Rossendale Transport....thieving gits! - Page 2

flashy · 30-03-2011, 22:34

just checked, it's £15 for a childs weekly 'Rover' on Rossendale transport making it £3.25 a week cheaper if you buy her a weekly ticket (5x £3.65)

using Transdev a weekly 'silver' childs ticket will cost £10.20, with this ticket she can go to other places at the weekend such as ....

Accrington
Blackburn/Darwen
Bacup, Town Centre
Bolton, Moor Lane Bus Station
Chorley, Interchange
Clitheroe, Interchange
Haslingden, Bent Gate or Road End
Keighley, Bus Station
Preston, Bus Station
Rawtenstall, Bank Street / Bus Station
Skipton, Bus Station
Todmorden, Bus Station

i know which i'd opt for

it will take her as far as school during the week too

http://www.lancashirebus.co.uk/fares.jsp?fareTypeID=43

Josie Bloggs · 30-03-2011, 23:19

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Originally Posted by Neil

Should children pay less than an adult?
They still take up a seat.
Why don't we all pay the same?

Our kids don't have the option of driving.

cashman · 30-03-2011, 23:24

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Originally Posted by Neil

Should children pay less than an adult?
They still take up a seat.
Why don't we all pay the same?

Doubt yeh would ask that if yer had to pay full fer yer kids everywhere, whats the difference between buses n other venues? seats are seats.

flashy · 30-03-2011, 23:34

kids don't get on for half price anymore, i think they pay 3/4 of the adult fare

Neil · 31-03-2011, 07:35

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Originally Posted by Josie Bloggs

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil

Should children pay less than an adult?
They still take up a seat.
Why don't we all pay the same?

Our kids don't have the option of driving.

You will have to explain that one to me, must be some logic in it somewhere

Neil · 31-03-2011, 07:39

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Originally Posted by cashman

Doubt yeh would ask that if yer had to pay full fer yer kids everywhere, whats the difference between buses n other venues? seats are seats.

Having reduced fares for some people must increase the fare for full paying people so is it really fair?

flashy · 31-03-2011, 08:13

Its always been that way Neil, you'd not be spouting that load of crap if your kids had to get the bus everywhere, a lot of us have no choice but to put our children on the bus, sorry for not being as fortunate as you, some of us can't afford one car let alone 2, i suggest you put your brain in gear next time you intend chatting bubbles

Neil · 31-03-2011, 08:24

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Originally Posted by flashy

Its always been that way Neil, you'd not be spouting that load of crap if your kids had to get the bus everywhere, a lot of us have no choice but to put our children on the bus, sorry for not being as fortunate as you, some of us can't afford one car let alone 2, i suggest you put your brain in gear next time you intend chatting bubbles

I was not stating an opinion either way. My lad uses the bus to get home from school every day and uses it some days to get to school, he did today.

flashy · 31-03-2011, 08:29

Poor lad, having to use poor mans travel

MITZY · 31-03-2011, 09:58

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Originally Posted by ian1

My other half works at the Bay horse in Baxenden and she thought she would catch the bus there last saturday then have a drink after work , from park pub to bay horse !£1.60 !!!!
a taxi would have only been £2.00 from door to door !!
ian

The "mission" bus stop (one lower down nearer to Accy) used to be a stage if this is still the case it would have been cheaper to get off there and walk up.

accyman · 31-03-2011, 14:11

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Originally Posted by MITZY

The "mission" bus stop (one lower down nearer to Accy) used to be a stage if this is still the case it would have been cheaper to get off there and walk up.

sory for the slight wander but i grew up in baxenden and it was called the mission back then.I remember that it was origonaly a petrol station where the newer houses are now but the mission seems an odd name for a petrol station.Is there any specific reason it was called the mission ?

Do kids under 5 still travel free on busses?

I also remember as a child seeing notices on busses saying a half fare paying child was expected to give up its seat for a full paying adult if seats were all taken

Also i heard that lancashire county council have cut funding to rossendale transport so they have had to raise prices where as other transport companies havnt had cuts of the same magnitude.If this is true then maybe a letter would be better directed at lancashire county council

Wynonie Harris · 31-03-2011, 14:18

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Originally Posted by accyman

sory for the slight wander but i grew up in baxenden and it was called the mission back then.I remember that it was origonaly a petrol station where the newer houses are now but the mission seems an odd name for a petrol station.Is there any specific reason it was called the mission ?

Before the petrol station was built, there was a Wesleyan Mission there.

MITZY · 31-03-2011, 15:45

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Before the petrol station was built, there was a Wesleyan Mission there.

Spot on Wynonie

lindsay ormerod · 31-03-2011, 17:35

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Originally Posted by flashy

just checked, it's £15 for a childs weekly 'Rover' on Rossendale transport making it £3.25 a week cheaper if you buy her a weekly ticket (5x £3.65)

using Transdev a weekly 'silver' childs ticket will cost £10.20, with this ticket she can go to other places at the weekend such as ....

Accrington
Blackburn/Darwen
Bacup, Town Centre
Bolton, Moor Lane Bus Station
Chorley, Interchange
Clitheroe, Interchange
Haslingden, Bent Gate or Road End
Keighley, Bus Station
Preston, Bus Station
Rawtenstall, Bank Street / Bus Station
Skipton, Bus Station
Todmorden, Bus Station

i know which i'd opt for

it will take her as far as school during the week too

Fares ~ Transdev

Thanks for the info, I've already checked all the alternatives, problem is the best times for her and closest to school are an X41 ( Transdev) in the morning, and a 464 (Rossendale Transport) bus home, if the X41 was available after school she would get that but it currently means a 40+ minute wait on her own in a bus stop. And I am well aware of it being my choice to send her to Hassy High, one I don't regret, I just object to being fleeced by a bus company that pretty much has a monopoly on bus travel up the Valley. ( Also informed by a Rossendale bus driver that they " don't do return tickets for children" Quality.

flashy · 31-03-2011, 17:50

i was just pointing out that even people such as me who 'sponge off the state' don't get free bus travel

as you say, you don't regret sending her there, as i don't with our choice for Reece, sometimes we have to go that extra mile in life just to get something decent