Chaserider

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

Surprise surprise, 166 Solo SR brokedown in Stafford on the 432. 22 Enviro200 has had to come out to replace it. Seems to have been in an accident of some sort as its missing 1 of its front headlights

[solonightrider]

no surprises there with the un reliable Optare products, even bravely been putting them shed SR's 104 & 106 over on the 481/432 a couple of days too . 144 & 169 metro city's rarely seem to complete a full day let alone a full week of late too, and that horrid green versa thing stuck on the inter urban slog while the big scania tootles around pye green empty most the day hehe 

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

no surprises there with the un reliable Optare products, even bravely been putting them shed SR's 104 & 106 over on the 481/432 a couple of days too . 144 & 169 metro city's rarely seem to complete a full day let alone a full week of late too, and that horrid green versa thing stuck on the inter urban slog while the big scania tootles around pye green empty most the day hehe

Yep noticed that. Do question the Scania alloctation in the Pye Green's

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

Dennis Dart 555 SN55 DVC has gone to Centrebus South so no more darts at Chaserider now

[Bob]

Apparently theres 3 or 4 of the ex Arriva B7RLEs off the road with blown engines.theyre gonna be short on heavyweights lol

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

Apparently theres 3 or 4 of the ex Arriva B7RLEs off the road with blown engines.theyre gonna be short on heavyweights lol

Noticed a theme here with ex Arriva buses. There engines keep blowing out. Also noticed they never really put the commander out now. Its turned into 132 being a shy worker

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

Apparently theres 3 or 4 of the ex Arriva B7RLEs off the road with blown engines.theyre gonna be short on heavyweights lol

Don't worry they've got solos they can rely on

[Bob]

Don't worry they've got solos they can rely on

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 4 solos didnt make it through the day yesterday and theres about the same number if not more been off road for ages lol

[solonightrider]

i'm curious how they can pull vehicles off daily registered services to go on to contract work [ie amazon] leaving some registered services standing, surely this isnt right?
Registered bus services are a legal requirement. Do they have a TM in place at Cannock. Lots of missing mileage on the 60 today its not good!! Wonder why the DVSA not picking up on all of this and asking some serious questions. Lots of compliance issues here arising.

[Bob]

Three of the 4 buses on the 60 today broje down. 162 was pulled off pye greens to be stuck on 60s. 180 was towed off from lichfield earlier. Think it was 40, t1 (or 52) and 180 that failed. When will they learn that knackered mini/midi buses are evidently not up to interurban routes. 190 was also took off Pye Greens leaving a 45 min gap on a 15 min service. Although bus times isnt 100 perc, 16 buses were already VOR today, add to that the mulyitude of breakdowns, incl an eatly morning 71, an early 841 ,a 74 and multiple on the 60 and almost half the fleet isnt operational. No wonder passenger numbers are still plummeting, shocking

[Stevo]

I read posts on this thread most days and can't understand why the authorities haven't acted. I don't know if the breakdowns are put down to Covid and the company protests that 'you can't get the staff'.

[Bob]

I read posts on this thread most days and can't understand why the authorities haven't acted. I don't know if the breakdowns are put down to Covid and the company protests that 'you can't get the staff'.

The early 70 broke down this morning ( one that people would use for work too) first thing. It was 162 a solo with form for breaking down, and tbe 60 broke down again first thing in cannock. Imagine being a passenger yesterday and today on the 60, wouldnt give you much hope lol

[IMarkeh]

I just hope Labour come in to at least try and fix some things

I have no interest in Labour or polotics but no other party can ruin things as much as the Tories

Cheshire East is ran by Labour and they are no better. 

i'm curious how they can pull vehicles off daily registered services to go on to contract work [ie amazon] leaving some registered services standing, surely this isnt right?
Registered bus services are a legal requirement. Do they have a TM in place at Cannock. Lots of missing mileage on the 60 today its not good!! Wonder why the DVSA not picking up on all of this and asking some serious questions. Lots of compliance issues here arising.

Because the Traffic Commissioners only care if they personally have a dislike for a firm. They don't care otherwise. I've alerted the TC to issues in the past where a firm was operating reliability at around 50%. They couldn't care less. 

They certainly shouldn't be taking buses off for Amazon work. That said, it seems to be a common thing in the industry. Chase easy money and shaft the normal passengers. Stagecoach Liverpool dragged off loads of their local routes to do an Anfield concert bus. Stagecoach now bringing in loads of reduced timetables (and going against all of the BSIP and partnerships which say about coordinated change dates) so they can send buses to the Commonwealth games.

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

The 60's allocations seem decent today. 2 MCV's, a Scania & a versa. Could this be a sign of improvements? . However, 132 & 133 are on the 74's which is very weird as they are very reliable

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

Another thing I just noticed is....... 182 A SOLO is on the 74's WTH