FFS another bus fare increase

[Isambard]

OK, I get the change thing MAYBE if you were paying a 50p fare (remember them?) with a twenty but is there ANY "business" that bitches about change more than Farce?

 

[Geri]

So, how much is a Dayrider now?

£4 now.

 

[Meltingpot]

I really, really miss Bristol buses. No, honestly.

I liked the old ones (green, with "Bristol" painted on the side). I think they actually were made in Bristol too (Bristol was the make IIRC).

@Isambard; "Farce bus" lol

 

[Meltingpot]

a return journey of around 20miles total is going to cost me £7 now. That's over half my shopping budget. Unfortunately that's the only way i can get to the shops that sell stuff!

First's efficiency would double if they hired people who didn't smoke like old boilers.

That's serious ripoff territory. From where I live to Launceston (Cornwall) and back is 24 miles and the fare is half that (£3.50 return).

 

[Awesome Wells]

Christ, those were the days.

I wish there was an alternative, but I can't drive.

 

[Meltingpot]

Me neither, and with my sight not what it was it's looking unlikely that I ever will.

That's one bus company though. The other one (which covers a different area) is significantly more expensive, though still well below Bristol fares apparently; around #2.50 for a 10- or 12-mile journey.

 

[stupid dogbot]

I liked the old ones (green, with "Bristol" painted on the side). I think they actually were made in Bristol too (Bristol was the make IIRC).

@Isambard; "Farce bus" lol

That may well be before my time, I'm afraid. I came to Briz in 1997, they were already Farce Bus by then, I think.

 

[Awesome Wells]

If only people would protest.

I'm so piss sick of First it's not funny. Public transport should be a national resource, not a greedy profit outfit.

They make me fucking angry.

 

[Meltingpot]

That may well be before my time, I'm afraid. I came to Briz in 1997, they were already Farce Bus by then, I think.

Yes it was, I was there (briefly) in the early 80s. I last visited Bristol in 1989, I think the bus companies had changed even by then. The Tories deregulated the bus services some time around 1986, after which everything changed (got worse IMO).

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I liked the old ones (green, with "Bristol" painted on the side). I think they actually were made in Bristol too (Bristol was the make IIRC)

like so - http://www.bristolbuses.co.uk/images/c7201.jpg

Bristol Omnibus was the bus operator (that got split into Badgerline and CityLine at privatisation and is now all 'First')

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Omnibus_Company

Bristol Commercial Vehicles was the builder of bus chassis, based at Brislington - they were originally a subsidiary of Bristol Omnibus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Commercial_Vehicles

most of the bus bodies were built by Eastern Coach Works at Lowestoft - the chassis were driven cross country to Lowestoft to be bodied...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/200198976/

 

[strung out]

like so - http://www.bristolbuses.co.uk/images/c7201.jpg

anyone know whereabouts this is?

 

[big eejit]

It's where Zetland road meets Gloucester Road. Why?

 

[Meltingpot]

like so - http://www.bristolbuses.co.uk/images/c7201.jpg

Bristol Omnibus was the bus operator (that got split into Badgerline and CityLine at privatisation and is now all 'First')

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Omnibus_Company

Bristol Commercial Vehicles was the builder of bus chassis, based at Brislington - they were originally a subsidiary of Bristol Omnibus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Commercial_Vehicles

most of the bus bodies were built by Eastern Coach Works at Lowestoft - the chassis were driven cross country to Lowestoft to be bodied...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/200198976/

Thanks for the info.

 

[weepiper]

A single cash fare on any London bus is £2, even if you're only going one stop or from one end of the route to the other.

£1.20 in Edinburgh

 

[Gerry1time]

60p in Guernsey apparently, down to 40p or so if you buy a card to top up

 

[_angel_]

Not when the bus is due in 2 minutes and you know the queue at the Tesco Express will be a mile long, and you only have a tenner and the bus driver will huff and tut at you if you give it to him!

Do drivers still do that? Given the fare increases, esp if there's a couple of you, some places don't even give change out of that (north yorkshire is particularly bad for this)

The only good thing about Leeds bus fares now is that the drivers don't routinely abuse you for getting on with a note.

 

[Geri]

I liked the old ones (green, with "Bristol" painted on the side). I think they actually were made in Bristol too (Bristol was the make IIRC).

I saw one of these today!

 

[Isambard]

Wasn't there a mention the other day of an Office of Fare (sic) Trading investigation into bus fares as it was obvious that people were getting overcharged where there was a monopoly situation?