Sounds reasonable. Get the glitches sorted and, as you say, they have drivers to pay or pay off so may as well start now in readiness for the first real surge, probably at Easter.
The vast majority of bus passengers in West Lothian will neither know nor care.
They are aware, and they do care. McGill's name is mud, and plenty of people want to see them fail. Just look at the remarks on the varied Facebook groups.
I second this. McGills didn’t pull out of West Lothian for no reason. Had it been popular and people actually used the services then they would still be there. Period
I said "the vast majority" - some Facebook comments isn't demonstration of that and, in any case, why would McGills actually care. They've exited the market so it doesn't matter now.
Exactly this. Not certain what McGills were expected to do... Keep operating and losing hundreds of thousands of pounds in a market where there was clearly only room for one operator?
It is less impacted but the tram somehow manages to feel slower than it should be- the corners and stops seem long compared to the bus.
No passengers at all?
It's day 3 in the quietest time of year for tourists, of course it's going to be quieter. There aren't many services which make decent money on the first few day of operation. Give it time for them to get the word out there. Hopefully McGills are looking strongly at their online sales platforms as they are in need of huge improvement.
Not that much different from 20 years ago sadly. Back then it was Lothian good, First bad.
I went on day one, & there wasn’t anyone on board to the airport, but we were basically packed heading back into the city, so unless you’ve been watching them pass at Waterloo Place or heading towards the airport, I’m unsure how it could be that quiet
I was along the corridor a lot yesterday and buses were empty both ways. As I've said the issue at the Airport is that the stand is right outside the exit where International Arrivals 1 is, but that's only where people coming from Ireland are arriving, so there is very little people coming out. All other arrivals are on the opposite side of the Airport and they are highly unlikely going to come out, and then walk along to Stand E without a good reason of doing so - and thus far there isn't enough advertising to make that happen.
I didn't realise International arrivals 1 was Ireland only, I thought it was split between 1 and 2.
Perhaps this may change in summer months. It was certainly like this yesterday but it's only the start of the year.
You have to provide a reliable service for people to use, which they have not. Pulling all Sunday services kind of gave the first hint they couldn't give a hoot, and then attacking everyone wasn't very businesslike.
Friday is normally a generally busy day for flying, I had to let an Airlink go past me because it was completely full.
The split fully depends on where the aircraft parks. International 1 covers Gate 1-9(ish) but that’s usually where they shove the Irish/Domestic flights.
Guide Friday launched its Airbus Express (the last time that there was competition on the Airport service) in mid-autumn. It soon picked up and lasted for ten years.
There are still a of people not back to work until Monday 8th, likely to get quieter before it ramps up in the spring.
The driver could give personal shout outs; the majority of the buses were empty from what I passed today.
I seem to recall a tweet from Alex Hornby showing a PIS system being fitted to the vehicles. Assume they’ve just not put them into operation yet or were they there from when first had the buses?
All of the ex-Glasgow Enviro300s had those from new.