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No, as Hulleys don't own it either and my understanding is that the owner of the land will only rent it to Hulleys. It'll be sold off for housing I guess. 1742663752 Happens often. Several drivers from Yorkshire went on loan to Manchester when they got their first Bee Network contracts, drivers...

Other operators will not be unaware of what is going on. I'm sure people from certain big operators will have already prepared route guidance materials (maps, written turn by turn instructions), got blind sets prepared ready to uploaded on to vehicles etc. I'm sure a lot has been going on behind...

Not every company, but various companies have senior staff on the board of SCR Ticketing to represent all operators in the area. It's an entirely unpaid role and essentially there for governance purposes. 1742634464 Chesterfield is a separate licence as it is in a different traffic area...

They don't have any schools specific services. It is all their "regular" tendered routes. They get some bits of funding through another source - BSIP - to prove evening/Sunday trips on the 55 and 170 which aren't commercially viable, all other mileage on those services is commercial, but the...

Which is how it should be. Doesn't excuse running through timing points 7 minutes early though! Agree with all the above. But any such instances - unrealistic schedules, drivers being asked to do the impossible etc - probably explains why the Transport Manager (who is also the owner) was called...

A bus running early with no passengers on suddenly develops a door fault just as it approaches the main A road that leads back to the depot. How unfortunate. Out of interest I monitored the last 173 today through its timing points. Remember the tolerance set by the TC for timetable compliance...

A fault on the bus which allowed it to run early and return straight to the depot (rather than requiring a tow in) but which meant it couldn't continue in service...?

Indeed, hence my comment of the best compromise between demand and resources. To go via Bradwell both ways would require additional resource to maintain the current frequency, or a drop in frequency to allow for the additional running time. Out of those options the current position was viewed as...

I don't know if DCC have an in house transport unit, I'd assume they do for SEND provision etc. So yes, it's a possible, however given the school flows on some of these services I don't think an 12 seater Ford Transit would cut it!

Not suggesting it is. Core services for the core routes along the main roads, to the tourist hotspots, to the schools etc, DRT to fill the gaps in.

I'm confused by the above. At present the 170 is hourly. To make it viable Hulleys have included the Holymoorside service in to the 170 via a detour off the main route as presumably the 170 needs that income to be viable and an out and back service to Holymoorside can't stand on its own viably...

Go for it. You won't get a response for 28 days and it'd be quicker just to email DCC and ask them to send you the tender documents Many areas have different provision at peak season. Stagecoach in the Lake District springs to mind where a core network operates year round with several service...

Unlikely given the X17 is shortly to go over to electric operation and that additional mileage may be too much,.and the journey time from Chesterfield to Bakewell via Matlock wouldn't be that attractive. However, the Gold specification Scania deckers the new electrics release on a Chesterfield...

Massive resource requirement, lots of dead running (Baslow to Manchester Airport out of service), massive potential for delays (Snake Pass, M67, Manchester City Centre), competitive higher frequency and shorter journey time train and launched during a global pandemic... not sure why it failed...

Given they have been struggling to operate full service I'd suggest there is a shortage of either vehicles and drivers, or both. They have a number of loaned in vehicles (3 I think) - so I can't see vehicles being parked up or drivers laid off to be honest. But the services are failing, the...

No, as they are not employed specifically to operate those tenders, they are employed and duties spread across both their tendered and commercial provision 1742122615 Indeed, and this withdrawal of the contracts will have been the last step by DCC, not the first. All these contracts have a...

That does surprise me, given the genuine concerns about how long Hulleys can/will last I thought they'd move quicker than that to ensure no gaps in provision were Hulleys to fail within the next 3 weeks

Very much the latter. Bids will go in, probably already have gone in and they will be quickly reviewed and the successful Operator informed. The tender will say what the anticipated start date is - probably Monday - and you will be instructed not to bid if you can't meet that requirement As...

Absolutely. I'll be generous and say the company management appears to be giving out some contradicting information... Indeed, and normally having had contracts taken off you for poor performance makes you ineligible to bid for contracts in future for a certain period.

This development by DCC has been coming, the tender specifications were drawn up several weeks ago. 1741901482 They will most certainly work as stand-alone services. No point rewriting loads of rotas and other services timetables for what may only be a few months. 1741901598 I would, for the...