The people who came up with the policy probably weren't even aware of the issue.
I would not call it an issue - more a not thought through policy - by someone in a big city, London, perhaps (I can see I might be open to adverse comments here about my assumption re big city but I look a local planning applications and the transport plan required for larger developments invariably gets the bus provision wrong for our route and the office address for the company doing the transport plan will be Leeds or Manchester.)
Yes, does this mean the 516 Windermere to Dungeon Ghyll will just be £2 (£4 return)? If so I can see companies splitting up journeys to get round this, ie. Windermere/Ambleside on one bus, it changes number and finishes the route.
Yes, I don't suppose Leeds to Whitby will be £2 either. Perhaps a series of fare zones on longer routes, at £2 per zone entered. E.g. on Coastliner, Leeds to York being one, York to Malton another and east of Malton a third.
They’ll probably announce a fare cap of £1.90 to start a week earlier
Suppose it depends on if it is properly funded or not
The right time of the year in my view. The last thing that you want is to swamp services to coastal resorts like Whitby and Scarborough in high season.
Not sure when the rail prices increase, is it March? So then we could have the double take of bus fares going back to "normal" (but higher??) and rail fare increases.
I would also imagine that senior pass usage is at its lowest between January and March when many older folk tend to stay at home.
Absolutely. Weather forecast predicts a sunny winter day, I'll be wrapping up warm, rucksack on my back, hi-vis on as it is still dark, £2 bus to the nearest bus station in time to catch the nine-thirty-whatever to somewhere interesting. Maybe the seaside, wind at my back. Be able to make a day of it. If the weather turns grim, its only two quid. Get me out of the house, get some exercise, I'm sure my GP will approve.
Throw you all off half way change the number and let you back on. Job done
Perhaps the solution is to keep the fares within counties. Although what about large counties, and cross border ones where one stop takes you into another county?!
'Long services' are not the same as open top and sightseeing services. The latter are often within single towns and cities. The services under discussion are ones where people travel 20-50 miles to get between key towns. It is depressing to see how many DfT officials, and too many Londoners generally, are ignorant of that.
There is no service from Portsmouth to Brighton (and there hasn't been for quite a few years now). The 700 is effectively 3 separate routes - Portsmouth to Bognor, which overlaps with a service between Chichester and Littlehampton. This meets another service 700 which runs on to Brighton. Pretty sure each version of the 700 is operated by a different depot.
That is indeed the case, but you can still buy a through single or return between the routes as if it’s still one, although you might need to change buses up to two times.
Portsmouth - Bognor Regis is shared between Portsmouth and Chichester, Chichester - Littlehampton is ran by Chichester and Brighton - Littlehampton is ran by Worthing.
