Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,873
Karlos wrote:One less diesel bus in service
Bit of a drastic way to get away from the cold.
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
- Posts: 1,073
Just glad no one was on the bus.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,919
Gawd blimey lol
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Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
It would be interesting to see some loading figures for fast track. Every time I see one it's either empty or just one or two people on it.
Terry
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Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,817
The same,i,m not sure if its really working out.
Arthur- Registered: 18 Nov 2020
- Posts: 438
I attended a meeting in December and it was stated then they were recording an average of 400 journeys per day.Thats the most up to date information I have.
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Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,256
Arthur wrote:I attended a meeting in December and it was stated then they were recording an average of 400 journeys per day.Thats the most up to date information I have.
So with somewhere in the region of 70 buses a day, it seems to be going really well
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Arthur- Registered: 18 Nov 2020
- Posts: 438
It will be interesting to see how the timetable is revised in April. Buses are meant to be available to meet the last London train of the day. Will the number of trips be reduced during the day? Who knows! I frequently drive to the leisure centre and see lots of empty buses in both directions- never seen more than three on board . I suspect the busy times are school trips between Whitfield and Dover and the same from Dover to Whitfield.
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,256
Our daughter uses it to get to work at archers court and home. Only a handful of people up the hill, a few more back down, very few students use it as it is the wrong catchment area.
Surely 3 buses an hour running empty is not sustainable once any subsidies run out?
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,873
When any subsidy ends and common sense sets in it will probably be more cost affective to run a mini bus from a taxi firm............ I will not hold my breath to much ego for some desk bound big-wig at stake.
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,541
Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,053
Yeah, I spotted defects in the new surface too - like being higher than the pavement!
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,541
Nearly got hit by a bus that was going the wrong way down Pencester Road Sunday.
And it wasn't even an electric one
