Surely not a bad thing that a vehicle can’t move with the doors open!
The doors are excessively slow to close though. Many drivers are used to over the years moving off as the doors are closing, hence timetables being planned on that basis, therefore resulting in minutes added to the timetable as driving styles evolve.
No thanks, big fan of the SN69 plate buses for my local route - skeptical enough about the new ones this year. The S1, despite being fairly long, is very stop-start through a lot of areas, particularly closer to Oxford. How many are there? Could be good for the S3 or S9 if looking in Oxon, though I'd like to see a few on the 51, which seems pretty variable for allocation at the moment.
There’s two in Keltruck as we speak at Arle Court
It’s the fact that they take a few seconds after the doors close before you can pull away, if you stop at every stop it will add minutes to the journey time
And there was me thinking it was a new policy by Stagecoach to helpfully allow time for passengers to sit down before speeding off as fast as possible and throwing them off balance into the lap of an unsuspecting fellow traveler.
Old habits die hard, ultimately there’s a fine line between following company policy and keeping to time / making up time (if late).And there was me thinking it was a new policy by Stagecoach to helpfully allow time for passengers to sit down before speeding off as fast as possible and throwing them off balance into the lap of an unsuspecting fellow traveler.
Well the drivers should allow you time to sit down anyway!And there was me thinking it was a new policy by Stagecoach to helpfully allow time for passengers to sit down before speeding off as fast as possible and throwing them off balance into the lap of an unsuspecting fellow traveler.
Hopefully the slow doors won’t be a problem then as it allows the time for passengers to find their seat
What if the passengers are faster than the doors? Or they are alighting not boarding? Then the doors are simply wasting time which adds up if the bus stops at most stops.
Update on this: the Stagecoach West website advises that Swindon Borough Council have decided to provide funding to allow continuation of Service 57. Services 7, 9 and 10 will see revised timetables. No mention yet of who will be operating the 46, 48, 53 & 80.
www.stagecoachbus.com
Some of the 94-branded buses have transferred to Bristol for the 9 (and also appear on the other Bristol routes from time to time). At least one ‘University of Surrey’ bus (15983) has transferred to Cheltenham/Gloucester.
A definite downgrade of the 94 then, their flagship route and the only one that always had new vehicles in the past.
www.oxfordbus.co.uk
It's actually a new contract, has been commercial for the last year and was funded directly by the hospitals (as three separate routes) before that. Not very Enhanced Partnership to have Go-Ahead back on the Banbury Road already having only withdrawn last year!It appears Stagecoach Oxford have lost the contract to run the 700 in Oxford. From Oxford Bus Company's website:
We are pleased to advise customers that we will commence operation of service 700 from Monday 3rd July 2023, connecting Kidlington, Oxford Parkway Park&Ride, Summertown, JR Hospital, Churchill Hospital, NOC and Thornhill Park&Ride.
This service will operate up to every 30 minutes Monday to Friday to the same route and timetable as the current service operated by Stagecoach, with support from Oxfordshire County Council. To see the timetable that we will be operating from 3rd July, please click here, and to see a route map, please click here.
New city700 service from 3rd July 2023
We are pleased to advise customers that we will commence operation of service 700 from Monday 3rd July 2023.
As Stagecoach in Exeter have just won back the 5A/B/C routes I would guess probably not, unless they’ve had any new buses in or from other depots recently.
They aren't permanent because they went up to Bristol on Friday Afternoon and came back on Monday Afternoon about 12 o clock lunchtime. They were for Love Saves The Day Shuttles in Bristol I found out.
