Why do they need to allow 25 - 30 minutes to get from Guildford to Godalming on a rail replacement bus?
Is it to allow for traffic being really bad. The bus is single decker so I can't imagine the bridges being too low. It is of course packed with people standing. Although you get people standing on buses, they usually stop at more bus stops than this.
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I now know the answer. It takes a while to get to Farncombe. I've done it very occasionally by car but don't remember it taking quite so long. It then allows 8 minutes to leave and arrive at Godalming.
Just shows how trains can be faster than other forms of transport!
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The bus I got, departed Godalming 2 minutes early.
When I went to catch the last bus back to Guildford I arrived in advance and waited, filming some maintenance diggers coming along the tracks
A coach pulled in. I heard some people talking and thought my bus must be the next one as there is one due to Haslemere before my one. It may be that the 22.25 to Haslemere never arrived as well.
A single decker bus pulled in and it turns out they were going to Haslemere. In the mean time my coach left for Guildford at least three minutes early. I ran after it but it wasn't stopping and may not even have seen me running.
I took a photo of the station CIS to prove it had left early and the pressed the help point. Whilst waiting 1-2 minutes for answer I photographed the empty bus stop. I then decided not to wait any more in case I'm waiting there ages for a response. I ran off to catch some people I knew who would be able to give me a lift back to Guildford, provided they hadn't left. Fortunately they haven't, so I didn't have to organise a taxi and try to claim it back.
Is there anyway they could improve the signage for the buses. I know the buses have numbers on them but the numbers don't appear in the live departure boards on National Rail Enquiries App.
I can't remember if the coach had Guildford printed on a piece of card or not but it is higher up than a bus.
I hasn't expected it to suddenly leave as it wasn't 22.53 yet.
Today I'm on a bus to Godalming and its currently waiting at Farncombe rather than just leaving. It arrived about 4 minutes early. So not to dissimilar to the coach last night. The bus left on time too.
Today they are running buses every half hour to Godalming, with one of the buses terminating there and the other going to Haslemere.
Given that there is double the frequency to Godalming than when trains run, is there enough demand to run a half hourly train service rather than the hourly one? It would have to go to Haslemere I guess as I doubt it could be turned around at Godalming.
There may not be the rolling stock available now or in the future but if there were, is there the demand?
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Is it to allow for traffic being really bad. The bus is single decker so I can't imagine the bridges being too low. It is of course packed with people standing. Although you get people standing on buses, they usually stop at more bus stops than this.
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I now know the answer. It takes a while to get to Farncombe. I've done it very occasionally by car but don't remember it taking quite so long. It then allows 8 minutes to leave and arrive at Godalming.
Just shows how trains can be faster than other forms of transport!
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The bus I got, departed Godalming 2 minutes early.
When I went to catch the last bus back to Guildford I arrived in advance and waited, filming some maintenance diggers coming along the tracks
A coach pulled in. I heard some people talking and thought my bus must be the next one as there is one due to Haslemere before my one. It may be that the 22.25 to Haslemere never arrived as well.
A single decker bus pulled in and it turns out they were going to Haslemere. In the mean time my coach left for Guildford at least three minutes early. I ran after it but it wasn't stopping and may not even have seen me running.
I took a photo of the station CIS to prove it had left early and the pressed the help point. Whilst waiting 1-2 minutes for answer I photographed the empty bus stop. I then decided not to wait any more in case I'm waiting there ages for a response. I ran off to catch some people I knew who would be able to give me a lift back to Guildford, provided they hadn't left. Fortunately they haven't, so I didn't have to organise a taxi and try to claim it back.
Is there anyway they could improve the signage for the buses. I know the buses have numbers on them but the numbers don't appear in the live departure boards on National Rail Enquiries App.
I can't remember if the coach had Guildford printed on a piece of card or not but it is higher up than a bus.
I hasn't expected it to suddenly leave as it wasn't 22.53 yet.
Today I'm on a bus to Godalming and its currently waiting at Farncombe rather than just leaving. It arrived about 4 minutes early. So not to dissimilar to the coach last night. The bus left on time too.
Today they are running buses every half hour to Godalming, with one of the buses terminating there and the other going to Haslemere.
Given that there is double the frequency to Godalming than when trains run, is there enough demand to run a half hourly train service rather than the hourly one? It would have to go to Haslemere I guess as I doubt it could be turned around at Godalming.
There may not be the rolling stock available now or in the future but if there were, is there the demand?
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