(02 Sep 2022, 9:26 pm)Unber43 wrote Or maybe GNE let CLS get run down to the point where it would cost too much to fix it, causing loads of routes to change depots.
What about the 60+ contracts which are from August/Sept causing local bus services Frequency to be lowered as GNE bidding and won a lot of contract work.
Sheer incompetence and one for your bingo card Management Failure (shock horror)
I could probably name 10-15 other things GNE have done which are just mind boggling
The building there is over 100 years old, realistically there was always going to come a point where it would likely need, at the very least, hugely expensive renovation. I'm obviously not sure on what GNE (or, likely, GAG) management looked at, but I imagine the current financial situation in the industry, and how things like energy efficiency are becoming increasingly important, took them to the decision that spending money on it wasn't a viable solution.
I'm unsure on how many contracts were won, and what the result of that was for commercial work, but I do see the business POV that contracts are guaranteed income - versus a commercial service which is not (and a reduction of, say, 20 mins to 15 mins isn't going to massively impact it).
While I don't necessarily agree with some decisions made by GNE recently, and I'm almost certain some of their staff don't either, things like closing a depot that's falling apart and bidding for guaranteed income are fairly understandable. Another small point - staff of GNE, or any company for that matter, aren't going to nail the company on a public forum where it's likely that A) people know who they are in the real world, and B) their bosses are watching.