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[South Lancs Travel]

RE: South Lancs Travel

(23/12/2012 10:08)Nicholas Wrote:  The withdrawn journeys are at school times anyway, traditionally when there was a big gap in the timetable on schooldays. All this does is reverse the last significant change (although there will be no school holiday mid-afternoon provision). D&G don't seem to do what other independents do, and that is fill in gaps during the school holidays.

Not much point filling in the gaps on most services as there are very few passengers use school holiday only journeys, most probably because most of the general public don't know or care when the schools are off and don't want to take the chance of turning up for a bus that may not be running. It's more efficient to simply get the driver to start later or finish earlier, and the overall reduction in hours for the whole week allows more drivers to take holidays.

The withdrawn trips on service 300 will still run on Saturdays and during school holidays as loadings for the Trafford Centre do increase at these times, plus the TC Bus Station are very good at keeping passengers up to date with which buses are running.

Chris.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: South Lancs Travel
https://www.facebook.com/south.lancs

is that south lancs themselves? if not i would report this page

[DVL418]

RE: South Lancs Travel
A report in this week's Route One magazine on South Lancs encounter with the TC. Case has been adjourned for two months.

'Consideration of action against the 48-vehicle licence held by Green Triangle Buses, trading as South Lancashire Travel, has been adjourned for two months by the North Western Traffic Commissioner (TC) Beverley Bell to enable other companies linked to Director David Reeves to be called before her, due to concerns over whether they meet the professional competence requirement.'

Not looking good. Major grovelling and sock-pulling-up exercise over next few weeks on maintenance issues required, I suspect.

[Nicholas]

RE: South Lancs Travel

(11/01/2013 21:30)DVL418 Wrote:  Not looking good. Major grovelling and sock-pulling-up exercise over next few weeks on maintenance issues required, I suspect.

It goes way, way beyond that.

[DVL418]

RE: South Lancs Travel

(11/01/2013 21:32)Nicholas Wrote:  

(11/01/2013 21:30)DVL418 Wrote:  Not looking good. Major grovelling and sock-pulling-up exercise over next few weeks on maintenance issues required, I suspect.

It goes way, way beyond that.

I know - I've read the full report.

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: South Lancs Travel
Is the full report public material out of interest?

[The H man]

RE: South Lancs Travel
http://www.route-one.net/

Court report section is in the middle.

[DVL418]

RE: South Lancs Travel

(11/01/2013 22:50)The H man Wrote:  http://www.route-one.net/

Court report section is in the middle.

Reads that the maintenance side of the operation was a shambles.

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: South Lancs Travel

(11/01/2013 22:50)The H man Wrote:  http://www.route-one.net/

Court report section is in the middle.

Thanks.

[SLTRegular]

RE: South Lancs Travel
W187YBN Ex Bluebus on Former Bluebus route 635 today very odd working by SLT