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Quite a few things to look forward to in March: Citybus' new Enviros 517-20 should enter service, along with other secondhand double deckers and the 4 Scanias currently be prepared at Milehouse. Many tendered bus services change in April for both Cornwall and Devon, details of which are now beginning to appear on VOSA. We know that Citybus has quite a few timetable changes planned for April, I would expect to see some for First shortly too...
A COLLISION involving two buses forced police officers to close one side of Royal Parade.
The single-deck vehicles crashed while travelling in the direction of the Charles Cross roundabout along the main thoroughfare through the city centre shortly after midday.
It must be said that The Herald did a poor job of reporting this story getting several key points wrong when it first published getting the location wrong and quoting the accident as being between “a singledecker bus and a bendy bus”!
It seems that it was a low speed accident and no one was seriously hurt which is good news. It did cause traffic chaos in town for quite a while though
Full investigations will no doubt be taking place at both bus companies as to what happened. With this in mind if you do comment, please do not make any accusations against any driver and do not mention drivers names. Thanks!
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Stagecoach Quick to React to Overloading Problems (Once someone told them about it!) Students being students, the heaviest demand for travel to the campus is not in the traditional "peak", but sometime later towards mid-morning. In the case of service 41 to Preston though, this extra demand co-incides with passengers wanting to travel out of the city, both after 0900 when the "Dayrider" ticket becomes valid and especially after 0930 when Concessionary Passes can be used
Traffic Gridlocked at £7m Bus Interchange Engineers worked through the night to prevent a repeat of gridlock which occurred on the opening of Northampton's £7m bus interchange.
North Gate; No Good or Nice Goody? A Question. And, before we move on to other things, almost everything that went wrong on Black Monday was pointed out in advance by interested observers.
From the 9th March, some of our fares will see an increase of 5p on a single and 10p on a return. We have tried to hold the price of as many fares as possible. to that end these changes will only be for fares that are currently priced at £2.00 and over for a single adult, £3.00 and over for a return adult journey and their child fare equivalents.
We have decided to hold off applying an increase to our adult dayrider until 20th April 2014, regrettably it will then see a 10p increase to £3.70. Child dayrider will stay at £2.90.
All other fares, including season tickets will remain frozen. Our last fare change took place on the 10th February 2013.
It has to be said it could be a lot worse!
Just another day running a bus company
5 March: We have been advised of a gas leak in Mutley Plain inbound to the City.As a consequence all inbound services are being diverted via Ford Park Rd, Pennycomequick into the City Centre. At the present time outbound services are not affected.
5 March: In Plymouth urgent pothole repairs will be carried out this afternoon around Alexandra Road, Mutley junction of Mutley Plain and further repairs will be made on North Hill inbound by 1st bus stop junction of Mutley Plain after 18:00 this evening.
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North Gate; No Good or Nice Goody? The Sequel final thought from fbb - Perhaps it's all a horrible nightmare; perhaps the old bus station is still open? Certainly the National Express web site thinks so...
konectbus new route 22 to be operated by an open topper The vehicle that is to operate the route is Northern Counties Palatine bodied Volvo Olympian R739XRV (WDL691) due to arrive at konectbus from fellow Go Ahead Group operator Southern Vectis on the Isle Of Wight in the next couple of weeks
Luxembourg, Luxembourg: If I had to describe Luxembourg's public transport system in one word, that word would be... colourful!
Why the bus pass is great value for the country Research shows that access to concessionary travel contributes significantly to a more active lifestyle among some older people. Being able to use public transport helps people get out and about, reducing the likelihood of weight problems, something which costs the NHS over £10bn a year. Free bus travel also helps tackle many people’s biggest fear – loneliness and isolation
Thanks to Dave Jenkins, Ralph Delbridge and Tom Michaels for this quick clip of former Plymouth Citybus Leyland Atlantean NDR509J which is a recent addition to the PCTPG family and is now moving under its own steam again! Clearly they have a lot to do, but this is going to be well worth the wait…
Future Event – well worth the trip
The Cornwall Bus Preservation Society in association with the Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust invites you to come to sunny, warm West Cornwall for our event on Easter Sunday 20 April 2013. Bring all the family and friends and spend the Easter weekend in Cornwall. This will be the 7th vintage bus running day in Penzance following the original Final VR Running Day on 9 December 2006 – yes it’s more than 7 years since VRs were withdrawn from service. For the die-hard enthusiasts we may also organise a run out on Easter Monday morning. We did this after the 2006 event when three VRs did the 300 circular Penzance – Marazion – St Ives – Land’s End – Penzance. The Running Day will be based at Penzance Bus Station with vintage bus services running from 10.00 until 17.00. Routes will include Penzance to Camborne, St Ives, St Just, Hayle, Marazion/Perranuthnoe, Praa Sands, Paul/Sheffield and out to Sennen Cove and Land’s End. In addition to CBPG’s VRs and other vehicles, visitors already promised include FLF 2019, LWL 1613 and VRs 1056, 1106, 1157 and 1203. Again it is hoped to be able to run small vehicles into Mousehole, a highlight of the last 3 years’ events. If you would like to bring a vehicle an entry form can be downloaded from the website below. Programmes will be available in advance from 2 weeks before the event from the undersigned for £5.50 inc P&P. We look forward to seeing you there. Kind regards Colin Billington Chairman Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust
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Standing up for buses in Lancashire Recently we heard the great news that Lancashire County Council had u-turned on a decision to cut £3.8m from its bus funding over two years. This could have meant many vital bus routes being cut completely, which would have caused social isolation and misery for thousands of people who depend on buses.
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