(09 Nov 2014, 12:24 pm)bertibassett wrote 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.
For the dedicated 36 rota - as far as I'm ware, since last May the 36 rota has been more of a 'Park End' rota as their duties also now cover 37s and 38s especially since the 36s and 38s were interworking at the early part of the year.
As for my calculation of interworking patterns, it's simply been a case of looking at the times and seeing how it all works. For example, Sunday daytime 52s times in the High Street are the same as those shown in the 61 timetable. Same with the 10A/11A/12/39 on evenings.