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From March 24 2012 Go-Ahead London will also take over running of Route 20, from Walthamstow Central Station to Debden Station and Route 462, from Ilford to Hainault. Docklands has been tasked with the running of routes D6, D7, D8 and 276 while Blue Triangle has taken on the 376, 20 and 462, with route 300 also transferred over from Docklands. Docklands took delivery of 71 Enviro200 buses for use on the new routes, while Blue Triangle had 20 new vehicles delivered. “I am so very proud of the two garage teams of
staff,” said Blue Triangle and Docklands general manager Nigel Wood. “This has been our biggest challenge in the East and every department has had to do a lot of preparation before the work came in. “To their credit the hard work has paid off with a near faultless changeover.” Pictured above is the Docklands team, from left, Mohammed Ali, Mohammed Ayaz, Ian McNally, Rob Moffat, Brad Campbell, Dean Reece, Thomas Scott-Brown, Harvey Digpal, Garry Holloway and Ted Dalton.
YOUR CHANCE TO MEET THE DIRECTORS A SERIES of open forums are being held to allow all staff to discuss company issues with directors. The launch and first meeting was held on September 13 at Stockwell with operations director David Cutts in the hot seat to answer questions. Another meeting took place at Camberwell on September 20, this time with managing director John Trayner attending. Posters have been displayed in garages to keep employees up to date with when the forums will be held and to encourage anyone with questions regarding the business to get involved. The next meeting will be held at Waterloo on October 19 with David Cutts in attendance. Another forum will be held on October 20 at Putney with John Trayner. “The response has been great so far. There were a lot of questions and queries to be answered,” said communications manager Sheldon Malcolm. “Issues such as car parking, how the garage is run, routes, timetables and rotas were all discussed during the forums. “I think the meetings are a great opportunity for staff to discuss different aspects of the company with the directors and I hope to see more people attend in the future.”
Go-Green goes online NEW ENVIRONMENTAL WEBSITE IS LAUNCHED
GO-GREEN has launched a website to keep people informed of the latest environmental issues. The website launched on September 1 and, from the end of October, will contain a section specifically for Go-Ahead London drivers. Every driver will be able to log on to the website using their username and password and view their green driving and Telematics performance records. A special competition was run challenging visitors to find a golden pump hidden on the website for the chance to win a prize. “We were very pleased to get more than 1,000 hits in the first week,” said business development manager Frank Thorpe. “We hope to see those numbers continue to rise as the website is not only informative but is also going to have a section specifically for drivers, which I think is a great idea.” If you want to spend some time looking through the Go-Green website yourself just log on to www.go-green-london.com. 2
BusTalk l October 2011