Arriva 254/255

[smithy]

What's happening at the moment with the 254s and 255s as they never turn up 40 to 50 mins wait at cleakheaten bus station is it Leeds issues as getting out on time Is like the crystal maze as they used to be more reliable then this

[joseph]

Serious driver shortage at Heckmondwike, especially on a weekend. I know they were something like 21 drivers short one Saturday a few weeks ago

[smithy]

If there having trouble why don't they just run them on Sunday times

[Username]

Sept 16, 2023 17:52:44 GMT 1 smithy said:

If there having trouble why don't they just run them on Sunday times

If other depots aren't affected I think a better solution will be sharing workings between different depots. For e.g. 268 runs into Dewsbury and Wakefield where some of their drivers can operate some journeys on the rota. 

[smithy]

Or give the 254 shorts to Dewsbury and interwork with a Leeds Dewsbury route

[Username]

Sept 16, 2023 18:33:34 GMT 1 smithy said:

Or give the 254 shorts to Dewsbury and interwork with a Leeds Dewsbury route

The only Leeds to Dewsbury routes are 202 and 203 which start at Huddersfield. Both are an 1 hour and 40 minutes long which is awful for interworking. 

[smithy]

What's arrivas tollerence on trip running early just had a service be 5 mins early 254

[Deleted]

Any bus company wont take kindly, to running early, but if the bus is running early, it will wait, at the next timing point, to ensure its back on time.

[smithy]

As I was going to catch the 254 towards Leeds from the ringways 9.04 went passed as 8.56 as I don't think there's a timing point after that point going in to Leeds