tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post3292129550441121786..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: QuizTen (Session 1)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-81349750637353279022018-12-11T23:51:09.338+00:002018-12-11T23:51:09.338+00:00I hope your skeletons enjoy their service. Unfortu...I hope your skeletons enjoy their service. Unfortunately the public do want to travel on these days but generally can't because there is no service. If you don't run buses at the difficult times of day when there are still people who need to get around you might as well keep chasing your diminishing customers and prepare to pack up shop. The first year we introduced a Sunday service on Boxing Day it was the busiest Sunday operation that winter. New Years Day is useless but you have to live with that. There are still a few souls wandering home from parties, assuming you start before lunchtime of course, but there are still people who need to get around to work, apart from any leisure travel.PaulWheelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-9206678410488696652018-12-11T10:36:29.036+00:002018-12-11T10:36:29.036+00:00The Sheffield shutdown began c1980 as part of an i...The Sheffield shutdown began c1980 as part of an industrial dispute- but evenig services were never reinstated, except in 1989 to (I think) 1992 when (happy days!) there was spare money in the tendering kitty and the whole lot was put out to tender. In 1989 much went to independnts such as Northern Bus resulting in Bristol REs turning up in strange places; in 1990 (I think) East Midland won the lot. Loadings were generally pitiful, and even by teatime in the early 90s buses (and the City Centre) were very quiet. In the 1960s many workers did a full day on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve; outside retail that is now rare and it is notable how little car traffic there is. This is a demand that has evaporated. By contrast Boxing Day hads got much busier as reflected by the increased, if moderate, service now offered in Sheffield on that day.Dennis Dratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-60059785233713550932018-12-11T07:54:22.021+00:002018-12-11T07:54:22.021+00:00Good luck to them . . . . . we're running a sk...Good luck to them . . . . . we're running a skeleton service on Boxing Day and New Years Day . . . . in previous years there simply hasn't been anything like enough passengers to justify anything more. We'll run up to normal last bus times on Xmas Eve and New Years Eve, mind you . . . . finishing early saves 5/8ths of next to nothing in costs, so we might as well.<br /><br />On New Years Day in around 1980 I was driving a bus from 0630 to 1100 before I saw any passenger at all . . . . there's nothing to change that now!!!<br /><br />You can run a full service all you like, but you can't force passengers to travel!!greenline727https://www.blogger.com/profile/03033268278026535109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-38636502003425730982018-12-11T00:01:34.795+00:002018-12-11T00:01:34.795+00:00Southern Vectis have run a full Sunday service on ...Southern Vectis have run a full Sunday service on the Isle of Wight on both days for some years now, as well as services on main routes all day on Christmas Day and no early finishes on Christmas or New Years Eve.<br />Paul Wheelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-65114286185193848422018-12-10T22:13:37.206+00:002018-12-10T22:13:37.206+00:00Meant to say a Sunday service on BOTH Boxing Day A...Meant to say a Sunday service on BOTH Boxing Day AND New Year's Day, not just Boxing Day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-66878904254104053702018-12-10T21:34:56.195+00:002018-12-10T21:34:56.195+00:00The attitude of the local trade union branch might...The attitude of the local trade union branch might have a lot to do with when services shut down on Christmas and New Year's eves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-23486013326592020732018-12-10T21:07:57.474+00:002018-12-10T21:07:57.474+00:00Not a comment on Christmas Eve but I notice that t...Not a comment on Christmas Eve but I notice that the whole of Stagecoach South is running a full* Sunday service on Boxing Day this year. I can't say I've noticed anyone offering that level of service before (they may have done but if so, it has by-passed my orbit!).<br />*There are a handful of exceptions which I guess are contracts: Hoverbus, Guildford P&R, Basingstoke Centre Shuttle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com