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Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but just been told by a bus driver that I cannot use a Manchester plusbus beyond 'Salford Station' and onto the guided busway. To avoid unnecessarily delaying the bus I have agreed to alight at Salford Central station.
The plusbus map seems to agree with the driver, the map calls it 'Manchester City (GM)', whilst the interactive street map shows all of greater Manchester, however only shows bus stops in the city centre(ish).
The wording of the website (www.plusbus.info) says its valid everywhere in Greater Manchester, defined by the map below. And gives both maps...
Used the plusbus on the busway last week several times with no trouble whatsoever last sunday for the record.
Who's right in all this?
UPDATE:Now on a Stagecoach bus and driver agrees with me. Stockport's plusbus is valid everywhere in Greater Manchester, so it is intended to be used that way.
UPDATE 2:TfGM travelshop say valid
UPDATE 3: I said jokingly to a friend 'At least the driver didn't take the view of 'I've not heard of it, its not valid' after another driver looked confused at it, but that seemed to be more from the point of what to press on the ticket machine. He was on a wayfarer and I got the response
'My driver just did!'
That was on a First Bus (again...), that wasn't Vantage.
The plusbus map seems to agree with the driver, the map calls it 'Manchester City (GM)', whilst the interactive street map shows all of greater Manchester, however only shows bus stops in the city centre(ish).
The wording of the website (www.plusbus.info) says its valid everywhere in Greater Manchester, defined by the map below. And gives both maps...
Used the plusbus on the busway last week several times with no trouble whatsoever last sunday for the record.
Who's right in all this?
UPDATE:Now on a Stagecoach bus and driver agrees with me. Stockport's plusbus is valid everywhere in Greater Manchester, so it is intended to be used that way.
UPDATE 2:TfGM travelshop say valid
UPDATE 3: I said jokingly to a friend 'At least the driver didn't take the view of 'I've not heard of it, its not valid' after another driver looked confused at it, but that seemed to be more from the point of what to press on the ticket machine. He was on a wayfarer and I got the response
'My driver just did!'
That was on a First Bus (again...), that wasn't Vantage.
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