175mph
On Moderation
- Joined
- 25 Jan 2016
- Messages
- 661
Because BSOG raid, basically (very similar to an ORCATS raid in concept). The services are (or were, I think the criteria may have changed?) only listed as public services in order to claim BSOG, and the operator really has no interest in making them actually usable by the public.
There are others - for instance chunks of some National Express services are registered as local bus services for the same reason even though (with some exceptions) nobody really uses them as such.
As the discussion title suggests, are there any services listed in your area at any bus stop timetables for example, where if you attempt to flag it down, 9 times out of 10, the driver will simply ignore you and pass you by? As I mentioned in the thread about being stranded due to issues with the last bus, there is a special college days only service running in the afternoon where if you attempt to flag it down, even with it being listed on the timetables at the bus stops, a lot of the time, you'll just be ignored. There are actually three of the same number 360, one going only as far as Winterton, one as far as Barton and one that goes beyond Barton to a village called East Halton. I suppose if you're only going anywhere upto as far as Barton, it's not so much of an issue as you can catch the 350 bus to Hull instead which serves Winterton and Barton, but I suppose if you wanted East Halton, it would be extremely irritating to have it go past you.
They of course allow boarding the buses at the colleges and also at the bus station, but it's pot luck as to whether or not they'll allow you to board the buses at the stops in between, despite them listing the service.