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Dduncombec replied to the thread Last bus cancelled and no help.And even if in some utopian world you did have a relief driver available, what happens if something happens and you find yourself two...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread Last bus cancelled and no help.This is a tough one: in an ideal world, of course every timetables bus would run at every time, and there would be penalties or...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread StopBoard - free live bus departure board for every stop in Great Britain.I'd echo some of the other comments: - My phone snaps to the nearest stop. Unfortunately, that's only served in one direction, going...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread Free bus travel to airports with boarding pass.CTA = Central Terminal Area (i.e. Terminals 2 and 3)? Most abbreviations I can work out by context, but this one has me a bit confused...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread London Omnibus Tracton Society.Noted for 28th September, subject to be announced. No mention of an October date as yet.
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Dduncombec replied to the thread Stagecoach South & South East.This has been discussed elsewhere (you may even have been involved) - procurement regulations do not allow that to be the case. In any...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread Bus services that require reversing (except in bus stations).Following on from my Tonbridge example in post #21, a few more Kent examples that come to mind: - Arriva 133 and Kent Country 417...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread Carousel Buses (Go-Ahead group).I don't know this area to comment, but the one thing that does appear to have become a problem recently is trees - branches that were...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread Bus services that enter private property (except shopping centres/supermarkets/works only).I don't believe this is the case: all bus routes that serve "Dungeness" stay on the main road, before curving around to Lydd-on-Sea (the...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread Bus services that require reversing (except in bus stations).One that's just come to mind - Nu-Venture's Tonbridge town service 212 reverses twice: once at the Barden Park end, once at the...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread Bus Fare Cap will be £2 from January.Have you investigated the price increases for bus operators (specifically) over the same period, as to whether it really is "price...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread Bus services that enter private property (except shopping centres/supermarkets/works only).There are a probably a surprising number of private roads around that still allow public access. University Road and Park Wood Road in...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread Why do so many local authorities want to introduce bus franchising instead of municipal operators..I do not believe there is anything to stop Northern applying for an operator licence just as anyone else, provided they fulfil the...
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Dduncombec replied to the thread Things which cause bus boarding/alighting to be slower now than 40 years ago..I think there's a fair problem here in that a chunk of forum members won't actually remember when conductors were "every day" to really...