Numbers this evening

[whole diary]

[grahame]

I went down to Melksham Station to collect off the 20:14.   Sunday evening, 9 off and 1 on.    Nothing unusual ... except that we were "bustituted" this weekend, and previous experience is that if buses are running around 80% of the traffic is lost. So - astonished at the numbers.    I can't believe there would have been 50 off a train, so it looks like there's now less loss than was previously the case with bustitution.    Single sample .... no conclusions, but something to watch.

[Noggin]

FWIW^▸ (for what it's worth), took the 16.35 rail relief bus from Chippenham to Bath yesterday and probably no more than 10 people on it.

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

Not wanting to sound negative.... However a ticket check with rail replacement usually provides interesting results.... I'm grabbing my coat now as this is a can of worms statement

[grahame]

Not wanting to sound negative.... However a ticket check with rail replacement usually provides interesting results.... I'm grabbing my coat now as this is a can of worms statement

This is indeed a cylindrical tin container of non-arthropod invertebrate animals.

Historically it's been quite difficult sometimes to actually buy a ticket for the replacement bus in our parts - though with TVMs^▸ (Ticket Vending Machine) it's now much easier.  Having said which, there was a young lad seriously concerned yesterday that he had bought a train ticket and was worried if it would be valid on the bus.

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

That's a common concern ... along with i don't need a ticket i have a bus pass and people waiting on the platform for said bus 

[TaplowGreen]

I always think it's a bit of a nerve charging the same price for a bus ticket as a rail ticket when the train is bustituted.

[grahame]

Or why not simply have a public transport ticket that's valid on buses or trains?

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

Think they trailed it in london ... it will never catch on

[TaplowGreen]

Or why not simply have a public transport ticket that's valid on buses or trains?

A while ago I had purchased a 1st class ticket from  Plymouth to London, in between purchasing it and the date of travel bustitution was scheduled due to engineering works (no-one told me, despite having bought the ticket via my FGW^▸ (First Great Western) account), luckily I checked, so ended up doing half the journey on a rattly, smelly coach with no working toilet or catering facilities.........asked for a partial refund or compensation, was told I was entitled to nothing - so a first class ticket equates to a bus seat in FGW's book .