Recent content by TheGrandWazoo

They are providing a product and have a pricing strategy to reflect that. They don't want the hassle and cost of handling money. If people want to pay cash, that's their decision but Ember are happy to leave that to other people. As has been said above, the advance/on-board is shaped by the...

It was https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-23517862

To be fair, not too dissimilar to Go South Coast with their operations stretching from Weymouth to Swindon to Eastleigh to IOW. With Pulhams in Swindon, begs how far you can travel on a Go Ahead bus... It is quite the improvement with Bucks - looks a better spend of BSIP monies than some local...

Except it isn't like another day. If you're confining yourself to retail, and the impact of Sunday trading, then the differential between days of the week is reduced. However, everything else is completely different. We don't have the largest generator of Mon to Fri traffic which is schools...

I have to say that the £197k cost for that facility struck me as high. Whilst I'm a bit off on full 6 day vehicle costings, that looks like best part of a full vehicle costed for what is a peak hour service. Certainly, developing from what is already there makes much more sense, with...

I don't know if I quite agree with you on that. I can think of a number of instances where Sunday buses are/were considerably better after Sunday trading laws changed. However, it is all very nuanced and buses don't exist in a vacuum. Let me explain. Pre-deregulation, we might have had...

All that you say is very laudable about connecting Chatteris (and March) with Cambridge. However, when you look at the figures, it's £197k p.a. for the benefit of 1969 passengers per year (or 6/7 passengers a day). And that figure has declined by 12.5% over the previous year, from 2252. £197k...

It's probably a mix of things. First of all, it's relatively new. Many people have established ways of getting to work so just because there's a new bus service, they're not going to leave their car at home. Lift sharing is quite common too. Secondly, it is all based around a fixed 6-2...

Bath used to do this with a link from Odd Down P&R to the Royal United Hospital, operated in turn by Abus, Wessex and finally by First. It was supported by the council - I think it bit the dust during Covid. Instead, passengers now need to use the cross city 4 that was diverted into the P&R...

It could be that Williams Coaches are providing the local base and maintenance? Or perhaps more - operational cover and staffing? Lots of unknowns, I guess, with the fleet. Certainly, it's a big loss for Stagecoach. Some other observations... how much the X4 has declined now with it getting...

I think what @stevieinselby was saying was that you can't park in any of the York P&Rs and travel elsewhere... with the exception of York Designer Outlet where you can catch the Selby bus. I don't know how many (if any) use the Sowton P&R in Exeter for the Falcon? My own experiences have...

I experienced the Ipswich (London Road) P&R in December. My experience - the loadings were pretty quiet for a Saturday on the run up to Christmas at least inbound. To be fair, the loadings at the end of the day were very good but that's because Ipswich Town had been playing at home. Have...

I think you have misrepresented what @markymark2000 said, assuming that was who you were referencing? He clearly said that if an authority can't get the relatively simple aspect of commissioning and managing supported services (as they do at the moment), then what hope have they got of managing...

Glad you had a good visit. I can appreciate that visiting another country can be a bit daunting as well. Good to hear that you had a good and constructive interaction with the bus station supervisor in Walsall. To be fair, some of these people are overly officious. However, you do get some...

whilst not badged as such, the Banjo at Kingswear acts as such. Just across the water from the Pontoon at Dartmouth. However, Kingsbridge bus station IS named as such and is sweet.