(27 Mar 2014, 4:54 pm)robisdave wrote Trying to place, or is 'forget', the Metroriders? I can recall Loftus having them for their town routes and occasional sorties on the longer routes. Interesting that there is a new management team in at Redcar; it's had problems for years ! Just speak to some of the older drivers.
I didn't know there are 15 Prestiges at Stockton? Can bring half a dozen to recall but then I'm struggling? Hope someone is going to take one into preservation?
And whatever you do with running times, for whatever service, there are going to be issues aren't there? It is interesting to read what you say, it's sometimes useful to be able to answer the critics!!
MOD Note: I've moved the discussion into the "Latest" thread as it really belongs in here...
Yeah we've got 4001/06/07/30/37/38/39/40/43/45/46/48/62/63/69 at Stockton, though 4045 is technically reserve and should be withdrawn for good soon...
I remember the green and pink loan Metroriders turning up on the 64 etc in Middlesbrough quite often. The route branding looked rather out of place to say the least!
You're right in saying that you can't solve every issue but it does help if we get issues reported - indeed I had a say in the new times for the evening 5's as they used to be far too slack (2 hours 15 to do a round trip) - we now have it down to 2 hours and it cycles with 2 buses, with the same times all night which is much better for familiarity for passengers and drivers alike, not to mention the quicker journey times with less sitting about... frustrating when you just want to get home.