Cost of public transport!!

[Sara_H]

My bus route is served by different operators, in the morning its First in the evening its Stagecoach.

So I cant even buy a daysaver, because neither operator will accept a daysaver purchased from the other.

My 4.5 mile journey to work and back (no direct route, two buses each way) costs £7.40 and take 1 hour 15 minutes.

 

[BrumJim]

And that's the thnig. You don't encourage people onto public transport by making the system byzantine and complex, or every day commuting (the journeys most of the UK, I'd imagine, do by car) the most expensive option.

It's arse about, favouring people doing their everyday short journey travel by car, and occasional long distance trips by train.

Problem is the cost of providing trains for usage only at peak times. This is very expensive. So the train operating companies concentrate on getting people to use them outside peak, to the point of only just covering marginal costs. There has been plenty of work done to try and make better use of trains, including balanced maintenance so they undergo checks and repairs between peaks rather than taking them out of service for a day, but the problem remains the same.

Which is why commuting services are never as profitable as you would think, when pushed hard against someone's sweaty armpit at 8:00 in the morning, whereas Intercity services are much more viable, as they are used throughout the day.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

My 4.5 mile journey to work and back (no direct route, two buses each way) costs £7.40 and take 1 hour 15 minutes.

Do you not cycle that, only be 30 minutes at a leisurely pace?

 

[ColinJ]

Do you not cycle that, only be 30 minutes at a leisurely pace?

Or 1 hour and 5-10 minutes walking!

 

[postman]

Well well.I was just talking about this last night with a cycling buddy of mine.On Monday morning i had to be at Lees Gen Inf for fitting of a pair of hearing aids.8-30 appointment.Well 7-30 bus i went in on.Too early for my bus pass.The bus runs every 30 mins,so just incase it failed ,they do.I got in early and waited.

Bus fare one way £2-50.

 

[growingvegetables]

I have still to see my Glasgow - London £18 single beat though

With a bit of luck - £19.00 London to Inverness ---------- by sleeper[/urll]


Now THAT's the way to travel.

Loved the sleepers in Egypt 30 years ago - like something out of Agatha Christie, that had aged with the times. Silver cutlery - the real big heavy stuff.

 

[Archie_tect]

Once got a London to Newcastle single when GNER for £8.50 but the single down was $£44!

 

[Sara_H]

Do you not cycle that, only be 30 minutes at a leisurely pace?

Yes I usually cycle - I only usually catch the bus when its snowed.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Yes I usually cycle - I only usually catch the bus when its snowed.

 

[Paladin - York]

Ah! All very interesting but gotta go out. Now where's my bus pass & Senior Railcard?