(25 Mar 2022, 10:01 am)Unber43 wrote Deptford were doing so well.
There are two solo's on the 60, with 2 60's on the 9&5
Several 9 allocated buses on the 20 & 35, with Prince Bishops being on the 2 & 61
There are half of the versa's off, with one being on the 9
There is only one violet on out of 4.
There are a double decker on the 55 & 35.
Allocations do seem to be a mess today mind. I’m not sure why - perhaps just a bad day? Long term it’s either one of two things, either there’s too many branded buses for the depot to cope with which leaves little room for manoeuvre with VORs etc. or the depot team don’t seem to managing this effectively.
Some things can be explained, if all of the Violets bar 1 aren’t available for service, then they aren’t available, simple as - although it does now seem that one of them has made it onto scholars this afternoon. Also, Prince Bishops popping up all over the place is a due to the 4 spare branded buses they have, because of the 20 being reduced currently. The 61 has a PB daily. But of course the 20 currently should never not have a branded bus really, unless there were more then 4 out of service.
As for the 60, I mentioned weeks back that it seems to be a conscious decision that they allocate some of the Drifter StreetLites to 5/9 circuit, happens regularly, it’s odd but not rare. Unknown why this occurs.