RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - April 2015
(13 Apr 2015, 8:22 pm)mb134 wrote Just a thought, but could it be for Sunday's, if the PVR is below 5? (Sorry if it isn't, no clue about most routes south of the Tyne PVR etc wise)
Alternatively, I know that when a bus if off the road at Ashington, when it's fixed, it may return to service on a more local route first, the 35 for example, could it be a similar thing here?
I think the reason why they are probably training non Sapphire drivers is for if the Enivro's need to appear off route for whatever reason, so say a bus on service 5 needs to be replaced and all there is available to replace the bus is a Sapphire Enviro and the service never normally has a Sapphire driver so they will be unfamiliar with the bus as the only examples are for the 7 which has a team of dedicated drivers.
Doubt they will be appearing on other routes on a Sunday, may be wrong but it's looking possible that the 7 may interwork with the 19 on Sundays from next month although it will probably still have Sapphire drivers and I imagine Pulsars would be used on Sundays. Think the 7 has a PVR of 3 on a Sunday.