But do first bus not have enough services covering glasgow for there £4.30 day ticket?You'd think they'd have sorted it all out by now. It'd be handy if you could buy a weekly ticket on your phone or something. Seems like a good idea, badly executed!
As far as I can see the only people who benefit from the tripper are those who may use the x19 for example to the city centre as a quick bus for those not wanting to use a longer route first bus from easterhouse, or maybe people in govan out to johnston, neilston, kilbarchan, Spateston etcThe Zonecard is far too expensive and I for one don't fancy walking around with the huge, silly photocard all day. IF they brought out a phone based version then it might be more appealing to people.
£4.30 for a First day ticket is fine if you only plan on using First's services, but having a ticket that covers all operators would be better.
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But do first bus not have enough services covering glasgow for there £4.30 day ticket?
Hence why the Tripper isn't a widely seen item in glasgow... Too many operators in glasgowAs far as I can see the only people who benefit from the tripper are those who may use the x19 for example to the city centre as a quick bus for those not wanting to use a longer route first bus from easterhouse, or maybe people in govan out to johnston, neilston, kilbarchan, Spateston etc
I too see this tripper ticket as a way of appeasing those MP's who bang on about bus re-regulation.
There's actually very few these days compared to about 25-30 years agoHence why the Tripper isn't a widely seen item in glasgow... Too many operators in glasgow
Granted, but having 1 major greater glasgow operator covering all basis with a uniform, modern fleet & livery with the same uniform ticketing model as opposed to 3 or 4 different operators and a smattering of smaller firms which in practice has increased ticket prices as passengers are scattered across these companies which in turn reduces the amount each company generates thus reducing the budgets that each company can have to spend on the services across Glasgow, of course without a doubt our previous labour governments consessionary scheme has exacerbated these short comings thanks to Tory deregulation.There's actually very few these days compared to about 25-30 years ago