(28 Oct 2023, 11:38 pm)Unber43 wrote Companies should start doing active replacement for the rotues which have high delays, Ive suggested this for months on the 56 espeically when the metro is off and they can get upto 30 mins delays, have two or three buses (ofcs for a 12 mins service), where the new drviers can just take them and when the late drivers come in they can just park up and it will massively help with delays, tbf they should do that on a night as the 56 is tightly timetabled

To take this back to Arriva, they should be doing this on the22/23/24/X12 currently

Most depots already do this where it is feasible, with the buses already available to them. Arriva Blyth are well known for it, and I believe Ashington do it on the X21/22 if an inbound X22 is running late. 

To do it how you suggest with two or three buses parked up waiting to go isn't going to happen, you'd be adding 2-3 to the PVR of the service which would nuke the profitability of it.