Stagecoach in Coventry & Warwickshire

[sandboy20]

Has anyone seen the two Man 300s at Nuneaton (22836 and 22837) in passenger service ? Their primary function
seems to be staff transport between Nuneaton garage and the Ricoh Bus station

[Solo1]

Has anyone seen the two Man 300s at Nuneaton (22836 and 22837) in passenger service ? Their primary function
seems to be staff transport between Nuneaton garage and the Ricoh Bus station

how far is the depot from the bus station thanks

[Tony]

how far is the depot from the bus station thanks

Ricoh bus station is by the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Nuneaton garage is in Nuneaton, so several miles

[ellspurs]

how far is the depot from the bus station thanks

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/52.5261602,-1.4690356/52.4433881,-1.4901553/@52.5013002,-1.4438788,13.35z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0

I did wonder why there were umpteen NIS Stagecoach buses running up and down the A444.

[JoNi]

You can find out from Bustimes where the MAN300s are
Yesterday
22836 ran up and down ferrying drivers click on the "map" hyperlink adjacent 08:34 60 jny to get a visualisation.l
https://bustimes.org/vehicles/243934?date=2020-12-04

22837 ran alternatively on 703 and 60 all day
https://bustimes.org/vehicles/273541?date=2020-12-04

[ellspurs]

You can find out from Bustimes where the MAN300s are
Yesterday
22836 ran up and down ferrying drivers click on the "map" hyperlink adjacent 08:34 60 jny to get a visualisation.l
https://bustimes.org/vehicles/243934?date=2020-12-04

22837 ran alternatively on 703 and 60 all day
https://bustimes.org/vehicles/273541?date=2020-12-04

Wouldn't it be more cost-effective for them to have the drivers use the 48 to get between the two locations? Or is this to allow the buses to be used by just passengers.

[Tony]

Wouldn't it be more cost-effective for them to have the drivers use the 48 to get between the two locations? Or is this to allow the buses to be used by just passengers.

Paying drivers to walk from the garage to the Bus Station, sit on a bus all stops soon mounts up in cost

[sandboy20]

You can find out from Bustimes where the MAN300s are
Yesterday
22836 ran up and down ferrying drivers click on the "map" hyperlink adjacent 08:34 60 jny to get a visualisation.l
https://bustimes.org/vehicles/243934?date=2020-12-04

22837 ran alternatively on 703 and 60 all day
https://bustimes.org/vehicles/273541?date=2020-12-04

Thanks for that. I will try and catch a ride one. As Nuneaton has seen fit to withdraw all its Man 200 39xxx vehicles anything other
than an Enviro 200 36xxx is a bonus

[fleetline6477]

Wouldn't it be more cost-effective for them to have the drivers use the 48 to get between the two locations? Or is this to allow the buses to be used by just passengers.

A number of operators are operating routes from depots to key changeover points. In Bristol 41x from Lawrence Hill depot to the Centre and 93x from Hengrove to Bristol Bus Station. There are plenty of bus routes running at high frequency levels. This is partly about minimising risk of COVID to drivers and operators will get £1 per mile for each journey as they are registered bus services.

[fleetline6477]

Paying drivers to walk from the garage to the Bus Station, sit on a bus all stops soon mounts up in cost

How does NXWM pay drivers, Tony. For example, on the Sutton rota a driver on an early turn starting at 5 am in depot may finish for the day in the City Centre at 2 pm.

Will their pay end when they relief or 20 minutes (or so) later in depot? Presumably if they relief on the road, unlike Diamond and some other operators, as there are no duty cards or cash do drivers need to go to depot before of after a duty?

If they have a break of say 50 minutes mid-duty do they get paid for that break?

[MW]

How does NXWM pay drivers, Tony. For example, on the Sutton rota a driver on an early turn starting at 5 am in depot may finish for the day in the City Centre at 2 pm.

Will their pay end when they relief or 20 minutes (or so) later in depot? Presumably if they relief on the road, unlike Diamond and some other operators, as there are no duty cards or cash do drivers need to go to depot before of after a duty?

If they have a break of say 50 minutes mid-duty do they get paid for that break?

At NX, you're paid 7hr 36 mins. Over 5 days, that averages 38 hours.

You're paid from depot start to depot end. Same with Diamond.

With NX, you do not need to physically return to the depot because as you say, there's no cash to pay in. Most times though, your car will be parked at the depot so you'll have to go back anyway to collect it. If you use public transport to get to and from work, this works in your favour as if you finished in say Solihull Town Centre (AG), and you live in Sheldon, there's no reason to travel back to AG depot and then make your way home to Sheldon.

[Michael Bevan]

37047 is the first bus at Leamington Depot to be repainted into the new livery. It's out today on 67's.

[ellspurs]

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/free-wifi-remains-turned-warwickshire-20720102

It seems that the Stagecoach buses with the "free WiFi" signs on haven't been giving out free WiFi since last year.

[Kevin]

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/free-wifi-remains-turned-warwickshire-20720102

It seems that the Stagecoach buses with the "free WiFi" signs on haven't been giving out free WiFi since last year.

Almost seems like a story to bash bus companies for the sake of it.
When Stagecoach Oxfordshire did that I'm sure they announced it as a cost cutting measure. In all honesty I haven't tried to use it since then. Think bus companies are realising that most people don't need WiFi on their journeys anymore, phone signal is pretty good most places and most phone contracts come with tonnes of data

[JPC]

NXC tweeted at 9:52am:
[tweet]1405810623485775877[/tweet]
Stagecoach tweeted at 10:10am:
[tweet]1405815101756743680[/tweet]
Coincidence or just plain unprofessionalism?