tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post3072353452408281681..comments2024-03-25T19:07:29.729+00:00Comments on Steve's Bus & Train Page: Victoria Coach Station - A National DisgraceSteve Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-83016613608981646572014-08-03T13:17:27.585+01:002014-08-03T13:17:27.585+01:00Now if only all companies I criticised had this re...Now if only all companies I criticised had this response! I would be delighted to accept your offer and look forward immensely to meeting you and finding out what the future is for VCS and most importantly the passengers who pass through it. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to get in touch and for commenting. Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075632962275755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-65007014951440143692014-08-03T12:09:55.355+01:002014-08-03T12:09:55.355+01:00Steve, would love the opportunity to provide you w...Steve, would love the opportunity to provide you with a practical repsonse and prehaps a tour of station to show the improvements we have made and are planning. Get in touch with me the GM at the Coach Station address and I would be happy to arrange. vcsfeedback@tfl.gov.uk Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-86837741231045001092014-07-29T20:07:06.316+01:002014-07-29T20:07:06.316+01:00Oh one more thing - how much money does TfL make e...Oh one more thing - how much money does TfL make each year from tourists? That money could be used to renovate VCS so the poor London taxpayers don't have to foot the bill.Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075632962275755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-30540552399151733542014-07-29T20:05:18.228+01:002014-07-29T20:05:18.228+01:00Well yes that is the conundrum, and I have a feeli...Well yes that is the conundrum, and I have a feeling TfL know that all too well. they can't go anywhere so we're onto a winner seems to be the attitude. Mind you they've been looking for a use for Battersea Power Station for ages now - a temporary coach station while Victoria gets a big makeover, with airport style shuttle buses transferring passengers to Victoria Rail Station. <br /><br />There you go - problem solved. I am available for consultancy work.Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075632962275755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-9668572285199181862014-07-29T17:31:13.271+01:002014-07-29T17:31:13.271+01:00Yes Steve, so who pays for the improvements: the p...Yes Steve, so who pays for the improvements: the passengers or the London taxpayer? I can think of many good reasons why the answer is "neither". And what do you do with the coaches whilst the work is carried out? Just for a bit of fun: have a go at the Department of Transport and see where that gets us. That's the problem! The long distance coach business has been popular and growing for decades. Political profile: zero. No competition with the NHS, the schools and the train sets. (Thank goodness the state of all of them, at least in this region, probably).smurfukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812247601237248526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-14616834909541998952014-07-29T17:03:21.728+01:002014-07-29T17:03:21.728+01:00Sorry Simon but the VCS pigeons are still there in...Sorry Simon but the VCS pigeons are still there in numbers! Seems the only place Ken and Boris have managed to get rid of pigeons is the one place the tourists flocked to see them!Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075632962275755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-28139005229420122932014-07-29T16:38:04.795+01:002014-07-29T16:38:04.795+01:00Steve,
JohnDBus here again. Couldn't agree mo...Steve,<br /><br />JohnDBus here again. Couldn't agree more about this coach station. I have to go to London every two years and the coach station is filthy. Pigeons pecking around, hygienic place to eat and drink? Nah. I enjoy bus spotting, would love more comfortable surroundings to do it in whilst waiting for the bus back to Norfolk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-6476167807337113782014-07-29T16:13:48.770+01:002014-07-29T16:13:48.770+01:00Unless they have finally got rid of them, don'...Unless they have finally got rid of them, don't forget the wonderful VCS pigeons who wander and flutter around the seating area...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357929317301843307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-78155003671275506942014-07-29T14:37:36.725+01:002014-07-29T14:37:36.725+01:00Mate I am one of the tightest people going - I wil...Mate I am one of the tightest people going - I will find an empty train rather than spend 20p to pee in a station! But coach travel is really taking off again thanks to the likes of Megabus who are making it fashionable again and taking away the old lady with whicker basket and Werthers Originals image that National Express have had for so long. The cost of car insurance for the young means a lot of them are leaving it later to drive, and the cost of rail travel is prohibitive to a lot of people - myself included in the main so more are taking to the coach - even my 9.30 last Friday from London to Norwich was 85% full which really surprised me.<br /><br />Therefore it only makes sense that with an expanding business the passengers are nurtured and encouraged, not put off by buildings and facilities that are a complete insult. I'm not sure how many of those First Class businessmen will be regular travellers on the new Circle Line trains either!Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075632962275755022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-23195501298582264962014-07-29T14:10:55.866+01:002014-07-29T14:10:55.866+01:00We all know that coach passengers (barring your go...We all know that coach passengers (barring your goodself, naturally) aren't ones to splash the cash, unlike the businessmen on expenses who frequent the airport lounges and railway concourses. So where's the money to be made to keep the Mayor happy?smurfukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812247601237248526noreply@blogger.com