Don't worry, I get what you're saying
Didn't Kernow themselves have a driver shortage for a good while, not as bad as TfC but didn't have as many as they wanted
It's PCB that needs authority to use the sites as operating centres, irrespective of who owns the locations.
The online site was always pretty dire in terms of updates and I suspect it's worse then ever now.
Does Cornwall council hold an O licence for PSVs?
Can't see them or Kernow operating under the current frequencies for much longer especially with Schools shut from Friday and the Uni suspending lectures, caught 4 busses today, 2 U1s, and 2 T1s and all had barely double figures on it, for 2 of Kernow's busiest routes it doesn't look good, especially for the late night U1s if people are advised not to visit pubs, a reduction in service is inevitable if things continue, Truro was a ghost town when I visited earlier
I don't think anyone is suggesting PCB didn't make the application ASAP. It's not DVSA that approves O licence applications. It's the TCs directly. It's certainly a much more complex process than merely "processing" applications. I know from personal experience that they do not guarantee any lead time for considering applications, but it's generally between two and four months. That an operator has won work which requires a new site by a certain date holds absolutely no sway with them.
Yes I think the 56 has been trimmed however expect this to be on from October because pre these tenders the A5 was only commercial in peak season
The reason town centres and city centres are ghost towns is everyone is panic buying and stripping the supermarkets, makes me mad. I suggest tendered service cuts depend on the council agreements
Could be from Helston
Indeed toilet roll and soap are like gold dust at the moment, Cornwall will probably get a Saturday timetable in the worst case scenario but won't be for a bit yet, depending on how many drivers can work especially with the kids off from Friday
Where indeed the rumours that PCB had no suitable vehicles were correct!
Oh absolutely they were. The journeys PCB are running are not serving the harbour despite the registered timetables showing they were going to. Conclusion: no suitable buses.
The timetables on Traveline showed them going to the harbour. However, clearly GCB had no suitable buses in mind as they'd be using them for the couple of trips they're left with.
Cornwall Council live in the same rarified world as the International Olympic Committee i.e. up their own back alleyways, so something so obvious and compelling won't happen. They'd no doubt cite possible breach of contract, I'd cite pig-headedness and a lack of intelligence, emotional or other. Today's weekly edition of the Packet free paper, which is mostly Falmouth/Helston based but now ventures into Redruth/Camborne. Truro and Penzance to a degree, is full of woes related to coronavirus, with jobs temporarily or permanently axed, entertainment and hospitality venues closing, even hospital visiting hours at Treliske cut. But with consummate bad timing, there's a piece about the Park and Ride at Truro being extended three hours into late evening from 30th March, just when any demand has ceased to exist. What message does that send out? If the press release had appeared a week earlier, it might just about have been understandable, but there's no excuse now.
TfL is introducing Saturday services across its 8500-bus network from Monday, entailing hasty rescheduling by operators and variations to the route contracts by TfL. If they can manage it (the bus contracts team is surprisingly very small) I'm sure Cornwall Council can...
