Railway Terrace depot - 6 months on

[Skexis]

This depot has been in use since Sept last year and the toilet facilities still do not have hot water nor are there plans to provide any. You would have thought hot water wouldn't be too much to expect but it kind of sums up how much both SL and DPTI value their bus drivers.

[Skexis]

Update: The depot at Railway Terrace has been in use for around 9 months now.
The only food/drink outlets nearby are across the road and consist of a Subway, an overpriced coffee shop or the café in Bunnings.
The facilities provided for drivers in the depot are a kettle, a microwave, a fridge and a vending machine that dispenses a very limited selection of soft drinks and snacks.
There is still no hot drink vending machine.
Last week there was no soap in the toilets.
The toilets still do not have hot water
Who is responsible for running this joke of a facility?
To the person who is, if it were you using them would find them acceptable? If not why do you think it’s ok for the drivers? Or is it a case of out of sight, out of mind with you sitting behind your desk somewhere and being completely disinterested? Or is it just because it does not affect you personally?

[Big Engine Mechanic]

Budget cuts, bus drivers are at the bottom of the food chain in that line of business, like everything else in life it will stay the same unless you climb that ladder, most businessman are ruthless.
https://youtu.be/a5Ha3IWeXOo

[The Phonj]

The facility at Railway Tce is DPTI owned; and made available to the contractors as specified in the contracts.

The staff toilets at Paradise have no hot water either; I suspect that there may be other staff toilet facilities that do not have hot water available.

[Big Engine Mechanic]

Well that just says it all Phonj.

[jibb]

When I went past today I saw plenty of Southlink and Busways buses, but no Torrens Transit Edinburgh North buses?
Are they not using the facility?

[busrider]

Surely Torrens buses would use the Torrens Transit depot a few hundred metres down the road?

[Lieselta]

Or Clarendon St even.. seen a few Edinburgh North buses sitting there during the day

[1whoknows]

I guess they have to make budget cuts elsewhere now that the route changes didnt go ahead.

[Big Engine Mechanic]

I guess they have to make budget cuts elsewhere now that the route changes didnt go ahead.

That is a very good point.

[TT]

Some Torrens shifts (across a few depots) do have meal breaks scheduled at the Railway Tce meal facility. Although some drivers might choose to go to Mile End or Clarendon St instead.