So Svc 36 all days need how many buses?
if u notice that's always 2 S 2 T and 2 more Ps than As.
Thanks to each trip having to jump, the process goes this
way..
If there's 11 A shifts, 10 of them will take bus from depot, the
11th one hitch a ride from depot to CGA to wait for jump bus to
start. The 11th A shift driver will start from the bus that came
from Tomlinson Rd in the morning.
2 S shifts will also take bus from depot in the morning. After
the AM Peak trip, both S shifts will take a meal break - meaning
jump 2 bus instead of 1. This is when the 2 T shifts comes in. The
T shifts will be the last to have the meal break after their 1st
trip. the 2 S shifts will end the morning portion at CGA.
The jumpbus continues until the T shift finishes its final trip
around 1630-1730. 2 P shifts will take over from the 2 T shifts.
That is why there's 2 more P shifts than A shifts. As to how the P
shifts settle their mealbreak, that's when the PM trip of the 2 S
shifts come in. The 2 S shifts will start and end their PM portion
at CGA.
Jumpbus continues till midnight. 1 P shift driver will end at
CGA without taking any bus back. That P shift driver will handover
the bus to the driver who is in front of him for him to do last car
36A. Don't worry the P shift driver will be able to hitch a ride
from the first bus that off service from CGA..
Long story cut short, to calculate the no of buses needed for
S36, Count (A shifts - 1) + (P shifts - A shifts) for full day
buses. The excess dont do whole day. That formula is not a tested
and proven method..