The bus enthusiast thread.
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Blakey!!!
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
At LCT in the 80s we had a ticket inspector who was the spitting image of Blakey.
The 1986 deregulation of buses did more damage than good. Prior to it coming in South Notts were held in Nottingham as an example of what to expect, low fares and conductor operation.
Of course as soon as deregulation occurred they came under competition, went one man, made a loss for the first time ever and sold up.
Then theirs the increased nunber of services having to funded by Councils. Classic example of this is Harrogate to Wetherby where a commercial mainly half hourly service ran along the village roads rather than the A road for a good chunk of the route. 7 days and hourly evenings and Sundays.
In comes a competitor running along the A road. A "bus war" breaks out with the ultimate result of all commercially operated services running along the A road. The council funding an hourly daytime Monday to Friday service via the vilage roads. Theres one each way on a Saturday and none on Sundays. Advantage to cyclists is NCN67 follows the villlage roads so less chance of encountering a bus on a narrow road.
Of course as soon as deregulation occurred they came under competition, went one man, made a loss for the first time ever and sold up.
Then theirs the increased nunber of services having to funded by Councils. Classic example of this is Harrogate to Wetherby where a commercial mainly half hourly service ran along the village roads rather than the A road for a good chunk of the route. 7 days and hourly evenings and Sundays.
In comes a competitor running along the A road. A "bus war" breaks out with the ultimate result of all commercially operated services running along the A road. The council funding an hourly daytime Monday to Friday service via the vilage roads. Theres one each way on a Saturday and none on Sundays. Advantage to cyclists is NCN67 follows the villlage roads so less chance of encountering a bus on a narrow road.
