(09 Nov 2014, 12:07 pm)Kuyoyo wrote 35s are said to be interworking with 52s or 58s depending on the time - the xx01 departures from Stockton look like working off 52s while the xx31 work off the re-timed 58s.I've not looked in depth at the timetables but it looks like you're correct at the evening services ( 59/61/58 ) as the timings would fit. thus leaving the 52's alone. One to consider is how you calculate interaction of services. Like I've always said we can but speculate but with Stagecoach not is always as it seems. e.g. if you look at the new 36/37/38 times, it would suggest that once a 36 gets to Boro, with a 5 min turn around back out as a 37. fair enough, but as we have a dedicated 36 rota these guys don't usually cover 37's or 38's. What ever happens the Union would have to agree with it as they put the rota's together. During the last 2 weeks and over the next 2 weeks all drivers are being route learned with the new services but bear in mind you would be surprised how many drivers still don't know certain routes, so if they change the running boards to suit then all these drivers would not only need to know the new services, but existing services also. I myself have not been on the training bus as of yet but when I do I should have a better understanding of the workings.
As for the early monring/peak time 52/58 interworking, I've not looked that closely at the 52/58 timetables to see whether that is still going to take place and also include the 35 but then it will likely become clearer on 1st December.
As for the Sunday pattern, since that post I've further looked and it seems only the 52 and 61 will interwork during the day with the 58 and 59 running on their own using one vehicle. The bus on 58s then additionally starting doing 59s and 61s starts with the 1820 59. Daytime 36/37/38 all interwork on Sundays with plenty of layover time during the day (37s get 7 minutes at North Tees, 38s get a massive 15 minutes at the Glebe, and all 3 have 5 minutes between trips in Middlesbrough - compareable to 0/7/2 on evenings although that last figure depends whether they interwork evenings or not, if they do it's a nice 17 minutes in Middlesbrough).
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