Inconvenient
BUS services in this city do not appear to me to be run entirely in the best interests of passengers.
I am a 91-year-old war veteran and I keep active by walking down from The Hoe each morning to Royal Parade. I then have a choice of various buses to take me to different destinations. Unfortunately the return journey back to where I boarded is abruptly terminated at a stop some distance away.
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If I travel to Plymstock, I return on a bus marked 'City Centre' which is where I boarded. On arriving at the top end of Royal Parade, I was informed: "End of the line. You have to get off, I am now "out of service".
I noticed, having unnecessarily walked the length of Royal Parade, the bus was parked by the Theatre Royal while the driver enjoyed a break. So why was I ordered off at the other 'end'? The next time I travelled, I asked the driver if I could alight at the Theatre Royal stop. He told me no. He was not stopping there but proceeding to stop where I boarded outside Spar.
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why does this service to passengers not extend to dropping them off where they boarded? I recently boarded a bus at Mutley Plain at the North Road end, and when I reached Mayflower Street all passengers alighted. The driver told me to leave as he was no longer in service. I had to hump a heavy load of shopping across town to get the Number 25 bus It's crazy, and inconvenient.
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Comments
by jabbathebutt
Monday, May 21 2012, 11:22PM
“@johny brant (mick barbican) you dont listen do you ? I will try to explain it as I would to a 3 year old . There are many "routes" to many different places . I know that once in a lifetime you might want to go straight to derriford , but other people in different areas also want to as well.
There are some busses that go a more direct route .. and some that take a different way to pick up other people more important than yourself .These people look at the number of the bus as well as the destination . These people are not thick and know that this particular number bus goes a certain " route" .”
by ChezGuevara
Monday, May 21 2012, 10:55PM
“I got on the bus the other day and said, 'Return'.
The driver replied, "Where to?"
"Well here hopefully." I said.
No sense of humour these bus drivers. It went out of the window the day they lost their customer service skills and common sense.”
by Johnny_Brant
Monday, May 21 2012, 9:05PM
“But mate, it said DERRIFORD in big lit-up letters on the bus so I got on it and ended up going on a long magical mystery tour round the whole city before it arrived!
Next time i'll get on one with TIMBUCTOO on the front and hope it takes me straight to Derriford..:)”
by jabbathebutt
Monday, May 21 2012, 8:49PM
“@ johny brant ( AKA mick barbican ).... I would have thought someone as clever as you make out to be to check which number bus you took . There are many different routes going to the same places . As larry spears says ... everyone knows thaaaaat !.”
by jabbathebutt
Monday, May 21 2012, 8:44PM
“The editing is getting worse by the week. Olympic rings and tower Bridge ? Lord give me strength . Does no one check things anymore ? Wether its spelling or ga*** like this , it is constantly embarrasing .”
by Johnny_Brant
Monday, May 21 2012, 6:44PM
“I once got on a bus that said 'Derriford' on the front for an x-ray after my knee went, but I swear the driver took us on a long convoluted mystery tour around Plymouth instead of going straight there..”
by timplymouth
Monday, May 21 2012, 3:35PM
“I'm afraid buses stop at bus stops. If you want door-to-door you'll have to pay for a taxi.”
by SteveTorbay
Monday, May 21 2012, 3:20PM
“whinger7643 is correct there, despite thousands and in some cases millions of our taxes both at Government and local levels, these Companies are all private and their first priority is to their shareholder, Stagecoach even donate thousands to the SNP, and their new buses, are not for the public benefit, they own the Companies that manufacture them so they get Government handout there too...”
by DoWhatNow
Monday, May 21 2012, 1:47PM
“And the picture and it's caption are relevant to this article how?
SORT IT OUT!”
by whinger7643
Monday, May 21 2012, 11:26AM
“You are absolutely right, whatever waffle the management give you, they are not run in the best interest of the passengers, but only in the interest of maximising profit.”