Cost of the bus
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I live in Bolton but work in Salford. If I want to get to work on the train it costs me £2.90 and £3 for a return. However its £4.10 for me to get there on a bus. The bus takes 40 minutes longer and is a lot less comfortable so why is it more expensive. Its ridiculous the bus has now become very expensive. Do you have any thoughts on the matter?
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I pay £2.20 for a return from Salford Quays into Manchester on the tram which is pretty reasonable, whereas it's closer to £4 on the bus which takes a lot longer and always gets stuck in traffic.
It could be the petrol thing, but most trains also use fuel.
On a bus it takes 50 minutes to get Sunderland and 90 minutes to Newcastle.
On a train it takes 15 minutes to Sunderland 35 minutes to get to Newcastle.
As for costs it is £3.80 to Sunderland for a Red Zone ticket and to get to Newcastle £6.20 as you pass through 3 zones.
On a train it is £3.10 return to Sunderland and a return to Newcastle is £5.60.
I don't understand why buses can't be 1 flat rate.
Like in Vegas. 1 dollar for as long as you want. Not sure if it has gone up since it was 2000.
They are in London. £2 cash to anywhere, £1.20 with an Oyster card with a cap of £3.60 however many times you use it in a day.
They said deregulation will increase competition and make bus travel cheaper so quit moaning
Only one company operates in this area so they can charge what they like for a sh*te service. :mad:
How has it made it cheaper? Since 2001 the bus has gone up fifty pence a day to my stop.
Stagecoach bought out all the local companies so there is no competition.
It has gone up 50p a day since 2001? It must cost you manythousands of pounds a day by now
Don't ask me ask the Tories because Maggie said it would and who am I to question
I would have thought the exact opposite and that the scheme in practice acts as a hidden subsidy of the bus network; and that when / if the scheme is abolished, fares will rise passenger numbers will decline and that services will be slashed as a consequence.
It was 70p for a return trip to town in 2001. Now it is 1.40. My maths. It has doubled.
I buy a ten pound a week ticket to save money.
Fuel aside I'll think you'll find either local or central govt paid for them not ticket hikes.
I prefered 2001-2007.The buses had hardly anyone on them and you could get a decent seat at the front.
Since 2007 the buses are full and you can't get a decent seat. The journey times are longer as it takes ages for the old ducks to get on and off. Then there are the baby brigade and they take up seats as they can't be bothered to fold their prams/pushchairs up.
If that was true. How come is it much cheaper in Italy? I was amazed at the bus and train prices there.
Instead of picking on the elderly and people with babies (which you often do :mad:) why not the bus companies for not laying enough on for the increase in passengers?
Yeah and who subsidises them? not you the tourist, and talking of that I bet they get peed off with you travelling at their expense.
I'd like a gay bus for gay people. That would be great.
It could well be stud but how much would tickets cost for the few that would use them, or should they be subsidised like the elderly?
Good luck with that, we get one bus every 45 minutes to serve 3 villages worth of folk heading to and from town.
Well since the scheme came in to being the number of journeys to the nearest main shopping / cultural centre 15 miles away has increased from 2 an hour to 4 an hour during the day. I imagine that's due to all the old people travelling on the service. I fear it's going to go back down to the old more infrequent sevice. For me more crowded buses is an acceptable trade off for an improved service.
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