Recent content by asw22

This sounds like an area run by one or more of the big groups that like to centralise control and therefore there's less focus on providing the local services. Barriers for entry for smaller operators are quite high under deregulation, but both Manchester and London show that they're even higher...

Brighton, Oxford, Leicester? The previously German government owned Arriva? Was Abellio better than Transport UK? There are examples of good and bad in both public / private ownership. Usually it is good local management and staff who make or break the business, with decent infrastructure...

The Roseville Road stops are very low usage and are close to the 12/13/13a stops on Roundhay Road and Regent Street has the 42. Maybe one of the 49 / 50 / 50A services could divert to run via Oakwood. I think Connexions would do a reasonable job Monday to Saturday day times but we might need...

This route probably lost a significant chunk of its commerciality when Npower closed its Scarcroft site in 2017 / 18 (out of Leeds the 07:25, 08:05 and 08:35 were always well loaded double deck services, and by early 2020 (even before covid) were less than a quarter full, which may be why First...

Maybe K&D big K livery for Keighley, Rider Bradford / Leeds / Huddersfield / Halifax type liveries and new identities for Wakefield, Dewsbury and Castleford. What proportion of bus journeys are local (within an area) vs between two plus towns?

Sadly I think the same in that it will take a lot more than some block paving / pedestrianisation to try to revive Bradford (my dad was in BRI for a few months last year so I made regular journeys from / to Leeds by train & bus so had the "privilege" of walking across Bradford as the Interchange...

Bradford has been in decline for a long time, not helped by the loss of its main industry and geography (quite a distance from the motorway and not on a major rail link). There has been some attempts to regenerate it with CitiPark, Broadway etc and I would hope the City of Culture could help the...

I currently have one account at two different banks. In Nov 2024, both issued me a replacement contactless debit card. One of the cards has only worked in that bank's own cash machines but not other Link machines. The card works contactless for a while but when prompted for a PIN the card...

In addition between 2011 and 2020, many local brands appeared (Leeds City, City of Bradford, Ipswich Reds, Excel, Buses of Somerset etc) reflecting the local nature of many bus markets (similar to the Blazefield and Go Ahead approach). Post GF era, it seems to be moving back to a national model.

First Bradford 617 618 620 seem to have appalling reliability issues, especially since September. Given that these run past a very busy hospital (BRI), and if they turn up are very busy, why don't first bus concentrate on making them more reliable rather than trying to drive passengers away...

Extremely disappointed with the driver on this evening's 662 who failed to pick me and two other passengers up.

Please may I ask for some opinions please. My dad was admitted to hospital as he fainted. He then started to walk again but fell while in the hospital causing a fractured finger and undiagnosed haematoma to his leg. After a few weeks he started to walk again, but the haematoma had led to lower...

I used this service Mon to Fri between 2014 and 2018 and there were often 2 hour gaps in the evenings towards Leeds (resulting in a number of 3+ mile walks after work along the A58 to try to find a 7S or 49). It's a tough route to operate with heavy traffic in Leeds, traffic bottlenecks at...

What I seem to be thinking is to reverse deregulation rather than franchising , where operators can bid to operate routes but with WYITA (West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority) having a greater say, or even the final say, on routes, frequency, punctuality, reliability and county wide...

Thank you some good points. Mostly Transdev Keighley's 60, sometimes Harrogate 7 and 36 though the 36 can have big gaps around 3 to 4 pm some days probably due to traffic. Sorry by foregone conclusion, I mean that I think more responses will be received in favour of franchising than those...