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All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: Stagecoach launch Gloucester - North Bristol express service
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on: March 26, 2015, 08:13:49
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The boundary lines of what 'free' travel is/was permitted, have become increasingly blurred in recent years. In the last six months, a whole raft of services in popular holiday area in the south west have become 'no go' areas for ENCTS▸ pass holders. On the other hand some companies on some routes. are allowing pass holders to travel at reduced rates before 9am. I fear that any attempt to tidy things up, will result in a distinct shift towards the interests of the companies providing the services, to the detriment of the pass holders.
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All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: Stagecoach launch Gloucester - North Bristol express service
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on: March 25, 2015, 22:43:40
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This is my reply from Stagecoach West :
The reason for not being able to use your English Concessionary Travel Pass on the Belles Express is that it is a wholly commercial service run by us and is not registered with the council. With council registered services, we are able to claim back the Concessionary fares but are unable to do so with the Belles Express. As mentioned previously, by showing your pass, you can buy a concessionary fare, which is ^4 for a single and ^6 for a return.
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All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: Stagecoach launch Gloucester - North Bristol express service
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on: March 25, 2015, 14:06:09
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A leaflet offering a free day return journey until May 31st is available from Stagecoach West. However bus passes are not valid as it is a commercial service not registered with the council. Pass holders can purchase day return a ticket for ^6 offering a ^2 discount on the standard adult return fare. I contacted Stagecoach by email yesterday and had 2 replies within half an hour , and my vouchers delivered by first class post this morning. Contrast that with emails to First in Southampton , where you are lucky even to get an acknowledgement within 3 MONTHS ! Perhaps someone from First Bus would like to comment.....
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Journey by Journey / London to South Wales / Re: What next for ambitious plans to transform Cardiff Central Station?
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on: March 16, 2015, 16:50:07
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Whatever happens, I hope those marvellous art deco lights in the main hall do not disappear and that the Pigeon wave automata around the station clock at the west end are retained. Commissioned by Network Rail in 2002 from creator, Martin Smith. Apparently a toy train runs along it on the hour and the pigeons rise and flap in turn to avoid it, in a supposedly mexican wave. Never seen it working yet. Wales does not seem to have a good track record with automata. I never saw the steam clock working in John Forster square in Newport, either.
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