(03 Jan 2023, 10:39 pm)logidoodah wrote This may be a stupid question but how are the allocations decided?
Does the driver choose on the spot, do they get told or is there a bus waiting? (this is from someone with no knowledge of how it works) I've always wondered.
The yardmen are suppose to park the buses in a fashion where they're easily separated, then the night yardman allocates vehicles to the boards for the morning run out. Quite often the problems with the allocation can be due to buses being parked in the wrong location meaning they can't get them out in the morning in the correct order.
Drivers are told on a sheet (or a computer screen at the newer depots) which vehicle to take and where it's parked in the yard in reference to their running board/duty number.