tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post3301426532125453698..comments2024-03-18T23:11:58.780+00:00Comments on Plymothian Transit: Coach Station and Marjon Linkdidbygrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01858408719372985035noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-38872000585902066542015-01-18T21:11:56.116+00:002015-01-18T21:11:56.116+00:00Buses are likely to be moved to Royal Parade, Nat ...Buses are likely to be moved to Royal Parade, Nat Ex to the new Coach Station, with visiting coaches dropping off, picking up outside the Theatre Royal, which will then park down by Millbay Docks, where Lorries will also park at Millbay. There is room down there to provide this at relatively low costAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454278491955793593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-88790591869651190012015-01-18T12:35:16.076+00:002015-01-18T12:35:16.076+00:00Probably to Royal Parade. There needs to be a cen...Probably to Royal Parade. There needs to be a central info point/ person there at all times as it is a very big place to find out where your rquired bus is going to go to.<br />PS Sunday timekeeping by First is terrible. They should get no public subisdies for late services.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-89364628420322921732015-01-17T09:40:50.348+00:002015-01-17T09:40:50.348+00:00Does anyone know where the buses from Bretonside i...Does anyone know where the buses from Bretonside is going to move to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-83165051179681639182015-01-16T15:36:15.032+00:002015-01-16T15:36:15.032+00:00Bretonside is actually at the "right" en...Bretonside is actually at the "right" end of town - where most of the shops have become concentrated due to Drakes Circus. However, that same shopping centre turned its back on the bus station instead of integrating it. There should have been direct access with lifts included. People say that the west end is dying because it's too far to walk; yet they're happy enough to walk the length of Royal Parade to find a bus.<br />However, Royal Parade is too crowded, with double and even triple parking at stops. Plymouth is going the same way as Northampton has and many other cities. If Bretonside was properly revamped (I advocate stripping out all the present structures under the viaduct and creating a large enclosed airport lounge space), cared for and properly maintained with lifts installed it would work. Basically the council want to make a quick buck by selling off the land; that is all this boils down to. <br />And no one at PCC has ever answered the question about coach and lorry parking (because they don't know/care?). There is nowhere else in the city that is large and accessible enough, so we'd end up with somewhere hastily arranged even more remote from the centre. You say the bus station is too big for the number of buses that use it; is this cause or effect? Though, it's not just scheduled service buses that use it.Plymothianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05248948976442668300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-84630686292098032562015-01-14T22:40:32.651+00:002015-01-14T22:40:32.651+00:00Is it too late to save Bretonside? Probably!
Is it...Is it too late to save Bretonside? Probably!<br />Is it worth saving though?<br />Its far too big for the few buses that use it. Its not central enough to be of much use especially for disabled passengers who have to go the long way round to get to the shops. I do like the idea of Royal Parade being bus only and effectively becoming the main bus station. Cant quite see it happening but it could be made to work. <br />The whole issue of where the coaches are going to park up though does need to be addressed. They have a bit of time to sort this though didbygrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01858408719372985035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-77910177273947915472015-01-14T20:19:47.976+00:002015-01-14T20:19:47.976+00:00The bus companies must have known that Bretonside ...The bus companies must have known that Bretonside was going as over the years, services have been relocated to Royal Pde. The Tavistock buses, the Dartmouth buses, the Gold service. It's only the X38, the 76 & all the old Western Greyhound services that go in now. Eventually, cars will be banned from Royal Pde. which will be the new bus station. The day coaches will drop off & pick up either on the viaduct or Royal Pde. As to where they will go in the meantime remains a mystery. There certainly won't be the room at the new coach station. But hey ho, we'll have a massive choice as to which multiplex cinema we go to & which restaurant we eat in. PCC think it's going to make a big difference for the southern end of Plymouth City Centre but having walked through there this afternoon, I think it's way too late with all the empty shops from the old Woolworths downwards. People using the new coach station will only be interested in catching the right National Express coach at the right time. Is it not too late to save our Bus Station & spend a decent amount of money on renovating it & returning it into the central transport hub for our City?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-24813477566254260102015-01-14T14:03:03.332+00:002015-01-14T14:03:03.332+00:00What no one has explained is where the visiting co...What no one has explained is where the visiting coaches and buses on layover not to mention the overnight lorry parking will go when Bretonside is closed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-31822539867072959892015-01-14T10:59:19.792+00:002015-01-14T10:59:19.792+00:00what gone to happen to the day coach for day trips...what gone to happen to the day coach for day trips where there gone to park to now <br />and where the local buses gone to park why drivers on break <br />cant afford trun holiday coaches away <br />in stead of car park dhpuld been coach park next door right in heart off city<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com