(Yesterday, 6:10 pm)Superman wroteI can categorically say that they have been told in writing that they had to be run on the 43/44/45 and the interworking was supposed to have been changed in March. I guess it is possible Arriva kicked back on it saying it wasn't part of the agreement (I'm not privvy to any further correspondence), but I can guarantee they were given those instructions in writing.
This just isn't true.
But, pretending that it is, the argument still doesn't stack up. There is absolutely nothing in the ZEBRA agreement that stipulates the services it must run on. Yes, they are earmarked for the 43/44/45 and likely spend most of their time on that cycle, but ultimately they don't need to run them on there contractually.
The only requirement of the funding is a minimum mileage or number of years running in the region ( whichever comes first).
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