(03 Aug 2014, 9:38 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote I wonder how Chester compares to Blyth for performance?
Granted, they are different companies - but it will be interesting to compare lost mileage, delays etc for two routes of a similar type/duration.
Then you have Blyth, who keep the routes running, with whatever they have spare and Chester running light.
There is always a downside to the standards set by Blyth in performance, and we all know what that is...
I believe Chester-le-Street has a higher spare vehicle percentage than Blyth; as such, one would expect that Chester-le-Street would be more capable of sending out buses to replace late running examples, before automatically regulating services. That of course is ultimately dependent on the availability of drivers too, I must add. Given the sheer amount of red spares we see on the Angel, I must say I do think this will be partly down to the depot providing late running replacements. I really can't see so many being VOR on a regular basis.
Even if we did have access to the lost mileage figures, I don't think we could compare the two hand in hand simply because of how different the routes are. They may be of a similar length, but the traffic patterns would be completely different I'd imagine.