Pensnett Garage

[GeminiFan1991]

I agree @Roy that it works, however I would have thought that cutting down on dead mileage will save fuel costs, therefore cutting fare increases.

My initial post was eluding to savings you've mentioned plus I would surmise from a driver's perspective it'd be good as they a larger pool of routes to driver but having said that I would think it increases the garage's responsibilities ? Route allocation wise it'd probably be great !

[don]

NXWM certainly used to have each garage as a cost centre, making it accountable for its own routes and performance. Thus sharing routes between garages would make this more complex and possibly wouldn't work from an accounting point of view.

But there are certainly routes where joint working would appear attractive operationally for instance the 900.

There are still archaic practices in the bus industry from years back - an example - the area I live in has a major group operating based on an old NBC company - back in the years of MAP buses were taken off normal services in parts of the morning peak to operate school runs - and guess what - there are still holes in the AM peak services caused by the same reason!! Yet there are other local operators who could pick up the school journeys ( the majority are run by independents anyway) - the practice must date from the 70s!!!

[Stuharris 6360]

There could be other benefits of multi garage operation, for example road works causing heavy delay to a service, then a garage could put out an additional driver and bus (subject to availability of course) to cut down any gaps in service. Although my suggestion would cause more dead mileage in a way, but at least services would run.

[karl724223]

I wonder who will be watching the X96 tomorrow and be first to report it if it happens
@Dom @pndriver

[Dom]

I wonder who will be watching the X96 tomorrow and be first to report it if it happens
@Dom @pndriver

Waiting to see the veg sat in Merry Hill now.... @karl724223

[Stu]

I wonder who will be watching the X96 tomorrow and be first to report it if it happens
@Dom @pndriver

Spare Platinums?  :D

[BK63 YWP]

December Double Decker X96s  or is the x96 going platinum  ;D

[Trident 4194]

December Double Decker X96s  or is the x96 going platinum  ;D

4196 was on x96 Tuesday

[ARBB]

@karl724223 I'm on the X96 tomorrow..... I'll tell you who's been licking the windows

[Mike K]

I wonder who will be watching the X96 tomorrow and be first to report it if it happens
@Dom @pndriver

Ah congratulations to the Pensnett thread. 500 pages long, 12 pages of meaningful insight, 488 pages of utter ********.

[winston]

Ah congratulations to the Pensnett thread. 500 pages long, 12 pages of meaningful insight, 488 pages of utter ********.

Couldn't agree more @Mike K & same people still creating the crap. Not content with taking over the Pensnett thread, they've also started on the Untimetable 'E' workings thread aswell.

[John]

Couldn't agree more @Mike K & same people still creating the crap. Not content with taking over the Pensnett thread, they've also started on the Untimetable 'E' workings thread aswell.

The Cannock thread is the same too

[don]

Couldn't agree more @Mike K & same people still creating the crap. Not content with taking over the Pensnett thread, they've also started on the Untimetable 'E' workings thread aswell.

Aw c'mon Winston, it's certainly entertaining sometimes. I for one am looking forward to seeing what routes the Platinums might end up on in their spare time 😏

[winston]

Aw c'mon Winston, it's certainly entertaining sometimes. I for one am looking forward to seeing what routes the Platinums might end up on in their spare time 😏

Maybe for the first couple of times, then after......  :'(

[ARBB]

2095 & 2098 on X96

6119 on X10

No platinums available

Update X10 very busy along broad Street today. One was 20mins late @Trident 4194 @karl724223 @Dom