What we do find frustrating is when County Councils and or service operators fail to provide accurate information at the humble bus stop.
The following is an example where the casual spur of the moment traveller, miles from home can quite easily be caught out:-
Ok imagine your at the Lincolnshire coast, or Ingoldmells to be precise, it's 7 o'clock on a Sunday evening & you fancy a trip into Skegness. Your without your posh Internet phone so you've got no choice than to consult the timetable at the local stop. To your horror, you see the last departure of the day is approximately 18:15 & that was mon-sat's only, No service Sunday's whatsoever.
What do you do? Plan B then.........
So how annoyed would you feel the following day when somehow or another you come across the current timetable boasting a seven day evening service of 4 bused per hour right up till nearly midnight?
Well it probably wouldn't matter much, as most travellers are actually on holiday.
So that's the point. If the service is really to cater for the non locals on holiday, & more than likely never used the bus service within the area before, shouldn't it be vital the on street timetables are accurate & fully updated regardless if the changes involved are improvements or not? Surly it's in the operators interests anyway, if my example was real that's £3.80 lost in one occasion just because of inaccuracies.
Talking of money, I won't go into why the cost of the trip is £3.80, if you look at the photo showing the current timetable still on display closely, are the prices right?
No comments:
Post a Comment