(23 Oct 2022, 11:15 am)Dan wrote The double-deck vehicle spec for planned Metro Replacement is certainly not new, and has been commonplace now for many years.Considering JH commitment to match day, surely a degree of responsibility is shouldered by Nexus. Should they not assess a bid based upon careful appraisal of fleet and commitments?
Nexus agreed to the use of single-decks earlier this year when they put it out to all operators.
The same could/should have happened again, if JH were unable to provide the vehicles contracted for the service.
Of course the issue here is that JH don’t have as many double-decks as they used to following their loss of school contracts, and they had five double-decks on the SAFC Park & Ride contract yesterday, meaning they probably over-committed based on their current fleet size.
They may have asked Nexus for dispensation - but I’d be surprised if they were agreeable to this when it was a match day…
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Noticed their E200 LK09ENY again on 901s this evening.