Bus Eireann Strike - Rail Disruption

[grainne whale]

Originally Posted by comcor

The only saving on going to a smaller coach is in fuel, which accounts for about a third of the cost of running the service. And then they'll only save a quarter of that third. Against that they save by not having to maintain multiple types in their fleet and not having to train drivers on multiple types.

All that said, the only coaches (as opposed to city buses) I ever see full in Cork are on the PSO routes to Kinsale, Macroom and Fermoy/Clonmel. Otherwise, the Friday evening departures to Galway/Limerick may fill the coach. It all suggests that maybe their coaches are too large in general. I'd also question why they retire coaches when they do only to see them reappear on a private competitor's services.

Yes but that saving multiplied by a certain amount of journeys and surely they have enough information as to which routes and days they need a large coach.

[Thomas J Stamp]

Originally Posted by grainne whale

Yes but that saving multiplied by a certain amount of journeys and surely they have enough information as to which routes and days they need a large coach.

not to mention that the actual reductions they want in Expressway (for example) are quite small when you look at it per departure/bus/worker but looked at over a year are quite substantial.