Teething troubles
Last Saturday Metroline Ashton depot had again got themselves in some difficulty with many cancelled, or as TFGM put it suspended, journeys. 16 late afternoon and evening journeys on the 216 alone were cancelled along with the last hourly 230 through Littlemoss, wasn’t the golden rule, always run the last bus if nothing else. I really find it difficult to believe that after almost a month under TFGM control an operator can simply cancel journeys at will for two Saturdays in a row and TFGM ignore it as teething troubles, no contingency planning and bad management springs to mind.
Anyway, that aside for the second week running just four, First bus E400’s, I think with First drivers were drafted in and helped on the 216 from Picadilly to Ashton, obviously 4 were nowhere near enough looking at the number of lost journeys.
Proving someone had their eye on the ball this week, quite full First bus 33854 Ashton bound on a 216 runs in tandem with quite empty Metroline, but former Stagecoach Enviro 400, TEH134, MX62GNP also on a 216 to Ashton, the third is Ashton bound SA15VML another former Stagecoach vehicle but admittedly the 231 runs through Droylsden Littlemoss before it will reach Ashton bus station sometime after the 216.
Teething troubles
Last Saturday Metroline Ashton depot had again got themselves in some difficulty with many cancelled, or as TFGM put it suspended, journeys. 16 late afternoon and evening journeys on the 216 alone were cancelled along with the last hourly 230 through Littlemoss, wasn’t the golden rule, always run the last bus if nothing else. I really find it difficult to believe that after almost a month under TFGM control an operator can simply cancel journeys at will for two Saturdays in a row and TFGM ignore it as teething troubles, no contingency planning and bad management springs to mind.
Anyway, that aside for the second week running just four, First bus E400’s, I think with First drivers were drafted in and helped on the 216 from Picadilly to Ashton, obviously 4 were nowhere near enough looking at the number of lost journeys.
Proving someone had their eye on the ball this week, quite full First bus 33854 Ashton bound on a 216 runs in tandem with quite empty Metroline, but former Stagecoach Enviro 400, TEH134, MX62GNP also on a 216 to Ashton, the third is Ashton bound SA15VML another former Stagecoach vehicle but admittedly the 231 runs through Droylsden Littlemoss before it will reach Ashton bus station sometime after the 216.