d9016
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- 23 Aug 2011
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In my area there have recently been split services with normal routes running (123) and extra (123S) services for school only to reduce school passengers mixing with regular passengers due to restricted occupancy (although in practice it ended up with all the school students on the normal service leaving the school only bus empty and everyone stranded. This system seems to have been abandoned by some operators in my area as buses can carry passengers on all forward facing seats now.
However as I have experienced today that after waiting for a service (using 123 as an example) a bus arrived on stand the destination was then set as "Example 123" (normal public), but when a group of 5/6 school kids pushed their way to the front of the queue the display was quickly changed to "Example 123S" (school students only written underneath instead of via location). I noticed the same also happening with other routes. This left multiple people waiting a further 20 minutes. However, there is nothing showing on the timetable as it being a school only service and there is also a school service "Example 923" that runs along the same route as this one.
Is this a permanent thing now and why has this been introduced? I don't want to end up being fined for being late to an appointment if two buses in a row end up as S restricted.
However as I have experienced today that after waiting for a service (using 123 as an example) a bus arrived on stand the destination was then set as "Example 123" (normal public), but when a group of 5/6 school kids pushed their way to the front of the queue the display was quickly changed to "Example 123S" (school students only written underneath instead of via location). I noticed the same also happening with other routes. This left multiple people waiting a further 20 minutes. However, there is nothing showing on the timetable as it being a school only service and there is also a school service "Example 923" that runs along the same route as this one.
Is this a permanent thing now and why has this been introduced? I don't want to end up being fined for being late to an appointment if two buses in a row end up as S restricted.