Ironic Bus Slogan

[ptigga]

I was looking for a bus or a tram home to Hillsbrough from the station last night (my train arrived at 00:01) and there was big queue for taxis.

 

Anyway, I noticed this little motto on the bottom of bus timetables. It was either by First or by the SYPTE:

 

"If it wasn't for us you might not get there"

 

Needless to say - I ended up walking all the way home as all the busses stopped shortly before 12 and the last tram left a minute before my train got in. I just wonder who thought of that motto and why..

[jessycar]

Someone who uses their car to go everywhere they go

[Andy C]

Originally posted by ptigga

I was looking for a bus or a tram home to Hillsbrough from the station last night (my train arrived at 00:01) and there was big queue for taxis.

 

Anyway, I noticed this little motto on the bottom of bus timetables. It was either by First or by the SYPTE:

 

"If it wasn't for us you might not get there"

 

Needless to say - I ended up walking all the way home as all the busses stopped shortly before 12 and the last tram left a minute before my train got in. I just wonder who thought of that motto and why..

 

What a fantastic example of intergrated transport huh?!

 

It is an advertising slogan of the Transport Executive, to higjlight that many socially necessary bus services only operate thanks to Transport Executive subsidy.

 

You do highlight a little pet irritation of mine there - late evening/night public transport - or more specifically lack of. If you arrive in Sheffield by train or coach from a long distance and get in after 11:15pm you find there are no buses home. Also you go for a night out and go to a late bar or club and there are no buses home. Surely there must be demand.. and does this count as socially necessary.

 

Instead of spending millions on totally pointless mini-interchanges and unneccessary branding packages for rural-links, why not pay for buses to run later at night?

 

Buses run all night 7 days a week in London, special night services run in Manchester, Leeds and most other major cities, and for gods sake, even Mansfield now has a night bus network recently launched by Stagecoach - why is Sheffield not capable?

 

This is why there is such a fight for taxis (literally sometimes) in Sheffield on an evening.

[Guest]

the 52 used tio run an all night service (but that stopped when the students left for summer)

 

If we get 24 hr drinking then they'll have to run night busses....

[nez75]

The all night 52 was a god send. It wasn't just for students either. It was always busy going from town to handsworth/ woodhouse and there aren't any students around where I live.

 

I remember the roxy buses as well. They went all over the city when the nightclubs chucked out at around 2.30am.

 

Why can't sheffield have an hourly bus service that runs all night 7 days a week on all the major routes throughout the city? Its the 21st century for gods sake!

[Strix]

Unfortunately the 21st century also comes with drunken violence.

Do you fancy a job as a bus driver?

[mr.blaze]

I remember whilst travelling somewhere in the UK I came across a Train Company's motto which read something like

 

"Northern Trains, we'll get you there in the end."

 

I wasn't sure if someone had made a sticker and put them round. Non the less I found it quite amusing as it took me 8 hours to do a 3 hours journey

[Andy C]

Originally posted by Strix

Unfortunately the 21st century also comes with drunken violence.

Do you fancy a job as a bus driver?

 

There are ways and means of protecting bus drivers from this. For the night buses only use the buses that have protective perspex shields between passenger and driver, and also restrict the bus to one boarding point, ideally the Interchange, with security staff supervising boarding.

 

This of course costs a bit extra......

[Captain_Scarlet]

What cheeses me off is that there is no bus to arrive in town on time for the 0521 train to London...

So what do I do ? I have to get up an hour earlier, and walk to town (40mins) dragging my suitcase.

[MTheo]

i like the slogan on mainline busses that says

 

`do you start and finish your day with a smile'

 

advertising for jobs i think.

 

 

i really wanna write underneath `well you're obviously not a bus driver then' haha