Back in May, there was a thread complaining that buses no longer connected with trains at certain ECML stations served by Thameslink.
The train timetable changes in December are now available online. Is your local bus company going to bother to check whether times need to be adjusted accordingly? Now would be a good time.
It would make sense for bus timetables to be changed at the same time as train timetables. That happens in several other countries, such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.
Leaving aside my memory of using regulated buses back in the 1970s being far worse than current, it really wouldn't be hard to liaise with the two bus companies involved. But then we are discussing a company who gives so little care for its customers that it got fined £5m for not being able to communicate.
GTR is still GoAhead, isn't it? Who are the two bus companies and is it in their interest to blame GoAhead for a while before retiming?
Go Whippet and Stagecoach.
It isn't that anyone is blaming anyone else. It appears to simply be that GTR hasn't bothered to make contact with the companies to let them know they have changed their timetables.
Even if GTR don't tell them anything, it is easy enough for the bus companies to look at the train timetables when they go online. They only need 42 days notice to change timetables so there is plenty of time. All companies should be doing this as a matter of routine every spring and autumn.
The train timetable changes in December are now available online. Is your local bus company going to bother to check whether times need to be adjusted accordingly? Now would be a good time.