14 Feb 2020, 10:55 am
#83
(14 Feb 2020, 10:47 am)scanialover So what's the point of being in business if you can't afford to be ? How much would a radio network cost , pitch that against how more reliable and effective services would be. I don't know just how depots (Arriva) keep in touch with their drivers Mobile phones perhaps? It all sounds a bit archaic, quite honestly.
The issue is Arriva's owners seeming want to invest as little as possible in it, so anything is too much.
Yes, drivers have to stop the bus and get off to use their mobile if they need to get in touch with the depot (we had an issue with the ticket machine not accepting cards pre-ticketer upgrade, and a passenger wasnt happy about it as he had no cash, so she had to call up to ask what to do)
Not sure how it would work the other way round, I guess if their phone rights they just check it at the next stop.
Although iirc the ticket machines have a messaging function on them so maybe that's how they do it now
Sent from my LM-G710 using Tapatalk
