RM 1563 & Mortlake Garage
The standard `encapsulated` or `laminated` time card used from the late 1970`s to replace the Time Boards of varnished paper.
This is an interesting example of a weekday running number that only enters service after the morning peak. Usually the maximum number of buses on a route would be on the road by the middle of the morning peak so few schedules provided for such a late starting bus.
For the Engineering Department this would be a valuable opportunity to arrange for work by a Fitter, Electrician or Coachmaker - all of whom generally started work at 7.00am - to be carried out (if not too extensive a task) and completed in time to get a full service on the road. In many garages where no late start bus existed, being a bus short for service would be inevitable if a two hour job by a specialist craftsman had to be undertaken. Unless an also rare instance occurred of a route needing one more bus in the evening peak compared to the morning peak. That then created a vehicle to be worked on over several hours.
RM 1563 & Mortlake Garage
The standard `encapsulated` or `laminated` time card used from the late 1970`s to replace the Time Boards of varnished paper.
This is an interesting example of a weekday running number that only enters service after the morning peak. Usually the maximum number of buses on a route would be on the road by the middle of the morning peak so few schedules provided for such a late starting bus.
For the Engineering Department this would be a valuable opportunity to arrange for work by a Fitter, Electrician or Coachmaker - all of whom generally started work at 7.00am - to be carried out (if not too extensive a task) and completed in time to get a full service on the road. In many garages where no late start bus existed, being a bus short for service would be inevitable if a two hour job by a specialist craftsman had to be undertaken. Unless an also rare instance occurred of a route needing one more bus in the evening peak compared to the morning peak. That then created a vehicle to be worked on over several hours.