I have a question that I hope someone can help with please? Is it acceptable for a bus just to bypass a stop with passengers waiting for no apparent reason?
I was standing at the bus stop on Springburn road at the bottom of Charles Street just now waiting on a bus to Buchanan bus station. An 87 (33210) approached. However, about 7 car lengths prior to it arriving to the stop, the driver pulled into the outside lane and flew past the stop, despite 5 people waiting which she clearly had seen as she gave us a sarcastic wave on the way past.
The bus was not at capacity so there was no reason to bypass the stop other than the fact she couldn't be bothered waiting on the traffic lights. This is not the first time this has happened btw and is extremely poor customer service imo.
The other possibility is that, as all buses from that stop end at the bus station, another bus was in the correct lane, and so the second bus moved into the outside expecting it to pick up any passengers. I've been frustrated many times by how many light changes it takes to get through there, and I end up thinking, "That passenger could walk it!"
The 87 to/from Auchinairn Woodhill replaced the 10. The 10 replaced the 45. The 45 used to avoid that snarl-up by going through Sighthill (Fountainwell and Pinkston). It did that long after the high flats were demolished, even though it was a dead part of the route. I do remember the change being slated as an improvement, as it then remained on the expressway, however I do think that the delays at that junction eliminated any time savings made! Presumably, now that the high flats have been replaced (one estate has been there for years now, and the new large-scale housing has begun), the route should revert to serve Sighthill once more? Or does the new road layout preclude bus routes?