(09 Aug 2014, 7:08 am)VolvoMarkII wrote Yet a few miles down the region, a shared Sapphire service of 10 PVR copes very well? The 7 only has 1 spare between two depots, which logistically must be worse than Ashington?Durham and Darlington recieved brand new vehicles for their service though, whereas some of the E400's Ashington have got have been used on the X93, X15 and X18 for a few years of their lives. Since 7504 is off the road they have no option but to allocate "Whatever they like" if one other vehicle is also off the road, surely?
I suspect Ashington just have no handle on the service and simply allocate whatever they feel like. Typically.
Its a a bit like when Sapphire goes to Stockton & Redcar. I suspect Stockton will be on top of it, but Redcar will allocate Sapphire all over the place and wrong types turning up on X3/X4 left, right and centre.
If the existing mind set for ensuring correct allocation isn't there now, no amount of branded buses will change it.
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