(29 Nov 2022, 4:18 pm)L469 YVK wrote But how's that going to do things any good? Not deflecting criticism from GNE either as they cut some frequencies for similar reasons.
43/44/45 for starters are money makers. 53 already hourly in parts. 52 already hourly on Saturdays and 54 already hourly.
The sheer business case for keeping the 50's going faced with other issues......Arriva could sort all driver number issues out overnight and even streamline a few things whilst at it too.
If Arriva see an actual business case for keeping the 50's, then good luck to them.
How do you know the 50's don't make money? It's better to keep some level of service to everywhere than cutting stuff altogether. If they were going to scrap them altogether they would've done it long before now.
The 43 every 30 minutes is more than enough; the 44/45 farce is just awkward currently with awkward 20/40 timetables and there's not much difference between a 10 minute and 15 minute service through the core section but that said the 43/44/45 has generally been alright the past week or so, it's the 50's which are allover the place still.
I wouldn't be too surprised if the 306/308 went down to every 20 minutes temporarily either tbh.
Those changes should be enough to sort most of it out if they're agency staff in aswell. Heck maybe the 43/44/45 might not have to be even changed, there's plenty going free from the Metro closure ending next week.