(11 May 2023, 3:02 pm)F114TML wrote Latest rumours are; 4 via Plains Farm, 12 withdrawn, 8 to survive (but in what form?), 18 undecided (to quote: "cos it's political" - I believe it's subsidised), 15 minute service on most routes. Remember, they are rumours though (the 12 withdrawal seems likely though given the source).
I think it's more that they don't want to invest in the depot, or at least invest as little as possible (why do you think the gasbuses are going?), and to cater for the fact we're short of drivers, rather than the routes under-performing - they still seem very salty about the strikes.
The service cuts will allow the withdrawal of the remaining 3900s (of which IIRC there's only 6), and some of the gasbuses. It'll also mean they don't have to rely so much on overtime, thus reducing pay costs. The numbers being bounced around are 35 duties and 22 buses.
Seems an awful lot of vehicles lost for the level of changes being suggested so far? Previous rounds of cuts even the fairly savage ones that saw off the likes of 5, 19 etc I think were still in single figures of vehicle reductions overall. 22 buses must be getting on for 25% of the PVR/allocation. If it is of that scale, going to be nigh on impossible for Nexus to do much of a sticking plaster job on the gaps it leaves.