Are the Darts that are due for Glasgow still in service as we have not received anything yet.
Some are still in service, several seen in recent days. I imagine they will all be gone in the next week or two.
Are the Darts that are due for Glasgow still in service as we have not received anything yet.
Quite significant cuts in Helston particularly. Also not sure how the 24/25 will work on Saturday as one is hourly and the other 2 hourly from Fowey and the bus that comes in as a 24, leaves as a 25 and vice versa but that doesn't work any more. A cock up I think!Confusingly the A routes plus the M6 appear in a separate location from the other routes and neither is cross-referenced.
Apart from restoration of summer services on the A1/2/3/4 there are signs of retrenchment on a number of routes, particularly on Saturdays.
What are the significant cuts in Helston? I can see changes on Saturdays but not Monday to Fridays, and there are similar cuts on Saturdays to other lightly used services in other parts of Cornwall.Quite significant cuts in Helston particularly. Also not sure how the 24/25 will work on Saturday as one is hourly and the other 2 hourly from Fowey and the bus that comes in as a 24, leaves as a 25 and vice versa but that doesn't work any more. A cock up I think!
Got some more news
32874 is owned by Shayne Howarth, and 32853 has been sold on for further use
Or the council has pulled the funding on certain supported services.The evenings and weekends are particularly affected by these unexpected cuts by Kernow, which is a shame really after years of growth which brought them back from ruins. Looks like Kernow has spent too much on new buses and suddenly need to rebalance the books by cutting services
Indeed - I can’t imagine for a moment that evening services to the Lizard were commercial.Or the council has pulled the funding on certain supported services.
Got some news
Apart from 30875, 30879, 30880, 32027, 32045 & 32097, all the ALX400s have been scrapped.
32045 was sold on, 30875, 79, & 80 are driver trainers, and 32027 & 97 are staying in regular service.
A recent photo of T12GWR has been put on the Kernow bus blog, and I've gotta say it looks rather nice in that livery! http://cornwall-by-kernow.simplesite.com/
23208, 33141, 33176 (already done), and 56000 are all being painted pink as part of a "new project", but I cannot see any more clues as to what it is..
32819 & 32955 have both apparently departed for Bridgwater depot to be painted into the BoS livery.
That is all!
The evenings and weekends are particularly affected by these unexpected cuts by Kernow, which is a shame really after years of growth which brought them back from ruins. Looks like Kernow has spent too much on new buses and suddenly need to rebalance the books by cutting services
65763 left for Taunton today I've been informed.
Maybe receive an extra minute if passengers are lucky! Being the scheduler their computer will show as traffic lights provided for entrance and exit no additional time needed.Due to delays in construction of the St Erth multi modal hub (Park and Ride for St Ives) buses will continue to stop on the main road until the stops are ready outside the railway station.
This is expected to be in the Autumn. I wonder if an extra time allowance will be built into the timetables for buses to serve the railway station?
As I understand it all passing First Kernow services will call at the railway station when the stops are ready.
Council funding will undoubtedly have a significant impact, but I wonder if poor service reliability and high fares are factors in stifling passenger numbers. Whatever the reasons, operating rural bus services is extremely challenging and Cornwall still has a good network compared with many rural areas.I would like to think that some thought have gone into these reductions in services. Wouldn’t First Kernow analyse loadings on certain routes and journeys and only cut those that are consistently running with few passengers
With limited resources I’d rather they put extra services on busier routes than run buses full of nothing but fresh air.
It is not as though they are cutting off communities and withdrawing services in their entirety.
From my albeit rather unscientific observations loadings on some routes are consistently low. Sections of routes 38, 39, 39A, regularly have poor loadings outside peak times as do some routes in West Cornwall such as 16 & 16A.
Is the decision to cut services due to a shortage of council subsidy or more complex than that?
65762 & 65763 are heading up to Somerset to fill in for the Urbans that have been sent elsewhere
69018 has gone to Huddersfield, already painted in Olympia too! (Not my photo): https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/218099902226366464/446006875578695685/unknown.png
I'm guessing the other SF55 plate Urbans will slowly follow, or if not, maybe just 69017 then?
But even so, that will leave somerset with nearly nothing in terms of Wrightbus stuff except for the Crusaders and Streetlites
Council funding will undoubtedly have a significant impact, but I wonder if poor service reliability and high fares are factors in stifling passenger numbers. Whatever the reasons, operating rural bus services is extremely challenging and Cornwall still has a good network compared with many rural areas.
1 or 2 breakdowns for a fleet of 200 buses isn’t a bad stat, we just know every breakdown because they’re good at communicating.Vehicle reliability is poor, barely a day passes without at least one vehicle breaking down judging by First Kernow’s twitter feed. Poor Timekeeping is another issue however First Kernow will argue quite rightly that a lot of the reasons for this is beyond its control.
Indeed - I can’t imagine for a moment that evening services to the Lizard were commercial.