ChrisC
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Nottingham is often mentioned as an example of a city with good co-ordinated public transport. I agree that it is within the city area and the Robin Hood Card is good to use for multi-operator journeys. However, outside the city, the further you go out into the county area the more difficult it becomes to find any examples of multi operator ticketing and co ordination between different modes of transport. In the centre of the county, in the Mansfield area, there is no joint ticketing between the two major bus companies of Stagecoach and Trent Barton. There have been numerous postings here concerning the fact that these two bus companies won’t even accept their own day tickets on the jointly operated Pronto Bus service which is the main north south route in the county.
In an ideal world yes however in most areas with light rail / rapid transit there is a passenger transport executive who oversees the implementation of public transport policy for a set area and applies to Westminster for funding when improvements are needed. In the East Midlands however there is no such body and more to the point Nottingham is a separate unitary authority to the rest of Nottinghamshire County Council so there isn't even a unified transport policy between the two and Nottingham City Council isn't going to pay for a line that largely runs outside its area.
When the line through Beeston was being planned I know there was a lot of controversy about who was paying for the line as a large amount of it runs through Broxtowe.
Nottingham is often mentioned as an example of a city with good co-ordinated public transport. I agree that it is within the city area and the Robin Hood Card is good to use for multi-operator journeys. However, outside the city, the further you go out into the county area the more difficult it becomes to find any examples of multi operator ticketing and co ordination between different modes of transport. In the centre of the county, in the Mansfield area, there is no joint ticketing between the two major bus companies of Stagecoach and Trent Barton. There have been numerous postings here concerning the fact that these two bus companies won’t even accept their own day tickets on the jointly operated Pronto Bus service which is the main north south route in the county.
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