases the bus was just laying about while the driver was nowhere to be found.

Possibly just late coming off a different route?

[AlexS]

While not arguing that what happened was customer-friendly, the decision was presumably made for a good reason. Are we sure there was no problem with the vehicle?

By the time it arrived at Fosse Park, the 1740 Leicester - Narborough was running 17 minutes late, which could potentially have meant the driver might be close to exceeding his hours if he continued to Narborough then back to depot, especially if there were any further delays on his empty trip. The 1800 Leicester - Narborough was less than 5 minutes behind the 1740 at Fosse Park so, apart from having to change buses, the impact on passengers would have been minor.

If 17 minutes is enough of a delay to put a driver at risk of exceeding their hours that's extremely poor planning and doesn't allow sufficient contingency for anything but the most minor of unexpected occurrences. Whilst everyone would prefer a consistently on time service the reality is that delays of at least 30 minutes should be accommodated for when planning driver rotas as it is far from uncommon for things to happen that cause this level of delay.

[RobertJ21a]

If 17 minutes is enough of a delay to put a driver at risk of exceeding their hours that's extremely poor planning and doesn't allow sufficient contingency for anything but the most minor of unexpected occurrences. Whilst everyone would prefer a consistently on time service the reality is that delays of at least 30 minutes should be accommodated for when planning driver rotas as it is far from uncommon for things to happen that cause this level of delay.

Are you suggesting that every trip should have a 30mins 'buffer' built in so that there will/should be no possible delays to following trips?

[Mayfield]

I think you'll find he means a 30 minute buffer at the end of the shift to allow for the route to be completed and return the bus to the depot within the drivers hours.

[Tony]

How do know it wasn't just a case of the driver having to finish on time for personal reasons?

[Mayfield]

I guess we will be down to 2 DB250 tomorrow as 4764's MOT expires tomorrow 

[Toby]

And in completely expected news 8000 (and 2 other electrics have done peak time boards on the 84) has spent the day on the 31 whilst 2 diesel e400MMCs were on the 50. If the diagrammer cannot tell the difference between blue and green buses something is going drastically wrong,

Who or what is this "diagrammer" of which you speak?

You may find vehicles allocated to peak only workings where they are required by the engineers during the day. Not uncommon with new vehicles where there may be warranty work undertaken.

[Toby]

If 17 minutes is enough of a delay to put a driver at risk of exceeding their hours that's extremely poor planning and doesn't allow sufficient contingency for anything but the most minor of unexpected occurrences. Whilst everyone would prefer a consistently on time service the reality is that delays of at least 30 minutes should be accommodated for when planning driver rotas as it is far from uncommon for things to happen that cause this level of delay.

There is more than 17 minutes contingency built into our duties, but thank you for your informed feedback.

[Magikrabby]

One of the E400s from Milton Keynes (4400) entered service today, on the 104. Nice to see a newer E400 in Leicester again! Wonder what they have been doing over the past month?

[Mayfield]

Both have been parked in the naughty boys corner by the fence to the neighbours for a few weeks

[Fin W]

One of the E400s from Milton Keynes (4400) entered service today, on the 104. Nice to see a newer E400 in Leicester again! Wonder what they have been doing over the past month?

apparently they were waiting tap on tap off to be fitted

[Franco]

One of the E400s from Milton Keynes (4400) entered service today, on the 104. Nice to see a newer E400 in Leicester again! Wonder what they have been doing over the past month?

It was in service yesterday on service 49 tracking with the spare ticket machine. 

[Magikrabby]

Both have been parked in the naughty boys corner by the fence to the neighbours for a few weeks

I like that name for the corner hahaha

[Mayfield]

See they managed to get the second to oldest bus 4760 on the 48 today while all the nice shiny green buses have a rest, as opposed to First who only used greens today.