29 Dec 2014, 9:46 pm
#793
(29 Dec 2014, 9:37 pm)Drifter60 But it's not the case with these changes as the way I read it,
Rickleton as an example used to/currently get the 83 half hourly to Heworth and half hourly to Birtley. As any normal service does.
Now the way I read the timetable, passengers in Rickleton can use the 82 from Heworth, Concord, Galleries into Rickleton.
However there's no 82 in the other direction. Passengers instead have the 82A to Concord or Galleries and no link to Heworth.
So they can't get to Heworth without a change but they can get from Heworth.
Should be simplified,
82: Heworth-Rickleton
82A: Concord-Birtley
And the same in reverse so an area has the same service number/numbers going to the same places.
The wording on the website is difficult to understand because it's so unnecessarily long-winded. This was probably done to re-assure customers that the 83 service is getting replaced in some form, but it's backfired because it's so complex to understand. The timetable, however, isn't.
I appreciate that one could argue that the numbering is slightly odd given that there is no route variation on the Birtley section now, but this was done because the 82 service continues to Heworth whereas the 82A does not. If the bus went into Birtley and came out as an 82A, when do you change the route number to show that the bus terminates at Heworth and not Concord?
(29 Dec 2014, 9:41 pm)Malarkey Still think the new 20/20A will get New Buses in the New Year as a Result of this years Unconfirmed Investment, therefore I think the Solars will end up in Corporate Livery.
It's just not going to happen. Maybe in the 2015/16 orders, yes, but certainly not in the 2014/15 orders.
