Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,302
Interestingly I saw A Dennis Dart (a long bus for the uninitiated) on the 91 last week. That should help the overcrowding.
Terry
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,865
I caught the 91 folk to dover blimey we visited elderly persons homes, streets I didn't know existed in Folkestone.
interesting though I suppose
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Stagecoach knocked a town service on the head and incorporated it into the 91 which now runs more regularly and connects a lot of people with our hospital.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
The bus service be ween the hospitals is bad one thing taking away a local hospital to be replaced with one a long way to get there is not good the plan was that the public of Dover was to use our new hospital and that the drs were to come to that,or have a TV link up to them from Dover, but that never happen. I do feel sorry for the public that have to try to get to the hospitals at Ashford Margate, not to bad if it is Canterbury but still could be a lot better,and on top of all this most are not feeling well ,thats why they need to get there in the first place,
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,020
And crowded it is too .
Guest 1395- Registered: 5 Nov 2014
- Posts: 463
New timetables for 15 and for 80/81 now on the website. All a bit hit and miss. Terry - most unlikely to have been a Dart as Dover hasn't got any! The long single-deckers are E200s (and one longer E300)
Lew Finnis
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
An unfortunate side effect of the changes is that late afternoon nos; 62, 63, 68 and 102 arrive at the same time in Priory Street meaning one bus has to load in the middle of the road stopping other traffic getting through.
Guest 1395- Registered: 5 Nov 2014
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Universal Application of Sod's Law, Howard!
Lew Finnis
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Interesting to look at the bigger picture and see how people in the most deprived areas often get the worst deal. A day rider in Cornwall costs £.12 and I bet the buses are few and far between.
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I see that 62 and 68 weren't serving the Market Square this afternoon due to congestion. I know queues from the Castle Street lights have been reaching back past Pencester Road because only one lane is available.
Lew Finnis
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Lew Finnis wrote:I see that 62 and 68 weren't serving the Market Square this afternoon due to congestion. I know queues from the Castle Street lights have been reaching back past Pencester Road because only one lane is available.
Been like that for a couple of weeks Lew with some days worse than others, would be more acceptable if the water company was seen to be working all the time. The 1540 hours 68 went past 30 minutes late outside of my house.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
those lights/roadworks are a nightmare at the moment,. be evan worse at the start of the school holidays. along with the roadworks at Maxton.
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Guest 1395- Registered: 5 Nov 2014
- Posts: 463
I do my best to avoid the area if I can. Fortunately there's a back way to get to my Doctor's. The patient before me this morning arrived late for her appointment after being stuck in traffic - but luckily the doctor was running late.
Apparently there was also a problem on Jubilee Way at one point which didn't do the reliability of the 12 and 90 any good!
Lew Finnis
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,819
Lew Finnis wrote:
Apparently there was also a problem on Jubilee Way at one point which didn't do the reliability of the 12 and 90 any good!
Probably caused by a lorry going into the arrestor bed on Jubilee Way, the lorry was recovered this afternoon.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,865
Although road works are An issue not much positive is said about the present bus service
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,020
Flooding a dead horse Keith.I rarely go on the bus these days .I use the local coop
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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flogging even?
I'm a fighter though sue I don't give up
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Went into Folkstone earlier so took a look at the timetable at the stop and they have got it right in that 102 and 68 routes stop there, the only trouble is that they state the destination of the 68 as Temple Ewell when in fact it is Maxton.
Bob Whysman
- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
- Posts: 1,934
Keith Sansum1 wrote:flogging even?
I'm a fighter though sue I don't give up
Do nothing and nothing happens.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Had reason to venture out to River earlier or as otherwise known Upper St Radigunds. I think it was a 92 bus and in both directions it turns into Crabble lane drives around a sprawling housing estate and comes out again into Crabble lane. It didn't stop once on either trip to let anyone on or off.
Do nothing and nothing happens.