Arriva Rail Replacement Buses in Liverpool today.

[fowler9]

Just got on an Arriva rail replacement bus and showed the driver my trio ticket. He said I was meant to use the normal bus. He let me on when I pointed out I would have been using the same ticket on the train his bus was replacing. The guy is getting overtime replacing the train I would have caught. What was his problem? The bus was empty. This is the second time this has happened to me in a few months.

 

[507021]

Just got on an Arriva rail replacement bus and showed the driver my trio ticket. He said I was meant to use the normal bus. He let me on when I pointed out I would have been using the same ticket on the train his bus was replacing. The guy is getting overtime replacing the train I would have caught. What was his problem? The bus was empty. This is the second time this has happened to me in a few months.

It was probably just a misunderstanding mate.

 

[fowler9]

It was probably just a misunderstanding mate.

Yeah probably. Oddly enough I had the same driver three hours later heading home from town. He let me on without a word and I thanked him when I got off. All friends again I guess. Ha ha. Am sure he is a good fella just doing his job.

 

[507021]

Yeah probably. Oddly enough I had the same driver three hours later heading home from town. He let me on without a word and I thanked him when I got off. All friends again I guess. Ha ha. Am sure he is a good fella just doing his job.

It's possible it was his first time on rail replacements so he wasn't sure, hopefully you won't have any problems with it again.

 

[fowler9]

It's possible it was his first time on rail replacements so he wasn't sure, hopefully you won't have any problems with it again.

I get you but I think it was the same guy I had the problem with last time a couple of months back. Used almost exactly the same words, I wasn't meant to be on it and was meant to be on the regular bus. Maybe he doesn't know the Trio ticket is valid on the train.

 

[507021]

I get you but I think it was the same guy I had the problem with last time a couple of months back. Used almost exactly the same words, I wasn't meant to be on it and was meant to be on the regular bus. Maybe he doesn't know the Trio ticket is valid on the train.

It's likely mate, I know of some drivers who have been funny about accepting the SaveAways which get printed on the rail tickets rather than loaded onto the smart cards.

I had a similar issue in Manchester, a First driver said my Wayfarer which was printed on a rail ticket couldn't be used on the bus, although he begrudgingly let me on after I repeatedly told him it was. I got on a Stagecoach bus after that journey and the driver said it was valid despite the fact it was printed on a rail ticket. The mind boggles.

 

[Busaholic]

There's been correspondence in Buses magazine over years now about driver ignorance of various prepaid tickets, including instances of refusing to let passengers travel coupled with a refusal or inability to contact someone higher up to check. Naturally, and unforgiveably imo, some driver's ignorance was replicated at depot level!

 

[185143]

I boarded a replacement bus earlier, saveaway in hand. Co-ordinators and the driver told me to get on, made no attempt to even check I had a ticket-never mind if it's valid or not.