Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(06/07/2014 09:20)Dentonian Wrote:  Can - but shouldn't! The purchase of Hybrids is backed by public funds based on investing in particular routes, so there shouldn't be Hybrids on other routes if supposedly insufficient are available for (eg) 197. Hyde Road's "quality control" used to be second to none, but standards do seem to have slipped in the last year or so.

Easier said than done, believe me! It's more important to make sure the board is covered by a bus than to make sure the correct bus types/branded buses are on the correct routes. If there wasn't enough hybrids for first allocation but one became available later on, it could have been parked in the depot waiting for a swapover then a breakdown call could come in from another route, so the hybrid gets sent to cover the breakdown instead. Alternatively they could have had a spare hybrid for allox, used it on another route, then a breakdown call on 197 meant a Trident had to go out in it's place.