No.17 • August 2012
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All-round effort secures nine routes and wins two extra...
TENDER ROUND WINS ROLL IN!
STAFF SHOW THEIR OLYMPIC SPIRIT: p4
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Putney garage T WAS a successful has retained the round of tender 424, from Putney results for Go-Ahead Heath to Craven London this July. Cottage (5 PVR) Go-Ahead London with Waterside retained nine of the routes Way retaining recently tendered and the 485, from won an additional two. Wandsworth to Merton garage Hammersmith (3 successfully retained PVR). Routes 44, from Tooting These contracts to Victoria (17 PVR); 77, will begin in April, from Tooting to Waterloo May and June of (17 PVR); 219, from Success: Route 219, one of nine that have been retained. next year. Wimbledon to Clapham Northumberland Junction (11 PVR) and the Park garage has not only retained Route 231 from 270, from Mitcham to Putney (13 PVR). Enfield Chase Station to Turnpike Lane Station (7 PVR) “It is a reflection of the hard work by both head office but has also been awarded two new contracts. and all of the staff who work at Merton and recognition The Waltham Cross circular service, Route 327, and of the efforts on the overall performance on the routes the 491, from Waltham Cross to North Middlesex concerned,” said Merton general manager Trevor Hospital will start operating with Go-Ahead London in Johnson. June 2013. “The routes represent a significant amount of work for Unfortunately, one route, the 67 (Wood Green to the garage so we were very keen to retain them. It was Aldgate) was lost to Arriva London. a very uncertain time for us so we are all very pleased “Overall, this is an excellent result, particularly the with the result. We are looking forward to starting the Wandsworth tranche, which was under intense new contracts in the summer of next year.” pressure from the competition,” said managing director Route 37, from Putney Heath to Peckham (19 John Trayner. “I would like to thank all staff involved in PVR), was retained to the delight of colleagues from helping us deliver our route contracts that ensured us Peckham. Stockwell also successfully retained the 87, retaining and winning this work.” from Aldwych to Wandsworth (21 PVR).
HELPING WHEELCHAIR USERS: p7
Drivers flock to see new route DVD DEMAND was high when a ground-breaking driver information DVD – the first of its kind – was launched this June. The DVD, ‘A Driver’s Guide to the Routes 36 and 436’
was launched at New Cross and helpfully illustrates everything a driver might like to know about working on the routes. So far, it is estimated that the garage has circulated more than 400 copies of the DVD, with
the majority of New Cross drivers picking one up. “This is our first attempt to produce a DVD to help drivers by showing them all the potential hazards for n continued on page 3
PRAISE FOR RUDY’S WALLET RESCUE: p8
INSIDE: CCTV TEAM SCOOP THREE AWARDS p3