PCL Travel
PCL Travel
(17 Aug 2018, 8:31 pm)Jimmi They were supposedly on a subsidy of £75 a day for service 808 which consisted of one journey a day in each direction from Otterburn to Newcastle typically using a van interworking with some of their other supported runs on some days such as the 882 between Colwell and Hexham on Saturdays, this seemingly wasn't enough for them to continue operating the service, so they dropped the contract and it got put out for tender again with Phoenix now running it. If they are on about £170 a day for the 15/16, I fear there is little in the way of profit being made on the service.
Don't know where the bus is parked at the start/end of the day but the bus should actively be out on the road in motion for a minimum of 6 and a half hours a day, add nearly 2 hours on Tues, Thurs & Saturdays when the 16 runs. Think their drivers are on about £8 an hour, don't know how the rate of pay applies to the few breaks the service has over the course of the day.
I'd say that the service can typically carry somewhere in the region of 16 passengers on some journeys, some journeys may carry more and some will carry less.
(17 Aug 2018, 8:31 pm)Jimmi They were supposedly on a subsidy of £75 a day for service 808 which consisted of one journey a day in each direction from Otterburn to Newcastle typically using a van interworking with some of their other supported runs on some days such as the 882 between Colwell and Hexham on Saturdays, this seemingly wasn't enough for them to continue operating the service, so they dropped the contract and it got put out for tender again with Phoenix now running it. If they are on about £170 a day for the 15/16, I fear there is little in the way of profit being made on the service.
Don't know where the bus is parked at the start/end of the day but the bus should actively be out on the road in motion for a minimum of 6 and a half hours a day, add nearly 2 hours on Tues, Thurs & Saturdays when the 16 runs. Think their drivers are on about £8 an hour, don't know how the rate of pay applies to the few breaks the service has over the course of the day.
I'd say that the service can typically carry somewhere in the region of 16 passengers on some journeys, some journeys may carry more and some will carry less.
