tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post5752929603330876599..comments2024-03-25T19:07:29.729+00:00Comments on Steve's Bus & Train Page: Ipswich P&R UpdateSteve Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-82797319028055190912017-01-13T10:32:35.684+00:002017-01-13T10:32:35.684+00:00These same people want to control buses.The buses ...These same people want to control buses.The buses bill has made even big groups wary of taking risks.I think besides Reading ,Nottingham and Lothian buses all the other municipals are struggling big time.Cardiff bus are being given sleepless nights by NAT .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-11826915720063435882016-12-13T12:21:16.821+00:002016-12-13T12:21:16.821+00:00Take First Ipswich for instance, got on to a crack...Take First Ipswich for instance, got on to a cracking start with the Ipswich identity but it never really got going, look at the two buses for the X7? No branding, just in a different colour? There is so much more they could have done to make it attractive, especially given the railway to Felixstowe and its unreliability!AaronIpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439124016218149641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-31233145650145869952016-12-13T11:48:14.758+00:002016-12-13T11:48:14.758+00:00As an example, just look at the new Coastliner bus...As an example, just look at the new Coastliner buses, and how the whole thing is marketed with the use of social media to see how behind the times we are in SuffolkAaronIpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439124016218149641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-56338059615542820282016-12-13T11:46:44.381+00:002016-12-13T11:46:44.381+00:00Just another shocking state of affairs in the oper...Just another shocking state of affairs in the operation of bus services in this county. When are we ever going to get modern, forward thinking bus services like other parts of the country. Just look at most parts, new high quality services with innovative branding and publicity, high quality buses etc, what do we get? We are so backward here in Suffolk, even with "good" operators like Beestons and Galloways, there really is no innovation at all, no wonder passenger numbers are declining when the approach is the same as it was in the 70's, 80's and 90's!! I really do think it's time Ipswich Buses sells out too, we are all clinging on to the fact they are one of the last municipal operators etc but I think that is clouding the fact we could get a much better quality service, be it from Transdev, Stagecoach or whoever without the constraints of a skint council running the showAaronIpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439124016218149641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-57177726124602476632016-12-09T09:25:34.583+00:002016-12-09T09:25:34.583+00:00Comment on the P+R proposals in the "Ipswich ...Comment on the P+R proposals in the "Ipswich Star": http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/will_the_park_and_ride_bus_deal_really_save_ipswich_s_service_1_4808988.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-88487376037646423272016-12-08T18:17:41.169+00:002016-12-08T18:17:41.169+00:00The 84 is more inter urban than rural and with the...The 84 is more inter urban than rural and with the service now reduced to an approximate 1 1/2 to 2 hoursinterval and with the afternoon service almost non existant I dont see that rouite lasting long as it will be to infrequent to be of use to anyone<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-68779290237454191292016-12-08T13:25:20.877+00:002016-12-08T13:25:20.877+00:00As ever it's all trying to cut the suit out of...As ever it's all trying to cut the suit out of the available cloth to fit within the available resources! And as ever Suffolk seem to be so late to the party. Everyone else has been doing the minor engineering works to try and knock the minutes off the bus journeys for years, even decades. The $64K question is does it all work? Can't make my mind up; the drivers, passengers and, not least, the rest of the motoring world seem to ignore it all; or, more charitably, take a lot of time (and I mean a lot) to adjust. It seems that half the time, for instance, I have to hobble out into the carriageway from a raised kerb to haul myself back up again into the bus, delaying it. Is it so hard? And why do the rest of us have to block every junction, and so many bus lay-bys?<br /><br />Though four buses a day seems pretty routine for non-school rural services in this region. The exceptions seem to be where there is a good active bus users group or bus-user politician acting as an advocate, which Suffolk has always seemed to lack. Hardly surprisingly, all companies have always needed to be nagged to do the right thing. (Probably just like the rest of us!) I've always compared First's 31/33 with the 64/5 (or even the 84 with the Essex 65) in that regard. How many councillors (or their officers) actually use the bus? Are the town and parish councils any more interested? Let alone many MPs.smurfukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812247601237248526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-25817169205636104422016-12-08T12:02:20.871+00:002016-12-08T12:02:20.871+00:00Heddingham are axing the 34/34A which operates in ...Heddingham are axing the 34/34A which operates in the Braintree area. Whether Essex county council will put it out to tender I dont knowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-15935679686588668962016-12-07T19:15:23.479+00:002016-12-07T19:15:23.479+00:00Chambers are axing almost 50% of their service 84 ...Chambers are axing almost 50% of their service 84 and its variants. For example on Saturdays it goes down from 8 return journeys to 4 yet Suffolk on Board states it is only minor changesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com