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Topic History of: Bus fares
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Green Man |
Again the elite cater for the urban and inner cities. £6 for a return journey in my area is more expensive than driving.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2epl3jnxlo |
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Al Gershwin |
Green Man wrote:
Google maps also does bus tracking
App and details for east Surrey - please - for the 13 companies. |
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Green Man |
Rich wrote:
Talking dirty buses GM, I'll happily name and shame.
Red Rose Travel. A bus company in Buckinghamshire that has its buses around Milton Keynes. I have never in my life seen such a disgusting and filthy fleet of buses as those from this company. They should be ashamed of themselves. So dirty, especially at this time of year that not only can't you read the number plate sometimes, you can't even read the name on the side very easily and the windows are so disgustingly dirty that nobody can see out of them apart from the driver, or they are dripping with condensation looking ripe for germ spreading. I see them go past and can't believe any company wants to project itself in such a filthy manner. They would have to pay me to use them, not vice versa. I don't understand not keeping a bus fleet clean and sticking theem through a washer, it's one of the most basic requirements you'd expect. Many buses I've seen in London often look spotless.
I have never seen a bus in MK either as new as this or as clean as this one on their website - www.redrosetravel.com/
There has been a scam come to notice in MK regards another bus company that wanted to withdraw routes due to lack of passenger numbers but who have been deliberately not charging people who are using their buses on these routes and giving them free rides so it makes the passenger numbers look bad and they can withdraw the service. I rarely use buses but did so coming out of MK Central railway station last summer and the driver refused my money. Didn't bother me, my saving, couldn't work it out as he had the machine to take it, and as I sat there he refused every other person who wished to pay along a 5 mile route. Not only were people who should pay a fare not being asked to do so but neither were the pensioner free bus passes being registered either. That was Arriva. They have since withdrawn the route based on what appears very sharp practice.
Are you sure you didn't go on a bender and woke up in Coney Island?
Where I live, it's all Stagecoach. |
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Green Man |
My nearest Spoons is a 35 min drive or so or a 60 min bus journey.  |
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Rich |
Talking dirty buses GM, I'll happily name and shame.
Red Rose Travel. A bus company in Buckinghamshire that has its buses around Milton Keynes. I have never in my life seen such a disgusting and filthy fleet of buses as those from this company. They should be ashamed of themselves. So dirty, especially at this time of year that not only can't you read the number plate sometimes, you can't even read the name on the side very easily and the windows are so disgustingly dirty that nobody can see out of them apart from the driver, or they are dripping with condensation looking ripe for germ spreading. I see them go past and can't believe any company wants to project itself in such a filthy manner. They would have to pay me to use them, not vice versa. I don't understand not keeping a bus fleet clean and sticking theem through a washer, it's one of the most basic requirements you'd expect. Many buses I've seen in London often look spotless.
I have never seen a bus in MK either as new as this or as clean as this one on their website - www.redrosetravel.com/
There has been a scam come to notice in MK regards another bus company that wanted to withdraw routes due to lack of passenger numbers but who have been deliberately not charging people who are using their buses on these routes and giving them free rides so it makes the passenger numbers look bad and they can withdraw the service. I rarely use buses but did so coming out of MK Central railway station last summer and the driver refused my money. Didn't bother me, my saving, couldn't work it out as he had the machine to take it, and as I sat there he refused every other person who wished to pay along a 5 mile route. Not only were people who should pay a fare not being asked to do so but neither were the pensioner free bus passes being registered either. That was Arriva. They have since withdrawn the route based on what appears very sharp practice. |
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