PVRs

[CL]

I think it's safe to have this topic in the Questions area, to save clogging garage threads etc... on the PVRs on buses. If i'm not mistaken, PVR stands for Peak Vehicle Requirement - I've created this thread for anybody who would want to discuss the PVR of a particular service.

My question is: What's the PVR of the 16 (NXWM PB)

[Tony]

I think it's safe to have this topic in the Questions area, to save clogging garage threads etc... on the PVRs on buses. If i'm not mistaken, PVR stands for Peak Vehicle Requirement - I've created this thread for anybody who would want to discuss the PVR of a particular service.

My question is: What's the PVR of the 16 (NXWM PB)

While some are easy enough for people to work out. National Express do not like that given out by staff, so you will not get a definitive answer

[Liberator9]

You can only calculate approx. numbers from timetables - as Tony has said the number of running boards is needed, and NX, as you would understand, would not be keen to reveal this information.


You calculate a rough idea though using this technique.


Journey time one way is  = 64 minutes.
Then add the return time = 64 minutes

Now add the time in for layover at each terminus - 76 is 6 minutes at Q.E and 6 minutes at Solihull.

Therefore 128 + 12 = 140 minutes.

Divide this by the frequency of 20 minutes

= 7 buses.

Now note that this is only during the daytime. It does not include the extra buses used for peak workings.

For certain the 76 has an 8th bus in the morning to work the 7:20am service from Solihull to Kings' Heath. I know this as I sometimes see it go out of service after running it, and a friend let me know what it did after running the 76E.

So as an enthusiast, you can work out a rough idea of the number of buses used, but not the actual reality.

[CL]

Thanks to both of you for the replies. :) With Liberator9's method, I think it'll be much more simpler for me to work out a rough idea of how many buses will be on that particular route.