tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post5863585294694041801..comments2024-03-29T08:14:43.839+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Sunday Varietyfatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-44385177095872015162022-07-19T17:42:14.562+01:002022-07-19T17:42:14.562+01:00Don't forget Stagecoach bought the independent...Don't forget Stagecoach bought the independent Landylines which ran in Dorset, Somerset and Devon Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-54306903688529049962022-07-18T23:44:15.778+01:002022-07-18T23:44:15.778+01:00Got me thinking about Stagecoach in Dorset. Ran fr...Got me thinking about Stagecoach in Dorset. Ran from your way commercially to both Bridport & West Bay on 152. Then ran to Bridport on supported ex Cooks Coaches route (can't recall number right now). Also operated the Dorset 14 contract. Its Somerset 99/99A also served parts of Dorset. Have I missed any others? Of course it no longer serves Somerset either (except for Falcon motorway express coach)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-63408441816396877912022-07-18T23:34:51.737+01:002022-07-18T23:34:51.737+01:00Yes & considerably less weekday journeys in wi...Yes & considerably less weekday journeys in winter too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-35388138189547440702022-07-17T18:17:25.959+01:002022-07-17T18:17:25.959+01:00Regarding the limited Saturday service on the 378 ...Regarding the limited Saturday service on the 378 (formerly 9A) between Seaton and Lyme Regis this is a summer only Saturday service! This weeks N&P gives Mon to Sat from Easter to October - and Mon to Fri from November to Easter.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-41913500809897841042022-07-17T13:11:32.711+01:002022-07-17T13:11:32.711+01:00100% agree Greenline727.
And whilst school, work ...100% agree Greenline727.<br /><br />And whilst school, work and shopping journeys have reduced, some routes are showing encouraging signs on Sundays, hence the uplift on the 9A. And whilst hourly is far from "turn-up-and-go" it is more memorable, and therefore attractive, than trying to remember which hour the bus runs. <br /><br />Times have changed, the bus industry to do so too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-80956010923352027372022-07-17T08:38:12.650+01:002022-07-17T08:38:12.650+01:00Let's see now . . . buses are for taking peopl...Let's see now . . . buses are for taking people (passengers) between places. Home to school; home to shops; home to leisure . . . that's what they're for.<br />Home to school . . . road traffic in the school peaks is up; hence scholars travelling by bus must be down.<br />Home to shops: more and more people have food shopping delivered to their door (I know, I'm one of those deliverers!), hence shopping passengers are down . . . as an aside, people will only go to the shops if the shops are worth going to, and as I travel around, many town centres are not really worth visiting (and sorry, Yeovil, but your town is one of them).<br />Home to leisure: if a town has an out-of-town leisure centre/cinema, that would demand a separate network to serve the location properly (at an extra cost). Additionally, seniors are travelling less (Covid, or just going out less), which used to be a goodly chunk of passenger numbers.<br /><br />The conclusion? Services have to be cut back, unless subsidy increases, and there's no money for that. {And, let's be honest now . . . with Boris gone, what hope for "buses back better"? Watch the funding get scaled back . . . }.<br />I don't like it either, but pragmatically . . . greenline727https://www.blogger.com/profile/03033268278026535109noreply@blogger.com