Buses - passenger demand and social distancing

Bus_Lady

Moderator
Jr. Member

Posts: 16

Re: Buses - passenger demand and social distancing

« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2020, 04:17:37 »

What happens when the last bus of the day is full as happened last weekend? I don't think it was full leaving Bath bus station but became full on the route back... worried when bars and restaurants open this weekend it will be carnage on the buses...coming out of Bath. I doubt First Bus don't normally have any buses / drivers spare at that time of night I doubt... Only saving grace is there appears currently to be low rates of transmission currently in the area....


	Logged

TaplowGreen

Transport Scholar
Hero Member

Posts: 8616

Re: Buses - passenger demand and social distancing

« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2020, 06:59:26 »

Quote from: Bus_Lady on June 30, 2020, 04:17:37

Probably the same as what happens when the last trains get cancelled/aren't running for whatever reason - taxi drivers become very wealthy.

Bars and restaurants may be reopening but it's only in a very limited way. We have to hope (perhaps forlornly having seen the sights at Bournemouth beach and on various protest marches etc) that people act responsibly, or we may find ourselves heading back to square one in terms of lockdown.


	Logged

bobm

Administrator
Hero Member

Posts: 10236

Re: Buses - passenger demand and social distancing

« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2020, 10:48:41 »

From publicity I have seen locally some pubs will be closing an hour or two earlier than normal thus avoiding a scramble for the last bus home.


	Logged

IndustryInsider

Data Manager
Hero Member

Posts: 10450

Re: Buses - passenger demand and social distancing

« Reply #18 on: August 10, 2020, 12:41:56 »

No surprises that the bus 'bailout' is quite rightly continuing. I'm sure similar rail announcements will follow.

https://www.standard.co.uk/business/covid-bus-firstgroup-goahead-bailout-transport-shapps-a4520481.html


	Logged

To view my GWML^▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/

Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

Pages: 1 [2]

« previous next »