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Title: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: ollie b on January 28, 2011, 17:13:58 At the moment there is only 1 bus to and 1 bus from per hour. I think it should be increased to every half hour as the bus arrives at TVP at 40 mins past the hour and the bus to tiverton town leaves at 45 mins past the hour. The AXC and FGW trains arrive at times that are not suitable for the bus times. If i wanted to catch the 09:29 AXC train to PLY i would have to catch the bus rhat arrives at TVP at 08:40 and have to wait around at TVP for over 45 mins. and if a train arrives at TVP at about 13:49 you would have to wait until 14:45 for the next bus.
Title: Re: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 28, 2011, 17:50:31 Thanks for making that suggestion, ollie b - and welcome to the Coffee Shop forum! :)
As a matter of interest, who runs those buses? Title: Re: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: JayMac on January 28, 2011, 17:56:07 Buses that call at Tiverton Parkway are operated by Stagecoach running between Tiverton and Exeter.
Title: Re: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 28, 2011, 18:13:56 Thanks, bignosemac!
So - would there be enough demand at Tiverton Parkway for them to justify doubling that service? I suspect not, sadly. Title: Re: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: ollie b on January 28, 2011, 18:21:17 I know and in a bit of bad weather stagecoach dont let the buses down the lane and make passengers walk up it for 15 mins and by that time you miss the bus
Title: Re: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: devon_metro on January 28, 2011, 18:34:31 Try driving up a hill in ice/snow, then consider how much more dangerous it would be in a double decker bus!
Title: Re: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: ollie b on January 30, 2011, 15:30:28 true but its not a hill and the road was cleared i can understand where they are coming from though
Title: Re: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: devon_metro on January 30, 2011, 16:53:11 There was a small incline out of the Tiverton Parkway car park last time I checked!
Title: Re: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 30, 2011, 18:19:49 Do the buses also have to use any small incline out of the car park? From an internet search, it all looks fairly flat: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/16955121.jpg
(An innocent question: I don't know. :-[ ) Title: Re: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: LiskeardRich on January 30, 2011, 18:49:09 Do the buses also have to use any small incline out of the car park? From an internet search, it all looks fairly flat: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/16955121.jpg from the photo you linked there is a smal incline, but nothing to bother about really as long as driver is competent in sch weather(An innocent question: I don't know. :-[ ) Title: Re: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: ollie b on January 30, 2011, 21:06:56 fair enough it does look and feel quite flat
Title: Re: Buses to and from Tiverton Parkway Post by: JayMac on January 31, 2011, 04:58:16 A cynic (and I am one) would say; why would Stagecoach bother to time their buses to ensure connections with (possibly competing) train services that are operated by First Group and Deutsche Bahn (t/a Arriva CrossCountry)?
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