The First travel shop in Pound Tree Road in Southampton City Centre closed for the last time on Friday. First chose to notify passengers by issuing this message on ... err ... Friday. There's been a travel shop from First/Citybus/SCT on Pound Tree Road for decades, since long before privatisation. Can anyone remember when it originally opened?
First are steering people who used to use the travel shop to their website and app, which is fine for those of us comfortable with the technology, but some people will inevitably be left behind.
Southbourne Buses launch the S40 this Tuesday. It's a once-weekly shoppers' service from Ferndown via West Moors and Fordingbridge to Salisbury. See the timetable here.
The comments to the previous article ask where people will now be able to obtain printed timetables and question the lack of notice.Perhaps someone from First can answer this.
ReplyDeleteWhere is it I can now top up my first travel card with single journeys? Or do I have to pay in cash which might I add is more expensive over time. My phone won’t run the app either. It makes my phone crash
ReplyDeleteHope the Daily Echo will look into this.
DeleteThe Daily Echo have been told ,but don`t appear to be bothered to report on it.
DeleteYou can top up your First Travelcard on the bus, although you can only do that by paying in cash1 They really need to update their website so you can top-up online....
DeleteThe Echo keep reporting on unit`s at West Quay that are opening /closing but don`t seem interested if it`s elsewhere.
DeleteI think the staff got notified on Friday also that they were being made redundant like alot of there staff have already been
ReplyDeleteSouthbourne's S40 the 9.00 departure from Ferndown cuts a lot of the few possible pax. Does anyone see the owner making money from it?
ReplyDeleteHe's also up for a PI.
English National Concessionary pass holders with passes issued by East Dorset District Council are entitled to all day travel providing the journey starts in the East Dorset Area. Whilst the first day of operation passenger numbers were lower than expected we hope these will increase as things get back to normal in Salisbury.
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Christ been posted for 2 days and the anti first police havent told us that this would not happen to go aheads shop and its a sign first are going
ReplyDeleteIt's so obvious now that it's not worthy of mention anymore.
DeleteThe pro-First brigade still can`t answer why there was no advanced warning of this with customers only finding out from viewing the website on the day.Where was notice of this on Facebook,or Twitter?Absolutly shocking!
DeleteApparentley the 1 in fareham closed on friday aswell
ReplyDeleteAs it says in the Bob Dylan song, The times they are a changing. We live in an electronic information world now, staffed information offices disappeared from the railway stations long ago, I am surprised the bus info shops have lasted this long, I am an old git but even I know the info is on my phone. Have you tried to speak to a person on the phone or in the branch at your bank, you have more chance of meeting Elvis, sadly that the way the world is going.
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DeleteIt is also been said that when truro bus station reopens after major work that the travel shop there is not going to reopen and also penzance was shut so seems like a first policy across the country not the doom of first in southampton as most would like
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