"Arthur Figgis" wrote in message
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On 24/11/2012 14:28, Portsmouth Rider wrote:

d) ensure he had provided seating capacity to carry both the rail
passengers
(who would frequently fill one or more vehicles) and the anticipated
numbers
who might reasonably wish to board en-route


f) run the bus at the times stated in the Timetable

Should they not be doing these anyway?

Yes, a local bus should.

But a bus on Rail Replacement does not.

(It does in theory: but the timings of a RSS are dependant on the arrival of
trains at a station, the numbers on board that train, and the availabilty of
actual busses in the station yard - they might still be on their way back
from the opposite journey.) Similarly: the departure of trains from the end
of a bustitution link is a function of the buses arrival at the station plus
time for the people to make the transfer. No pre-published timetable for a
bustitution can be RELIED ON and so it cannot really function as a LBS.