Recent content by Eyersey468

I have never smoked and hate the habit, however I don't think the proposal is workable. Wherever the line is drawn there will be someone who misses it by a day, how are shops meant to enforce it? I also agree it will simply drive the black market

Apologies to the mods for going off topic, in my opinion DRT is a more cost effective option for a lot of rural villages to be honest

The initial bankrolling had to happen though given the situation, the bus industry would have collapsed without the funding in 2020. Our passenger numbers fell to about 8-9% of pre Covid levels overnight

The bus operators also can't keep something running at a loss indefinitely, there comes a point the plug has to be pulled

That was what I was meaning, I know there has been a shortage of vehicles at times lately.

Possibly all that was available on the day

It hasn't been decided yet what EY will buy. Last I heard Go Ahead were getting quotes, presumably they will put a bulk order in as several Go Ahead op Co's were successful with Zebra 2

I know at least 2 of them were in Hull today for some reason though I don't know why

From a drivers perspective Wright's always were decent quality, though in recent years it did seem to go downhill, old style E200s quickly became rattleboxes, old style E400s less so, though things did IMO improve with the MMC range. The Plaxton Primo wasn't particularly well built either, nor...

As far as I know there are only the 2 coming

I wasn't aware we had a base in York, unless Ben means they have set up a canteen or something for drivers. As far as I'm aware the services are running out of Pocklington depot

Thanks

Taking wages as a comparison what would £350 equate to now?

I get the impression that Johnson would back whatever it took to get him into power

I agree