Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(05/04/2015 08:40)R879 HRF Wrote:  From what ive been told, sounds like a line for the air throttle has snapped. Same thing happened with 17494 a few weeks back.


I believe they charge per callout yes

Presumably it is still cheaper and cost-effective to rely on a private company to recover failed vehicles. Prior to Deregulation every bus company had its own break-down tender, often heavily rebuilt ex service vehicles.

I do wonder what the charges are for recovery. If £200 is an average and there is, on average, one call-out every other day that is still £36000 per year. Assuming a break-down tender has a minimum working life of ten years, that means that the bus operator is shelling out a lot more than it would cost to buy its own recovery vehicle. Of course, my sums may be totally off the mark.