tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post7165961593041674045..comments2024-03-25T19:07:29.729+00:00Comments on Steve's Bus & Train Page: The Good, Bad, & OMG Not Them AgainSteve Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-70508168234635607592016-04-25T09:46:42.629+01:002016-04-25T09:46:42.629+01:00I had a few days break in Halesworth last week and...I had a few days break in Halesworth last week and travelled to Saxmundham to get a bus to Leiston to do some hiking. I met a guy at the bus stop in Sax who had travelled down from Crewe to take photos of Leiston football ground. He was under the impression that you could travel from Sax to Leiston and back again in one hour!! He was not a very happy bunny when I told him the First service was every 2 hours and so he aborted his journey. I don't think the 196 would have got him there in time either. Shame about the 196 as I was hoping to get to Dunwich later this year. By the way, I've told all my friends in Norfolk to ignore timetables at remote bus stops as they are most likely to be out-of-date as the council have not bothered to replace them or even take the old ones down!Alan Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-7789816930575283082016-04-22T00:23:24.857+01:002016-04-22T00:23:24.857+01:00Not exactly a frequent flier, Andrew - last flight...Not exactly a frequent flier, Andrew - last flight was Inverness to Luton in 2003!! So I'm not exactly up to mach speed on airline timetables. Presumably there are "trainline" type sites for airlines too which should make things a little easier? Incidentally Megabus don't publish timetables either - you have to look at individual journeys to see stopping points en route.Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-23944102486562972822016-04-22T00:19:18.790+01:002016-04-22T00:19:18.790+01:00To put it blunty the marketing, publicity, and inc...To put it blunty the marketing, publicity, and incentives for people to use buses is slightly less than pathetic! But then recent cuts go to prove that public transport is not high on the list of priorities of local councils.(not a word Smurf!)<br /><br />Unless attitudes change and fast I shudder to think what sort of service will exist outside towns and cities in 20 years time. Then people will wonder why all young people leave the country areas and move where the lights are.Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-5844638519081482652016-04-21T15:44:51.807+01:002016-04-21T15:44:51.807+01:00One comment on Internet timetables ... At least, i...One comment on Internet timetables ... At least, if you hunt for them, you can usually get "proper" timetables online for buses and trains. But have you tried doing it with airlines? May experience is that some of them make it very difficult to find "what" goes "when", especially when flights don't run every day.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-39246729601129709132016-04-21T13:00:33.557+01:002016-04-21T13:00:33.557+01:00The Pink Line has had rather a lot (to much some...The Pink Line has had rather a lot (to much some are saying ) of coverage the last few weeks . A few years ago in the 70/80's when a stead trickle of new buses arrived and there was no hype in the media and the bus services stayed the same . Legendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548023586989081547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-61555867155785729862016-04-21T11:43:25.418+01:002016-04-21T11:43:25.418+01:00About a dozen other routes in Suffolk have been ax...About a dozen other routes in Suffolk have been axed and replaced by DRT again with no advance information and how a dozen routes can be replace by 1 DRM services baffles me<br /><br />They should be looking at Uber type technology as well and perhaps running them as Flexi bus type services that can be booked almost in real time. At the current rate of bus cuts in Suffolk only a few main routes will be left. Even at present what is left is not a viable service for 90% plus of the population not helped by total lack of publicityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-71531882904415052642016-04-21T02:19:22.032+01:002016-04-21T02:19:22.032+01:00I ave been in this village nearly three years now ...I ave been in this village nearly three years now (although if the DWP have their way I'll be in a tiny bedsit in Lowestoft before you know it). In those 3 years I have known our Parish Council do one thing. That was to authorise the slaughter of over half the population of the peacocks in the village because a few second home owners (not local residents) complained about the noise and their flowers being eaten. They want weekends in the country but not country issues like bird noise.<br /><br />My MP is a doctor. She voted to reduce benefits for the disabled by 30% and move the goalposts so only drooling vegetables can get full disanility benefit. I'm not certain anyone is going to jump up and down because the 196 has gone. Incidentally I do know one parish council who approached the current operators of the 521, asking if they could, as you suggested, divert a couple of journeys a week. The request was declined. <br /><br />I apologise if I come across a little bitter but there's a good reason for that - I BLOODY AM!!!Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-17176236464725297992016-04-21T01:31:00.713+01:002016-04-21T01:31:00.713+01:00Good points, as usual: buses (like everything else...Good points, as usual: buses (like everything else) are part of the entertainment, and heritage, industry. The 196 fitted neither. More seriously, I assume it's another "victim" of the £5, or whatever, passenger subsidy limit. And why not? Should we throw (other people's) money around like confetti? The days of services by population formula (like painting by numbers) are over.<br /><br />But there's a lesson: in the town buses get creative. So why not in the country? What do the parish councils think they're for - they have to be proactive and their residents, yes I'm looking at you Steve, make sure that they are. And the County Council and the operators too, so why can't the 521 for instance divert to cover at least part of the withdrawn route some days of the week? Everyone has to chip in and help a bit. Yep, there are plenty of excuses why not, and one good reason why. I'll leave everyone to work out what that is. They do it elsewhere, why is Suffolk (and Essex Cambs and Norfolk for that matter) so different, and yes, backward? The County Council didn't promote the service. So why didn't the Parish Councils? "It's not our job". It is. "We run the route specified by the County Council". That doesn't prevent them from making suggestions to make it better. Plenty of excuses and grumbles; no action. It needs to be the other way around. Stop the blame game. We can all talk until we're blue in the face. And we will. And a fat lot of good it'll do us. Yes, I know.smurfukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812247601237248526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-48543501820647450012016-04-20T23:22:04.986+01:002016-04-20T23:22:04.986+01:00I have been arguing that point till I'm blue i...I have been arguing that point till I'm blue in the face Thomas. And getting absolutely nowhere. Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-5918648256415934062016-04-20T23:20:32.693+01:002016-04-20T23:20:32.693+01:00Of course it is, and I'm taking the pic from t...Of course it is, and I'm taking the pic from the stop on the other side of the road where I spend half my life waiting for minibuses that are about to be cut! Happy days!Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-2814213133518555462016-04-20T23:16:34.487+01:002016-04-20T23:16:34.487+01:00Thomas Browne) it annoys me that everything is onl...Thomas Browne) it annoys me that everything is online. Timetables and travel info etc. Which is alright for me, but what about older people who aren't familiar with gadgets and stuff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-71626999962945722422016-04-20T22:35:31.263+01:002016-04-20T22:35:31.263+01:00Hi to you too Steve! that Anglian pic is in Halesw...Hi to you too Steve! that Anglian pic is in Halesworth! Looks like it's about to come in to the main stop next to the car park and the play parkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08333777016031845632noreply@blogger.com