The main problem with timekeeping on the 8 and 90 is Byres Road. A prime candidate for bus lanes and parking restrictions. With resident permits only on the side roads. Which of course need to purchased for the pleasure.
I fully agree. There are council signs up for more parking restrictions coming up closer to Maryhill Road coming from Queen Margaret Drive. Hotspur Street especially is an absolute nightmare to cover. I've seen it multiple times where the 90 has been diverted as it literally can't get by parked cars.
The 90 and the 8 get hit with quite a lot of the city-wide choke points: Duke Street, Byres Road, Partick, Pollokshields, Paisley Road West, Maryhill Road.
Pay and conditions are ofcourse massive problems the management need to sort. The fact it seems to be a long term problem is worrying. Covid and Brexit haven't helped and ofcourse the public don't either but First do cause a lot of their own problems too. The replies to the article obviously don't factor in what happens with payrises as expected though but £14-15 is a minimum with the best conditions you can offer if you don't want this to get worse. It might sting in the short term financially but with a city like Glasgow it's worth a go and it's the only Scottish operation First have that could absorb this realistically.
The 34 is one that does well, helped by its frequency which I think is every 15 minutes (Or is it 12). Though it does start at Castlemilk and stops at key locations such as Shawlands and the Hosptial.
A bus serving Castlemilk will generally do pretty well given the size of the place with no train station nearby. Shawlands being full of students massively helps too plus the area is a mess for parking.
Still a long way to go. They now need to see if more drivers ask or sign for overtime or not. Double time is far better than what drivers get but they are due some sort of enhancement for overtime for the future and this has to be permanent. If not there will be no improvement to what it is at the moment.
I fully agree. I'm not a fan of rest day working as it opens up potential for unions to dictate it as we've seen with the trains but if people want to do it then absolutely go for it permanently. I feel like if they do this only to take it away from them it'll create more friction leading to drivers leaving.
It won’t change until managers start respecting drivers. These managers have hee-haw experience of driving with the public with a bus. They were very quick to get away from the driving themselves yet tell drivers what they should be doing etc etc.. Long way to go as far as I’m concerned.
They entered service in March
Correct 38450-96 are still to come so half the batch +1 basically
I’m pretty sure there is enough compliant vehicles and near enough fully compliant as it stands.
I was meaning more for bringing up the age profile as the older buses can be ousted quicker.
So they did - my mistake.
They are trying to balance issues such as available capital with depreciation, as well as using First Glasgow as a source of newish/mid life cascades.
Source?
30+ buses are to be removed by next weekend?
Correct, the current service levels can be run without them
You’ll be surprised at what will be replacing the B7RLEs at Dumbarton….
Without sounding too sarcastic, why are they still being used heavily in daily service at the moment? Also surprised that they reinstated around 10 B7TLs into service in May, only for them to be taken off again in the next few weeks
Dumbarton should be receiving StreetLites for the 206/208
There are currently 30 E200MMCs laid up in Live Reserve. These will be reinstated over the weekend.
