Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(21/03/2017 20:24)Dentonian Wrote:  When I tried it briefly, some months ago, I too found it counted down to non-existant buses. Also, using my desk top as an experiment, it would only give journeys that hadn't already left the start point. If you tried to toggle forward one or two buses, it jumped three hours ahead! On another occasion, I tried to trace a Sunday morning 203 into Stockport - which duly showed up as passing the Bulls Head exactly 5 minutes late - predicting every subsequent stop as 5 minutes late, but miraculously on time in Stockport. It later accepted the bus would be late in Stockport, but once the five minute time was passed and the bus was (from memory) supposedly on Lancashire Hill, it simply disappeared. I can only assume it is programmed to remove any recording of buses arriving more than 5 minutes late in case VOSA are monitoring.

The problem with the Tracking is because it uses the AVL on from the ticket machine, so when sat in traffic on Portland st we end the trip and set up the next one to the point where we agree that the info we entered is correct or not, The clock goes off the screen so you cant see the time so then half way up Portland st we agree so we can have all the data back on the screen in turn confusing the hell out of AVL as we are travelling the wrong way from what it is expecting, Other issue is on diversion it starts to Guess our location giving out incorrect reading then takes half a mile when we rejoin the route to correct it self. Along with on routes with a regular service where busses catch up to each other it causes the AVL to get lost, In Short it relays on The driver A.Entering the correct info. B.Running to time. C.GPS actrully working on the Bus.