(25 Mar 2024, 6:42 am)Dan wrote I would actually say it’s the other way around. Nexus is usually a lot stricter on adhering to contract compliance (indeed have recently recruited for, and appointed, a Bus Contract Manager position).
In my view, it is probably more a case of different rotas - drivers on Durham work being more disciplined than those in North Tyneside. To mobilise the contracts for today, GCT would need to recruit c.15 extra drivers, which, in a pool of recruiting existing PCV drivers only, is actually quite difficult to achieve (so they probably are a bit slap dash on quality standards).
Some of those DCC contracts that GCT hold are a bit more difficult to cut corners on, especially the way some of those routes are fairly direct.
May need to find a few further drivers to facilitate Sunday operation of the PR1 in Durham from April 7th.