Big thanks to the Yorkshire Terrier drivers

kirky · 20-07-2004, 17:57

cheers lads..my mum lives on the 52/25 bus route and needed to get to an important appointmet today,fortunatley you guys/gals were there in her hour of need..keep up the good work.

Phanerothyme · 20-07-2004, 18:05

And powells bus company who got me into work promptly on a No 97.

kirky · 20-07-2004, 18:11

who needs grumpy mainline eh?

RPG · 20-07-2004, 18:29

Woo yay, big thanks to Stagecoach because trams are great!

PENGUIN · 20-07-2004, 18:30

thanks my little brum brum

kirky · 20-07-2004, 18:56

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Originally posted by RPG
Woo yay, big thanks to Stagecoach because trams are great!

not sure if they are great but i can't remember them going on strike before

RPG · 20-07-2004, 18:58

I dont believe they have, but 95% of the time the trams are on time, the staff are helpful most of the time and are friendly.

Hence why (as ive mentioned before) I walk the mile or so to the tram stop as opposed to catching the bus which stops outside my house.

(actually, the bus leaves at the same time as the tram usually from castle square/arundle gate and I beat the bus home 9/10!)

mr craig · 20-07-2004, 19:37

I'm lucky because the places that i travel to most (work,parents,ect) all lie on the tram route and the tram stops on my front door step. On the rare occasion that i catch a bus it drives me mad,they feel really cramped and seem to travel soooooooooo sloooooooooooowly its unbeliveable. A trip to my floks take about 15 mins on the tram where as it takes going on 30 mins on the bus!

raskel · 21-07-2004, 11:34

its alright for you guys i live about an hours down hill walk to hillsborough and a hour n half uphill back home!!

luckily me mate drives tho

mimicraze · 21-07-2004, 11:45

thanks to all the bus companies that didnt strike, some people rely on you

foxy27 · 21-07-2004, 13:58

Thanks to Mainline for making the roads clearer for me to drive on!!

mimicraze · 21-07-2004, 14:00

is the strike over yet????if not, any indication when it will be?

Plain Talker · 21-07-2004, 17:22

'fraid not, mimi,

The strike is set to continue tomorrow, too, (thursday) according to the news report this evening.

PT

duffman · 21-07-2004, 17:29

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Originally posted by kirky
cheers lads..my mum lives on the 52/25 bus route and needed to get to an important appointmet today,fortunatley you guys/gals were there in her hour of need..keep up the good work.

In order to do this they reduced other services for the rush hour. A sensible solution it may be, however some of their regular passengers would not be so happy about this as they were stuck like the rest of us.

mimicraze · 22-07-2004, 13:46

well had to get two taxis today, £10 altogether. im not exactly the richest person in the world so its really crap that i had to do this. hope they sort it out asap, annoying thing tho is the taxi driver was a right wa*ker, yeh its great for him, he was sat there telling me he hopes it carries on, said that him and his colleages were thinkin of going to the bus drivers and paying them to carry on. whilst i was sat there, how bloody selfish can you get.

slimsid2000 · 22-07-2004, 14:27

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Originally posted by steelcitybab
its alright for you guys i live about an hours down hill walk to hillsborough and a hour n half uphill back home!!

luckily me mate drives tho

Why not catch a numer 62 Rural links bus. They are still running.

Andy C · 22-07-2004, 18:01

Yeah, thanks to the Terrier drivers who are working under huge pressure. Seemed to be a lot of Terriers missing today though.

Bigger thanks to the TM Travel drivers on the 293, who are still running punctually and with a smile on their face!

tosh13 · 22-07-2004, 18:25

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Originally posted by kirky
cheers lads..my mum lives on the 52/25 bus route and needed to get to an important appointmet today,fortunatley you guys/gals were there in her hour of need..keep up the good work.

I will pass on your thanks my brother inlaw works for the terriers

duffman · 22-07-2004, 20:31

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Originally posted by slimsid2000
Why not catch a numer 62 Rural links bus. They are still running.

They are, but they are not frequent so if you miss one it's just as quick to walk down.

jubby · 24-07-2004, 15:57

With the strike I can now see how bad YT is as well as 1st.

thursday at leaset 6 buses missing - today at least 2.

YT are withdrawing the 49A so the lyndsey end of parson cross has no bus service to town anymore.

YT may be cheaper but they are no better than 1st. in fact some prices are dearer than first or at least they wee when I paid before I got my Pass