nowt to do with it really but the bus drivers that do the school runs dont have any work in the holidays so dont get paid...... probably why they are so grumpy all the time lol
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nowt to do with it really but the bus drivers that do the school runs dont have any work in the holidays so dont get paid...... probably why they are so grumpy all the time lol
I e-mailed Transdev to ask if it was true that the child fare was going up to 3/4 of the adult price, the answer I got was that the weekly & daily passes that have gone up in price so that they only now give a 40% reduction on the adult price instead of 50% to compensate for the passes being used at the busiest times. So people who buy a weekly pass for their kids to go to school and therefore make it easier for the drivers rather than having to mess about with giving change etc., are now being penalised for it - crackers!
I dont care if its 50p, Why should i pay to PROVE my daughter is under 16, just so greedy lancashire united profit on summat thats not needed, yet again the greedy gits will think of owt to make money!!Same reason you have to pay for passports, etc, I don't agree with it either but tbh £2 isn't exactly breaking the bank is it? And getting your child hoofed off the bus and left standing there without any means to get home isn't really worth thinking about is it.......
just like the fares on the buses, once over it was different prices at different bus stops, now its same price to accy if you get on at blackdog or palladium!!
Because showing the pass is a requirement for getting the reduced rate between the ages of 11 and 16
Here are the rules for the reduced rate
We need passes or ID for all sorts of things. EG If you go to the sports centre and you are entitled to a reduced rate, you get the pass to to prove it and save your self money. who wants to not get a pass to get a reduction they are entitled to and thus save money, even if it is less of a saving than previously?
Then there is the ID you need to prove you are old enough to do certain things. My sons who were too tall to pass for school age, now need ID to prove they are old enough to buy alcohol at 19, ID which has to be paid for, and costs more than 2 quid. Or do you suggest we do away with those as well and allow shop keepers to sell it to them because he "thought" they were 18? Would you like your daughter to get a tattoo without your permission coz she didn't need ID? these things cut both ways, and lets face it, they are a fact of life!
Then there is the ID you need to prove you are old enough to do certain things. My sons who were too tall to pass for school age, now need ID to prove they are old enough to buy alcohol at 19, ID which has to be paid for, and costs more than 2 quid. Or do you suggest we do away with those as well and allow shop keepers to sell it to them because he "thought" they were 18? Would you like your daughter to get a tattoo without your permission coz she didn't need ID? these things cut both ways, and lets face it, they are a fact of life!
The over 60's pass is issued by lancashire county council for use throughout england and wales .... An under 16's pass is issued by the bus company.
Yes but the ID to prove you qualify for that pass isn't. You get that from the Town Hall.
(Unless things have changed in the last couple of years lol!)
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True but Transdev accept "Young Person's Saver Card (or similar proof of age) " and your good old Council run Rossy bus company issues them free. You can get them from Rawtenstall Library free. I wonder if Transdev will keep to their information and accept them?
Sorry I should have wrote....why should I PAY to prove my daughters age!!
If they gave the passes for free then there would be no problem, but like i said its another way for the company to make more money.
Because maybe then there will be less 'kids' conning the system getting cheap bus travel when they're too old for it. When I was younger loads of people would scam the system and say they were younger than they were, the bus driver couldn't do very much except waste time arguing.
If everyone paid what they were supposed to perhaps the adult fare would be a bit cheaper because more people would be paying it!
Whatever happened to customer relations ? It obviously suits the bus company ( I'm guessing they are obliged by law to offer reduced fares, but I may be wrong ) to ask all people who are entitled to reduced fares to have a pass, it saves the customer hassle and the driver hassle. But why do some people have to pay for it. Rossendale transport issue one free of charge, why do greedy companies like Transdev, who not content with running a monopoly, also have 'extras'.
I disagree with the monopoly, but I think it would be better comparing it with another private bus company. Rosendale Transport is wholly owned by the council and are likely to be in a different financial situation.
its proper title is Rossendale Transport Ltd.
It is a private company. The shareholders are the council. It has to run exactly the same as any other private company. In otherwords what they get over the counter is what they have to work with. They dont get any cash from the council.
It is a private company. The shareholders are the council. It has to run exactly the same as any other private company. In otherwords what they get over the counter is what they have to work with. They dont get any cash from the council.
