(Yesterday, 6:27 pm)Shrek wrote I 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.

Yeah, NECA don't get involved at that kind of detail level. They can request, with reasonable expectation, that the buses run on those services majority of the time, especially as both parties put those routes forward. That is fair and reasonable.

They certainly cannot instruct a private company on an interworking pattern though, it's absolutely not within their remit to do so. The interworking pattern in place now, only started as it is in March, as that was the original live date for the EV's.

If they have written demanding that level of operational detail, I'm not surprised it's been ignored.