tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post6201470034905137620..comments2023-09-22T10:39:48.785+01:00Comments on Southampton Bus Update: Changes this weekendSotonBushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14300971557135804834noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-22757816786507892172015-01-07T12:23:06.150+00:002015-01-07T12:23:06.150+00:00There have been quite a few ex Velvet vehicles for...There have been quite a few ex Velvet vehicles for sale recently, may be its one of those and has been bought by one of the independent local operators? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-61015502265191820172015-01-07T11:14:47.606+00:002015-01-07T11:14:47.606+00:00interesting in view of some posts in UK Bus Southw...interesting in view of some posts in UK Bus Southwest group made in the last few days. Velvet have not served Ringwood for some while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-15006124495321869842015-01-06T23:25:09.088+00:002015-01-06T23:25:09.088+00:00I saw a velvet dennis dart near ringwood earlier I...I saw a velvet dennis dart near ringwood earlier I coulden't read the bit of paper in the window so don't know what route it was on - I thought velvet stopped the ringwood service?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-8684215962705446162015-01-06T14:37:57.500+00:002015-01-06T14:37:57.500+00:00Wheelers are claiming that they were not able to p...Wheelers are claiming that they were not able to provide there own information at stops until Bluestar had removed there's. Personally I can see no reason for this necessity if you have a date clearly printed on the timetable, as most do.<br /><br />As for Bluestar removing their information, that of course is their right, however if the timetable and route no. is the same (and they must surely be aware they are), then why the hurry? Even if there are changes the new operator could just remove/ cover up the old with the new, without causing any harm? <br /><br />It is interesting to note that Bluestar are continuing to provide a 1/2 hourly service around Broadlands Ave along side Wheelers hourly through service, even though the tender is only for Winchester - Allbrook. Yes it makes sense to continue to Eastleigh but is Broadlands Ave necessary? It seems loadings are significantly down on the E1/2 given most passengers for Broadlands Ave continue, it appears, to use Bluestar. - Ruffled feathers perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-84473734490159384752015-01-06T14:07:14.616+00:002015-01-06T14:07:14.616+00:00Not at all-First,Stagecoach and Bluestar all have ...Not at all-First,Stagecoach and Bluestar all have excelent roadside publicity, and it's not a*sey as you state, they have removed it because they no longer operate the contract, it's up to the new operator to supply their own infrastructure which Wheeler's in this instance seems not to be very good at for the moment-Also the Velvet 300 as stated was left up for a long time before being removed,but this is no surprise with the way it's now operated-The provision of information with any operator winning a tender is as stated should be a condition of them operating the tender,but this does not seem to be so,and in the end as usual it's the public who suffer-In Southampton the Council together with First I am told keep the bus stop publicity upto date, but even here this does not always keep pace with changes, an example being for the moment unless it changes within the next few days that Brijan 7 still shows an hourly Saturday service which is now two hourly-I presume this will be rectified within the next week or two as there will be slight changes to First 9 along the Bitterne corridor so no point in someone coming out twice within a week to adjust timetables- PACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-776665678660063682015-01-06T12:55:47.893+00:002015-01-06T12:55:47.893+00:00The big companies are not much better than the sma...The big companies are not much better than the small ones when it comes to roadside publicity.<br /><br />I think Bluestar are just being a*sey because they lost the route through being greedy and wanting more money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-12841966947467570872015-01-06T10:32:59.644+00:002015-01-06T10:32:59.644+00:00Until last Nov/ Dec there were still timetable at ...Until last Nov/ Dec there were still timetable at stops in Soton for Velvets 300! So Wheelers aren't the only ones guilty of this.<br /><br />However I would have hoped that standards for the provision of timetable information at stops would be part of any tender for a service provided by public subsidy, i.e. the E1/2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-64394707939925028892015-01-06T09:38:38.237+00:002015-01-06T09:38:38.237+00:00Within Southampton there are still flags with Whee...Within Southampton there are still flags with Wheeler's W3 on them and some timetable cases still have the W3 timetable in them,at the General Hospital the W2 timetable is still shown and most stop flags still show W2 throughout the route-PACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-27920570162839643342015-01-06T08:49:17.762+00:002015-01-06T08:49:17.762+00:00I'm pleased to note that Bluestar have removed...I'm pleased to note that Bluestar have removed all their flags and timetable stop cases along the E1/E2 sections of route-It's up to Wheeler's to provide their own, or in some comments I note they have made on their facebook page, they seem to think it's upto the council to do it all-Now that Bluestar are off the E1/E2 the passengers will note the drop in standard of the publicity-Let's hope the service doesn't follow suiteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-14770385427543677242015-01-05T20:52:00.523+00:002015-01-05T20:52:00.523+00:00This tweet somewhat amused me today in a 'scha...This tweet somewhat amused me today in a 'schadenfreude' kind of way:<br /><br />"@StagecoachSouth has the 13 Alton to Basingstoke route been changed??? Cos we're somewhere called odiham"<br /><br />https://twitter.com/StagecoachSouth/status/552126796406484992<br /><br />I'm sure people will get used to the changes eventually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-55906996386364623642015-01-05T20:44:19.698+00:002015-01-05T20:44:19.698+00:00While their at it could they possibly ask Wheelers...While their at it could they possibly ask Wheelers to put some timetables up at bus stops and tell the people running the electronic info system they are running the E1/2, and some stickers on poles would be nice too.<br /><br />There appears to be no sign that buses actually run between Eastleigh and Winchester, now that SBL have decommissioned all the stops and have even taken a flag with them! This is especially unhelpful at Eastleigh now that Wheelers depart from the other end of the bus station.<br /><br />On the other hand they have produced a very good timetable booklet which is available when you get on the bus (a bit late then!), however this just refers to Eastleigh bus station without mentioning the particular stand.<br /><br />While we are at it could they possibly bring a smaller bus with them? As no other bugger can get out of Winchester bus station when their in it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-37963962689609543512015-01-05T19:24:46.297+00:002015-01-05T19:24:46.297+00:00Wish someone at Traveline would sort out some of t...Wish someone at Traveline would sort out some of the new timetables as from 4th January 2015-If you go to the Wheeler's site it shows service 87/87A but on Traveline only shows service 87-The people in the Test Valley have had change enough without differing timetables being shown for the Salisbury to Andover service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-21556267832904344212015-01-03T18:25:10.397+00:002015-01-03T18:25:10.397+00:00Yes,thanks I have found that now since my earlier ...Yes,thanks I have found that now since my earlier posting-PACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-39560024041573657822015-01-03T17:12:03.325+00:002015-01-03T17:12:03.325+00:00Xelabus has direct links to the new timetables abo...Xelabus has direct links to the new timetables above each route map, but the timetable sections can only display the current timetables. Using Traveline appears to have its limitations.Anonybusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-78391203473162997172015-01-03T10:39:38.152+00:002015-01-03T10:39:38.152+00:00What a good start to the New Year-Still no new tim...What a good start to the New Year-Still no new times shown on Xelabus website for the changes from 4th January 2015, although they are shown on Traveline-We seem to have a lot of intending passengers looking at various websites not understanding what will or not operate on certain days over the Christmas/New Year Holiday period, although all operators have had the information displayed on their sites weeks before hand,so in the future I don't know how we overcome this one,apart from the fact where it states Sundays and Bank Holidays maybe it should in addition read also not Boxing Day or New Years Day Holiday-With all the modern technology available to find out information, it seems for some people difficult still to understand what or what not is on offer-It should be interesting from Monday 5th January to read comments on the various sites,from people who had no clue that the service was now withdrawn or drasticaly cut-PACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-11234095920557451402015-01-02T20:07:18.994+00:002015-01-02T20:07:18.994+00:00Brijan 7/8 provides lots of useful through links a...Brijan 7/8 provides lots of useful through links and carries OK on some parts of the route. The real surprise for me is that the E1/2 have survived intact - they only duplicate other routes for most of their length. HCC were planning to cut the E1/2 to 3 days a week until Wheelers came in with a low tender; expect that cut to be revisited if they do throw the tender in at any point.<br /><br />There are far less deserving cases for HCC subsidy than the Brijan 7/8.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-91842052120803091832015-01-02T01:02:38.885+00:002015-01-02T01:02:38.885+00:00You will see even less on it on Saturdays when it&...You will see even less on it on Saturdays when it's cut back and it can't be that bad during the day or though I agree not that busy on some journeys, as I'm sure HCC would have made even bigger cuts to it, and for that matter the 8 as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-14643940759397900442015-01-01T23:45:13.085+00:002015-01-01T23:45:13.085+00:00Not surprised that Brijan route 7 is being cut bac...Not surprised that Brijan route 7 is being cut back,hardly ever see anyone using it during the day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com