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1	All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: 'Bristol Greyhound' bus service returns as Pier Buses	on: March 31, 2013, 09:46:08
Quote from: chris from nailsea on March 25, 2013, 22:05:21 Quote from: chuffed on March 23, 2013, 19:05:57 Baker Dolphin started running the 66 ...the coastal hopper...in April 2012 with 4 very comfortable brand new buses in a special livery. They have the contract for 5 years and it is an a real 'join the dots service' that replaced 3 other separate council services. North Somerset in the shape of Elfan Ap Rees claims this service will save ^100,000 a year. Trouble is, they keeping adding bits of diversionary route on, so that it takes best part of 1 hr 25 min to cover the route from Congresbury to Nailsea and vice versa via Yatton ,Clevedon,Portishead and Portbury. I am surprised they don't finish off the last bit between Congresbury and Nailsea town centre along the A370 and N&B station ..shouldnt take more than 10 mins to make it a truly circular service. See also http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=7318.msg86713#msg86713 When you said that there were 4 comfortable buses, there are actually only 2! But sometimes they have to put a Solo on the 66 if one of the Streetlites is unavailable...

2	All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: 'Bristol Greyhound' bus service returns as Pier Buses	on: March 31, 2013, 09:41:50
Quote from: chuffed on March 06, 2013, 09:57:17 A new hourly bus service Mon to Fri ( using the previous X7 service number) from Clevedon to Bristol Temple Meads is to be introduced from 24th March. Also the 357/8/9 Bristol to Portishead services to be replaced by X2 and X3 with Service 23 on Sundays and Bank holidays from the same date. The numbering would seem to be in line with the upgrade of X1 services as both Weston and Portishead are now on the upgraded GBBN. Hopefully Portishead will get some 'almost new' buses to replace the disability unfriendly Darts that have been such a feature of recent months. I went to my local North Somerset library to find imformation of the new Portishead buses, but I saw drawn pictures of the new "Express Yourself" buses and they turned out to be Wright Eclipses! But they will be very difficult to go up West Hill or round the Village Quarter and if they DID^▸ (Didcot Parkway) use Eclipses there will probably be too many congestions! So they might be luxury Darts instead. Edited to fix quotes - bobm

3	All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: North Somerset Bus Service Improvements	on: March 31, 2013, 09:36:05
Quote from: Lee on February 12, 2008, 11:43:51 Bus passengers in North Somerset are in line for improved services following an annual review by the local authority (link below.) http://thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=19847995&folderPk=83726&pNodeId=144922 Several improvements are being made to council-supported buses across the district. These include a more frequent service linking Portishead with Bristol, including serving the new Ashlands housing developments in the town. In Weston-super-Mare a later service will operate to Cribbs Causeway via Clevedon and Portishead on Fridays and Saturdays. What route number is the later Weston to Cribbs service on Fridays and Saturdays? Or is it the same 125 and X25? The Sunday and bank holiday service between Sand Bay and Weston will now be operated all year round on a commercial basis by First Bus. A total of 16 bus operators submitted bids to run services - the highest number ever received by the council. Elfan Ap Rees, executive member responsible for transport, said: Quote "For the first time in my memory we had competition on all the routes. "This has meant we have been able to withstand pressure for price increases and gain service improvements."

4	All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: 'Bristol Greyhound' bus service returns as Pier Buses	on: March 28, 2013, 21:32:36
Why have they put lots of double deckers on the 361 route?

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