(23 Oct 2022, 10:25 am)54APhotography wrote Single deckers on 901s happened earlier this year during a multi operator operation, and going back to when Arriva operated some, Pulsars were common.
Perhaps this contract was awarded pre rationalisation?
Or maintenance forced the substitutes single deckers?
LR52KWU/SU53UNV/LK04NMZ/JH09COM/JH59COM all out of service
If you're contractually obliged to deliver something, then surely you'd make sure you have a spare capacity to ensure you can deliver service?
To me it stinks of the 'any bus will do' mentality that exists in the industry, instead of and as Dan suggests in his post, allowing other operators not on the framework agreement to bid instead.
Having E200s on a Saturday Metro Replacement, with a football match on, is a waste of time. The one I saw won't have picked a single passenger up after Heworth to the Stadium of Light, as it was full of football fans.