Could SWR extend their Poole service to Hamworthy?

[gswindale]

It's not that big a deal. Yes the time from stop to stop has increased, but not by much. My journey to my base office is 15 minutes in good traffic but can take almost an hour some days (pre covid) just purely due to traffic conditions.

Have the bus company also adjusted frequencies? The normal timetable won't be in operation, so maybe you just need to leave 20 minutes earlier to arrive at the same time?

One of the things I particularly like about the post covid world is that my arrival time at my desk is now reasonably consistent as it just depends on how quickly we can get the little one out of the door and down the road to nursery.

Businesses are adapting to change all the time and any business that suffers millions of pounds losses due to a 3 week road closure causing a 15 minute delay to journey times has some serious accounting issues that need investigating.

 

[DelW]

I'm beginning to think that the poster in question is enjoying their time trolling us all with their consistently outlandish posts!

I came to that conclusion several threads ago!

 

[sprunt]

And, again, who is going to pay for this train service?

With millions of dollars at stake, it will pay for itself!

 

[ANDREW_D_WEBB]

And we don't use dollars in this country.

GDP is generally calculated in US Dollars to allow comparisons between countries

 

[3141]

Perhaps an integrated public transport authority would have made adjustments to the rail service at the same time as they did for bus services, but under the present arrangements it's literally not SWR's problem and they've no incentive to incur costs doing anything about it.


Dollars? None. And if you think businesses relocate indefinitely because of three weeks of impeded access then we're wasting our time trying to explain anything to you.

Alternatively, perhaps an integrated public transport authority would have looked at the problem and decided that the best way to approach it, taking into account costs and the likely number of passengers, was the one that's actually happened here.

 

[DarloRich]

This whole thread reads like a paddy about a minor inconvenience

 

[miklcct]

It's not that big a deal. Yes the time from stop to stop has increased, but not by much. My journey to my base office is 15 minutes in good traffic but can take almost an hour some days (pre covid) just purely due to traffic conditions.

Have the bus company also adjusted frequencies? The normal timetable won't be in operation, so maybe you just need to leave 20 minutes earlier to arrive at the same time?

One of the things I particularly like about the post covid world is that my arrival time at my desk is now reasonably consistent as it just depends on how quickly we can get the little one out of the door and down the road to nursery.

Businesses are adapting to change all the time and any business that suffers millions of pounds losses due to a 3 week road closure causing a 15 minute delay to journey times has some serious accounting issues that need investigating.

Yes, the headway was adjusted from every 15 minutes to one "fast" service and one "slow" service every 30 minutes, with the "fast" service running 22 minutes compared to 6 minutes with the direct service in the past, and "slow" service not serving the town.

And the businesses which are going to be affected the most by such closures are time-critical businesses, such as fast food deliveries (likely to be a total loss of 3 weeks of revenue, which can be in terms of thousands), but this is out of topic for railways.

Back to topic, I think I have read that a few days ago, when there was a fire in London causing major road blockages in the area, ticket acceptance on the underground was arranged in zone 1 for bus passes, right?

 

[skyhigh]

And the businesses which are going to be affected the most by such closures are time-critical businesses, such as fast food deliveries (likely to be a total loss of 3 weeks of revenue, which can be in terms of thousands), but this is out of topic for railways.

People aren't going to order food because it takes 15 minutes longer to arrive? For the small proportion of people who would have food travelling the diversion...?

Back to topic, I think I have read that a few days ago, when there was a fire in London causing major road blockages in the area, ticket acceptance on the underground was arranged in zone 1 for bus passes, right?

It's slightly different when
1) The trains are already running, no costs in terms of additional services
2) The same authority is responsible for trains and buses in London

 

[bb21]

I think it is safe to say there is nothing more to sensibly discuss.