tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post8638477563432216721..comments2024-03-29T08:14:43.839+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Monday Oddmentsfatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-90436590549482856202017-06-13T19:14:09.768+01:002017-06-13T19:14:09.768+01:00Being a local, I assure you the real time display ...Being a local, I assure you the real time display here is not often faulty. It has massively improved in the last few months.<br />Thames Travel on the other hand... they have almost run me over multiple times for dangerous driving, rude drivers, inability to coordinate timetables (often they have 2 buses waiting in the bus bay for 30 minutes each which leave the busier Stagecoach services stopping in the main road!) and lastly Connector buses all over the county, spotted in Reading, Chinnor and Bicester, not to mention frequent use of buses not even branded for the company in use (several Enviro 400s branded for Southern Vectis and Oxford Bus Company, as well as lots of Citaros branded for OBC). Personal experiences have led me to stick with Stagecoach: more modern, nicer buses, regular friendly drivers who always try help the customers and much better timetables and layover!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-60595831690582970082017-06-12T22:35:31.564+01:002017-06-12T22:35:31.564+01:00To be fair to Thames Travel, they are operating in...To be fair to Thames Travel, they are operating in a county that doesn't fund a single subsidised bus service (since July 2016). Along with many operators, they have taken on work commercially to provide at least some communities with a service, and if the only way it can be supported is through interworking, I'm sure the locals would rather have bus than a bus in the right colour. The 38 used to be run separately, and the 67 was part of a small network of services covering the "sparse" area between Farringdon and Wantage, most of which now have no service at all. <br /><br />Indeed, some of the work that was taken on commercially has already been withdrawn, or will be shortly. Heyfordian withdrew all theirs, and both Pulhams and Thames Travel are due to withdraw more in July. The council website says it all. A link to Traveline, Park & ride/Dial-a-ride information and link to the real time website. No map, no operator list, nothing.<br /><br />Apparently the real time displays are being moved to a different software provider. The website seems to be working O.K. (www.oxontime.com)<br /><br />(Previously an Anon... using the tip given by commentors how to name yourself without a Blogspot account) LWBMnoreply@blogger.com