Recent content by Martin2012

The number of times I had this issue back when I used to buy Avon Rider tickets. Mainly Wessex Connect but had some problems with First too. Hopefully it was only one driver who didn't know and if the management become aware, they will remind their staff that Bristol Rider tickets should...

Today marks 1 year since Arriva pulled out of the Cheshire East area with D&G taking over the bulk of the routes. For those who have been regular users, how do you think D&G have fared in that time? An improvement on Arriva or are there improvements you think could be made?

I see that the timetable for the new supported 36 service is up. Back when the service provision at this time was previously provided as part of Service 3 to and from Crewe, would the Hanley to Kidsgrove part of the route have been the most heavily utilised section with Kidsgrove to Crewe...

The 100 route is simply being altered to serve Gloucester as opposed to Cheltenham which it currently does. From memory that short lived Birmingham to Bournemouth service via Bristol ran during Summer 2020 and 2021 so personally I think Covid was the cause of that route failing. I do feel NX...

Am pretty sure that on this particular occasion the Stotts Coach was operating a scheduled working. If memory serves me correctly it was a journey on Service 310 which only ran on Fridays and Sundays and was the return leg of a Bradford-Leicester-Bradford diagram. Am guessing it must have...

Remember once being at Sheffield heading to Leeds on a Friday evening when there were two NX coaches going to Bradford at the same time. One was a regular service with a standard NX vehicle and the other a hired in coach from Stotts of Huddersfield which from memory, was operating a weekend...

Last Flixbus trip I took a couple of months ago was with McGills, traveling from Bristol to Birmingham and back. On the outbound journey to Birmingham I had paid for a front row seat but upon boarding I was told by the driver that the front seats were unavailable 'because they were wet' (they...

Here in Bristol there is one route where the last journey is currently earlier an hour earlier on Saturday than on Sunday. On the same service the last journey terminates at that town centre's bus station on Monday to Friday but extends to a housing estate on Sundays. However, both issues are...

My understanding is that the loadings on the 3 are lighter from the Crewe end with the service becoming busier the nearer you get to Hanley. That's certainly been my experience when I've done the whole route. Last time I did the whole route (on a Friday morning back in February 2022), the...

With regards to the new 374 and 375 will they be able to be operated by deckers or will they need to be Streetlites? Am asking as my understanding is the 28 can't use deckers. It sounds an interesting idea but if it leads to regular single deck workings between Bristol and Wells in place of...

Thanks for explaining

Ended up in Wells last night and saw a number of First buses parked together in an area towards the back of the bus station. I asked my 376 driver about this and he told me that there is insufficient space in Wells Depot for all the buses to be parked there. Can anyone advise me how long this...

Maybe I was exaggerating about D&G 'making a mess' of services but am sure I did hear an example on this forum of a route where D&G ran lower capacity vehicles than the previous operator and as such that route suffered a decline in passengers to the point where the frequency got reduced. Not...

Thanks to those who have taken the time to respond. I'd like to say I now have more of an understanding as to why alterations to service such as the 36 might have occurred over time. It did feel a bit at the time as though for former routes such as the T2 and and the Y2-Y5, the operator used...

Are there many examples of routes which are normally allocated lower capacity vehicles (e.g. single deckers) during the main part of the day when the services is busier but then use larger capacity vehicles (e.g. double deckers) in the evenings and/or on Sundays when usage is lower? First...