tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post8755198932876884384..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Exceedingly Enigmatic Exeter Experiment (2)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-65097178790246437832021-11-26T17:52:32.765+00:002021-11-26T17:52:32.765+00:00FBB asks about fares. Back in the days when Green ...FBB asks about fares. Back in the days when Green P&R ran from Matford to the city centre and Blue P&R was a separate route, Green was unusual in that it stopped everywhere along the route. However, cheap P&R fares only applied from the P&R site to the city centre and back. Also, all the P&R routes, if you did a return trip from the city centre to the P&R site, you had to pay a higher fare, more like an "ordinary" bus fare. I presume something like this still applies on the Green now that it runs right across the city. But unlike in some other cities, senior passes used to be valid on P&R in Exeter and I presume they still are, especially as the P&Rs are becoming more and more like ordinary services.RossOnExehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236083863837674830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-74645483115492023462021-11-25T18:55:42.974+00:002021-11-25T18:55:42.974+00:00Much quicker to drive straight to Stagecoach HQ an...Much quicker to drive straight to Stagecoach HQ and park at Matford P&R next door, no need to drive through Ex city centre at all (but then you wouldn't get a bus ride, nor the delights of the bus squeezing through Tan Lane!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-36782108284419659842021-11-25T18:47:33.771+00:002021-11-25T18:47:33.771+00:00I always wondered why the road passing Digby &...I always wondered why the road passing Digby & Sowton Station is called Clyst Halt Road - now I know! <br /><br />Until last year routes D and H both ran half-hourly to Digby, D via Heavitree and Pynes Hill and H via Broadfields and Middlemoor (I think; my memory may be faulty). The D was suspended during the pandemic and the H restructured in its present form but with the H1 and H2 each only operating hourly. The D has since been resurrected as UNI and operates between Exeter University main campus and St Luke's College. Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310418509402545330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-72540098711333213152021-11-25T11:55:55.183+00:002021-11-25T11:55:55.183+00:00Some notes on buses around Digby:
Route letter H i...Some notes on buses around Digby:<br />Route letter H is only used for short workings between St David’s Station and the RD&E.<br />Buses to and from Digby via Broadfields and Middlemoor are H1. Buses to and from Digby via Pynes Hill are H2. Both follow the same one-way terminal loop via Digby & Sowton Station. <br />All buses leaving the stop opposite Tesco filling station travel via the Rydon Lane Retail Park to serve a stop opposite KFC. They rejoin Russell Way opposite the road to Digby & Sowton station. <br />The Hospital P+R near Digby & Sowton station is now for hospital staff only. Patients now have to use the Sowton P+R site. Dartline’s PR3 serves both. <br />The Green P+R route serves all stops. It needs to as there are precious few other services from High Street that run through Heavitree. <br />Hope this helps.<br />Paul Dudfieldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-55219630456486381982021-11-25T09:18:25.355+00:002021-11-25T09:18:25.355+00:00For a better quality image of the Swiss double dec...For a better quality image of the Swiss double decks see here:<br />https://flic.kr/p/2kvuhj3<br />It's the operators own Flickr siteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-88540798484461759512021-11-25T08:45:10.139+00:002021-11-25T08:45:10.139+00:00The Green P&R route used to terminate in South...The Green P&R route used to terminate in South Street and the section from Paris Street to Sowton was the BLU(e) route with blue liveried buses. It is now a through route to Matford P&R from Sowton - it also has to be operated by single deckers due to a very low railway bridge (and bus gate) on Tan Lane. <br /><br />Some ten years ago the P&R buses were shown on Devon CC's website rather than the Stagecoach website.<br /><br />There is another P&R operated by Dartline that serves the Royal Devon Hospital at Wonford, these timetables for PR3 and SPR3 are on the hospital website!<br /><br />The County Hall P&R from Sowton that I have used in the past is currently suspended.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-11674955475419304922021-11-25T08:10:25.646+00:002021-11-25T08:10:25.646+00:00Well, I've worked out what the buses are and o...Well, I've worked out what the buses are and on what route - but I won't tell! I should have been able to guess the country really. I did wonder if you'd pulled a fast one on us by including a picture of two demonstrators!Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.com