Running to Schedule

“If you run late, we will pay you overtime. If you run early, we will sack you”. This is what a Depot Inspector said to my one day during my training.

Running behind schedule is inevitable, at least sometimes. Traffic conditions and the number of passengers are unpredictable.

Running ahead of schedule is strictly forbidden. It makes sense, if the buses run ahead as well as behind schedule, there is no point of having a schedule.

On the schedule the driver works to, there is normally 6 to 8 minutes ‘lay up’ time between the time one route is scheduled to finish and the next is scheduled to start. If the bus is running so late that the next trip is started more than 10 minutes late, the driver is to contact the Radio Room for instructions. It might be the 2nd route is cancelled or shortened.