tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post1643141002149124543..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Call That a Bus?fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-30756430751448619582013-02-10T20:45:25.758+00:002013-02-10T20:45:25.758+00:00Thanks for sorting me out Daddysgadgets. I am afra...Thanks for sorting me out Daddysgadgets. I am afraid I simply could not understand the way the web site is presented. Elsewhere the Royal Dutch Coach talks about NATO offices (Brussels) as a terminus. Is that the same as the airport? I think the pointy remains - it does not offer any sensible alternative to Fyra!fatbusblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-50242004169850905302013-02-10T17:31:54.864+00:002013-02-10T17:31:54.864+00:00FBB I think something has got lost in your transla...FBB I think something has got lost in your translation from Dutch to English with Royal Dutch Coach. The service is from Den Haag and Rotterdam to Brussels Airport. Due to differences in taxes there are considerable savings to be made for Netherlands originating passengers to start their flight itineraries in another country. I suspect that the comparison with Fyra is a little bit of opportunism.<br /><br />The coach appears to do one round trip Monday to Friday, with a journey time of 2h 15m each way. Departure from Den Haag is at 0645 and from Brussels Airport at 1645, with free tea and coffee on board. Those travelling in the first four weeks get a 50% discount.<br /><br />For many years coach services in Europe were for international journeys only and largely controlled by the state railways through Europabus. This has become Eurolines, where the contractors rather than the railways are the operators. In addition there are numerous new operators such as Megabus and IDBus. Interestingly a recent trip by No 1 and No 2 sons on a day trip (overnight each way)from Warsaw to Vienna rates Souter's Polskibus more highly that Megabus. This may change when the new bespoke left-hand drive Megabus vehicles start operating.<br /><br />If FBB can arrange to get to Victoria Coach Station for an 0600 departure IDBus have Lille for £9.00 each way at present.Daddysgadgetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892897553855129226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-58055268994342946612013-02-10T10:42:24.858+00:002013-02-10T10:42:24.858+00:00Surely the most ludicrous invention ever!
So, i...Surely the most ludicrous invention ever! <br /><br />So, it drives over the traffic. Seems to take ages to load up with passengers. Turns a corner when traffic is heading straight on, must be the most hazardous conflicting move ever; Has raised walls that seem to carry the power supply; And then, when the inevitable conflict does happen, involving crashed cars and what looks like a fuel tanker, the Land air bus dumps its unfortunate passengers down into the canyon, trapped by the side walls, presumably carrying high voltage electricity and possibly close to the seat of an inferno, involving the fuel tanker !<br /><br />Great, yes, I'll have twenty of them please (NOT)!<br /><br />By comparison, it makes Magnus Volk's Daddy Longlegs look sane by comparison. My understanding, by the way, is that the downfall of that particular system was that the shingle, for which Brighton beach is notorious, got washed across the track when the tide ebbed and flowed and got in the way of the wheels.<br /><br />Thanks for giving us so much amusement. Petras409noreply@blogger.com