Transdev and Timetables

[Nori Brick]

you may not have rossendale transport for long the way transdev are going about things, I'v been told by a friend in lancashire of mine that that works for them, that transdev are tryin to buy out all the bus companys in this region.

[WillowTheWhisp]

I finally got to the bottom of this timetable malarky. The times of the Fern Gore buses have NOT changed.

This means that the bus which went past the stop at the back of our house was LATE (or early depending on which one it was meant to be.) Looks like Transdev were trying to pass the buck.

[flashy]

Originally Posted by Nori Brick

you may not have rossendale transport for long the way transdev are going about things, I'v been told by a friend in lancashire of mine that that works for them, that transdev are tryin to buy out all the bus companys in this region.

now to me this is a good thing (to others it may not be) i know if i buy a bus pass/day pass i can use it on several different buses in several different towns because Transdev own them.
When i go upto my sisters on Willows lane i know i can get a bus ticket for the day that gets me from my house in Blackburn, into Accy and then on the bus upto Fern Gore and back again and it only costs me £4 and i can use it all day going wherever i want within Darwen, Blackburn and Hyndburn (this is called a £4 spot on ticket)
With the more expensive £6 day passes you can even go to Burnley and Manchester.

now to me that has to be an improvement on the transport system we used to have?


i know on Rossendale transport these tickets for the day only cost £3.50 but you have more scope with Transdev and the buses are newer

[shillelagh]

why? with rossendale rovers you can go to bury, blackburn, rochdale, manchester, accrington, haslingden, rawtenstall, bacup, ramsbottom.
Copied from rossendale transports own website - their fleetlist is given and
Fleet Size 108
Average Fleet age 6.87

Transdev does not have a fleet list for either blackburn or burnley or accrington so i dont know if their buses are newer.

[BERNADETTE]

I got a weekly ticket off Transdev yesterday can I use it on buses other than Transdev??

[shillelagh]

I missed off Burnley and Bolton as well where you can visit with Rossendale Transport on your £3.50 ticket.

Bernie think its only transdev buses you can use it on.

[BERNADETTE]

Was just wondering because there is a map showing where it can be used to ie Rising Bridge, Hyndburn Bridge, Redcap etc will make enquires tomorrow.

[shillelagh]

http://www.lancashireunited.co.uk/fares/spoton.asp

There you are bernie their website

[flashy]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

why? with rossendale rovers you can go to bury, blackburn, rochdale, manchester, accrington, haslingden, rawtenstall, bacup, ramsbottom.
Copied from rossendale transports own website - their fleetlist is given and
Fleet Size 108
Average Fleet age 6.87

Transdev does not have a fleet list for either blackburn or burnley or accrington so i dont know if their buses are newer.

you cant get to Manchester on them anymore Jen and they have also stopped that bus that used to go through Loveclough to Burnley, its run by stagecoach now i must admit that i use Rossendale rover tickets quite a lot when i'm going to Bury, we stop off every so often and go to a park, i was really naffed off that Rossendale transport doesnt do the loveclough bus anymore because i wanted to show Reece where i used to live and the only way RT go to Burnley now is through Water and it takes ages

[BERNADETTE]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

http://www.lancashireunited.co.uk/fares/spoton.asp

There you are bernie their website

Thanks for that

[flashy]

they Rossendale day passes have now gone up to £3.60 btw

[AccyMad]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Presumably this also means we will have to go and get those stupid passes for the kids to get half fare ?

Yes, we will - as my son & his friends found out yesterday when it was non uniform day at Mount Carmel and the bus driver (who knows each one of the kids cos they catch the same bus every day to school) would not let them on unless they paid full fare. They ended up walking to school (not too bad as at least it was fine but would have been the same if it had been a day like today). I didn't realise that the 'little white bus company' was run by Lancs United and have put in a complaint about the drivers attitude to the kids yesterday, after all it's not the first time this school year that they've had a non uniform day and they haven't had a problem on those days. Sounded to me like he was being a bit of a 'jobsworth'

[AccyMad]

I received an apology from TransDev today regarding their driver making the kids walk to school because they were out of uniform, they reckoned he was a driver on loan from a different area who thought kids had to have an ID pass - not sure that is quite true as the kids say he has driven their bus regularly - but at least they did apologise and said the driver was made aware not to leave kids stranded again.

[Stanleymad]

To add to this thread i have just had a mass row with a transdev driver because he tried charging my daughter who WAS in uniform & being escorted by me, full fare luckily he saw grace but thrusted a app form for the saver card.

Now im absolutely disgusted, U16's should have half fare least till 16th birthday but i feel transdev are totally abusing the policy by introducing a chargable saver card which require passport pic so more expense - even more a joke is they have a monopoly on buses here so choice is now not an option!!!!!

I shall be directing my disgust to Greg Pope & also this thread because its scandalous!!!! As if anyone over the school age would dress up school uniform just to avoid the full fare - is seriously taking the wee wee !! Especially when school children rely on the bus service which more often or not is now provided by the monopoly who charge £2 per saver card per child - raking it in i think!

[WillowTheWhisp]

The time keeping isn't getting any better either. There seemed to be a whole bus missing yesterday on the Fern Gore run.