Recent content by tocguard

By all accounts, DCC and a certain large operator have put some plans in place for Tuesday/Wednesday onwards . . . Matt Smalls has left last week, the customer service lady made redundant some weeks ago, I don't think there's anyone else left. There's also no knowledge at Baslow of an...

Quite! My FOI (despite being questioned here) was successful, but I think it helps to be more specific rather then generic in what you're asking for. The examples above are quite general/broad in what is being asked. I'm not sure if when that is the case, it gives DCC some grey area of...

I think that's one of the main problems here. Circa 4 years this kind of thing has been so regular and so widespread across the companies routes. I think I'm the beginning there was clearly sympathy from different angles due to the driver shortage etc but as ever other company has settled down...

Joking aside, emergency contracts do usually attract higher costs. That said, we don't know just how "emergency" it is in terms of the period required to operate. A fair amount of the Hulleys work was due for retender in October anyway so will that date just be brought forward as the existing...

Ok I'm wrong then and the other bidders, one of a respected operator and another of a large group were massively out with their substantially more competitive bids. You want to have a look at the Hulleys driving duties!!! And you might want to familiarise yourself with the non retention and...

From what I understand you are saying here is that you're basing your costs on 2 buses and 2 drivers being paid 12hr shifts, ie 24hrs total. In reality 24 hours worth of bus provision isn't being provided. Yes 2 drivers will be being paid 12hours each but whilst the bulk of the day 1 driver goes...

I was posting on detailed local knowledge, and with having met with DCCs head of transport and their view. I wouldn't post without knowing the facts and figures. It's only 230 miles of daily operation. 6 journeys each way. 07.20 - 18.30. Unless it's changed, DCC always had an option to the...

The bidding window is open until the 28th so 2 weeks yet. It's not as much an emergency as people seem to be assuming in the same way as an operator going under. For that reason I'd not expect the new operators to commence running until probably April 7th. At least it gives all interested enough...

Maybe so on a more intensive service. This is one that runs every 2 and a half hours. I've already given a competitive example from the same operator and one from an operator who's overheads are much higher but in both cases the cost per bus per mile is significantly cheaper. I've also already...

No, it's over 200k per annum. After discussion with DCC Highways and transport leader, this was felt far too high for the level of service provided and the equivalent of 2 buses being "on the road" running a service, so to speak. Obviously the 172 used to utilise 2 buses at all times until the...

63 - 1 110/111 - 2 172 - 2 173/178 - 1 Apparently you should not cross-subsidise tender/commercial work but I guess we will soon see as when I've worked out the tender award money paid for the 172, there is certainly a considerable profit margin after deducting operational costs such as maximum...

55 and 170 bar a few funded evening journeys, and the 272/272 working is commercial. The 257 is messy as the base timetable on a roughly 2 hourly basis is tendered but had some commercial journeys mixed in. The tender document shows the 257 as included. If TM have the resources, the 257 would...

So what? Lots of routes in the evening don't get any service, even in built up areas. Chesterfield evening X17 services to Matlock aren't hourly, the 44 isn't hourly, the 55 isn't hourly, the comet stops at 2030, the pronto stops at 2135. There are lots of areas covered by several bus routes...

BSIP has not been well managed by DCC at all. For example, out of the 55 and 170, which route covers greater population areas? The 55. So why on earth is that only funded to be 2 hourly (1 bus) in the evening but bizarrely they are paying for an hourly 170 (2 buses)? The funding for the...

Not really. I'm talking about several sites and routes being incorporated into a bigger operation so therfore it really doesn't matter who's route it is if already on an established corridor. The example I was giving was a minibus type service purposefully serving chatsworths various sites in...