Welcome to Worstbus I'm afraid.
It has always seemed like a depot where too much goes on to be fair. The amount of services being operated out of it combined with the fact it's the paintshop for all of their Scottish operations are things that are vastly overlooked at times.
I'd imagine they don't unless First didn't operate the tenders despite being contracted to. The Scottish government and the council only ever seem to pipe up when a barely used service is axed so the only one who could step in realistically is the Traffic Commissioner although I don't know if they would given the driver shortage is UK wide.
I would implore everyone not to take this issue personally, you will find that behind depot walls is a tsunami of poor morale mostly caused by the industry in general but usually by the larger firms in the UK.
A plausible idea but they pretty much all have the same issues internally.
In the old days of GCT Larkfield was the major overhaul centre and paintshop for 11 depots and a fleet of about 1000 buses. They seemed to be able to cope okay back then.
Interestingly there is a E500ev produced for the North American Market. Which would suit the 2 and 3 perfectly.
Buses going around Baillieston one-way housing estates shouldn't be any longer than a standard single decker. The E500EV is too long for this.
Parkhead had the B10LA’s from new in 1999 and the route saw B7LAs over time too. The bendies left the route for a time and returned to Scotstoun for the 9 but the 62 saw them occasionally in the early 2010s.
Much cash was spent on the then 62 route for the extra long bendy bus. Not helped currently by people parking on the mini roundabout in Dumbarton Road Scotstoun. Which really could benefit from traffic signals to speed up traffic. Over the years some habits have been formed on the route that need to be enforced. Like parking too close to junctions and bus stops.
The bus stops in Scotstoun are a magnet for people parking in them to be honest and it's always been the same. It's also why I find it bizarre that the 3 towards Drumchapel changes where it does. It makes it impossible for anything else to actually stop properly behind them. It also means people often miss other buses as the drivers just fly by.
Are First making a start on all of the 2 & 3 buses in preparation for the new buses coming do you know?
There's no real reason why the 3 can change over crews at the bottom of Victoria Drive. It's probably not any further from the depot and on a much quieter street.
It used to and the 9 did too when it was that instead. I've never quite understood changing it to the current setup. It then gets even more strange when you factor in that the 2 on both sides change at a bus stop that is further away.
The remote relief points is another minus for First. Ten mins, unpaid walk, to potentially wait in the cold or wet weather for a late running Bus. The X4 is the worst of all.
The previous E500 vehicles were 12m in length, go over that which you can by 12.8 or 13.4 if we are talking 400XLB
To be fair, I don't there are many services where you could put their relief points in much better places. I agree with you regarding the X4 though. I'm surprised it's not at the Royal Mail office on Lincoln Avenue.
Partick or Clydebank for 2/3. Isn't there a rest facility at X4 terminus now? Either that or staff shuttles in cars/vans to relief points.
Swapping the 2 or 3 wouldn't happen IMO given the depot is a 5 min walk max from where they change