(04 Feb 2015, 6:39 pm)Andreos1 wrote http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/search/show...=APR029759
Details of the contract put out last year for Nexus work.
Saw a Queensbury Shelters van on the A690 changing liners the other day.
Caused quite a bit of chaos at the eastbound stop between Stoneygate and the A19 - bearing in mind the cones which are currently standing on the roadside/grass verge. He gave up trying to park the van on the verge and force the cones out of the way with his front bumper.
If Queensbury can't keep up with the rate of changes as a result of the constant bus operator amendments, then they are potentially in breach of contract. Are Nexus aware of this?
If it isn't their fault, and Nexus aren't providing the liners - then it could be either Nexus fault or whoever organises the printing/distributing of the liners to Queensbury.
Quite a few bodies involved in the process, for anyone to assume it is the fault of one organisation - it seems quite short sighted.
Can't keep up with the rate of changes? Sorry, this is totally absurd. If Durham County Council and Northumberland Council (or any associated external contractors) can keep up with the rate of service changes, then quite frankly this should be the same across the board. Nexus may not be aware of this because it isn't Nexus who usually gets the stick for bus stop timetables being out of date - it's the operators! If the operators don't bring it up with the appropriate body, who knows when the timetables will be updated...
Nexus receives advance notice of any service changes commencing eight weeks in advance. For the online copies of the liners to be out of date nine days after service changes have become operational is out of order. Whether an external company also designs these or whether it's done in-house: eight weeks should be more than enough time for the liners to be produced and be published online. I hadn't actually realised that there was changes to the times of the old 35 service (now 20) on Newcastle Road - I'd wrongly assumed buses were running early! This is because I don't tend to use the timetables operators issue as they tend not to list my individual stop. I like to know the exact time a bus is due to arrive and how long it will take to get to my destination, which is why I use the liners on Nexus' website. The mobile applications some operators have designed are a little less vague in their timetables; however, a large number of customers won't be able to use such applications.