tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post5515501562351789205..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Sapphire Simply Saddens [3]fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-71628724151511561352014-08-01T09:48:07.920+01:002014-08-01T09:48:07.920+01:00It would be par for the course for the new Haymark...It would be par for the course for the new Haymarket to have insufficient room for buses or passengers or both.See Northampton, Hanley etc. Presumably ATCO (Local uthority Transport Officers' "Club"?) issues guidance to achieve this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-83469192793462508112014-08-01T08:59:25.242+01:002014-08-01T08:59:25.242+01:00I think, technically, the Arriva drivers aren'...I think, technically, the Arriva drivers aren't supposed to be dropping off passengers at Haymarket Bus Station (the stops are normally busier though it isn't uncommon even during the day to see it) and the alighting stands are further south on Charles Street before the junction with Humberstone Gate.<br /><br />The City Council have announced they will be starting work on the replacement to Haymarket Bus Station imminently, can't remember the dates but I know details of timings & where the displaced routes will be moved to is being finalised at the moment, I think that the delay was occasioned by an initial lack of support from the operators. The problem I see with the design is the lack of space to fit the new design (which is a nose in rather than the current run-through in effectively the same space) & the artists impressions don't appear to have any waiting space for queuing passengers. To fit it in most of the stops north of Humberstone Gate will have to be removed (the road needs to be 'slewed' to use the bit occupied by the stops across the road to provide enough room for buses to manoeuvre in the new bus station), since many of these start from St Margarets Bus Station it is unlikely they will then turn into the new Haymarket as well so it is unclear where they will pick up from.dwarfer1979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-91060213454007044032014-08-01T08:41:49.872+01:002014-08-01T08:41:49.872+01:00As I'm sure I remember the fbb phone is intern...As I'm sure I remember the fbb phone is internet-connected, would it be cheaper to use www.nextbuses.mobi, to get the same information as paid for via a Traveline text? The stop code should work in both systems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-47315767016137842552014-08-01T08:38:18.532+01:002014-08-01T08:38:18.532+01:00Arriva appear to have indulged in some railway-sty...Arriva appear to have indulged in some railway-style padding on the Oadby loop. The 31s generally get either 11 or 13 minutes from the town centre to Kew Drive, but only 9 minutes to get back, via a longer route.<br />On the face of it, that seems to be the wrong way round, especially as you would expect the return journey to take longer, given that this is the direction in which passengers will mainly be boarding, usually a longer task than alighting.<br />In the absence of any other information, the software used to generate an all-stops timetable will divide the time up equally between stops, or on a distance basis. However, operators can "weight" the running times in commonly used scheduling systems such as Trapeze, to eliminate this.<br />Your journey was the 1809 from East Street in the town centre, the last timing point. Even on a good day, 1811 at Turner Rise would have been going some!<br />Closer study reveals that alternate journeys get either 11 or 13 minutes running time, as a means of getting them back on a clockface 15 minute interval departure time from Kew Rise. So it's all a fudge from the word go....Exasperatednoreply@blogger.com