Scarborough BusFest 2016

[Sbrokid]

I am definitely taking LFS296F and she will be out and about in the capable hands of Tony Walshaw

[Multi21]

Getting on at Durham narrows down the trains to York quite a lot. And we're talking 2 hours each way on the X93 from Boro to Scabby vs almost the same on the train from Durham, costing a lot more. Admittedly, the toilets are a little better, on the trains!

Edit - almost £90 return for the two of us - sod that! Admittedly it would pay for a railcard, instantly, but we're talking £12.80 for arriva day tickets or £18.20 for explorers, here!

Split the tickets at York NCL - YRK YRK-SCA

[BusLoverMum]

Split the tickets at York NCL - YRK YRK-SCA

It's still no faster and we still have to get to Durham, either by car or bus - the first bus gets into Durham at 9:42 ad the fare for just that leg would be pretty much the same as the day tickets we'd need for the X93 as we don't get any discounted tickets where we live (we have to head 20 miles north to get to Newcastle. The 20 miles south to Boro halves our bus travel time)

It's one of those situations where the train marginally wins on comfort, but loses by a mile on price. Speed is a draw.

[Multi21]

It's still no faster and we still have to get to Durham, either by car or bus - the first bus gets into Durham at 9:42 ad the fare for just that leg would be pretty much the same as the day tickets we'd need for the X93 as we don't get any discounted tickets where we live (we have to head 20 miles north to get to Newcastle. The 20 miles south to Boro halves our bus travel time)

It's one of those situations where the train marginally wins on comfort, but loses by a mile on price. Speed is a draw.

It's not the time I'm thinking of its the price

[Sbrokid]

It's not the time I'm thinking of its the price

for an example if you go Middlesbrough to hunmanby it is £43 one way if you get a ticket Middlesbrough to scarborough its £13 then a fiver from scarborough to hunmanby. you have to ensure you don't use different train operators

trans pennine is the cheapest as its their train you will be using

[BusLoverMum]

It's not the time I'm thinking of its the price

It'd still cost a lot more than £13 for the two of us. Even separating out the tickets, the cheapest singles from York to Durham, late afternoon are over £17. We're not going to get the price down to something comparable.

And it will still take 2 hours on public transport (which is nothing - it takes us 90 minutes to get to Newcastle by bus - on a weekday. 2 hours on a Sunday)

[Dan]

There's going to be an event a little bit more local (details yet to be confirmed) on this day, so I think I'll have to give Scarborough a miss this year. I'm sure the more local event will be a lot of fun, so those of you that can't go to Scarborough will have another option!

[NK53 TKT]

There's going to be an event a little bit more local (details yet to be confirmed) on this day, so I think I'll have to give Scarborough a miss this year. I'm sure the more local event will be a lot of fun, so those of you that can't go to Scarborough will have another option!

What is the more local option??????

[S813 FVK]

What is the more local option??????

See the GNE latest thread.

[Michael]

What is the more local option??????

http://www.northeastbuses.co.uk/forum/sh...p?tid=1778&page=10

[Dan]

What is the more local option??????

Go North East's free family fun day event held at Riverside Depot:
http://www.simplygo.com/news/family-fun-...day-22-may

[NK53 TKT]

Thanks

[Andreos1]

New event for 2016, held by the West Riding Bus Group on Sunday 22nd May which will see a selection of classic buses touring the historic Scarborough Seafront.

Many of the attendees can be found on the event's Facebook page (linked below) some interesting stuff looks to be attending this event.

Event's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Scarborough-Bus...317411076/
West Riding Bus Group's Website: http://wrbg.weebly.com/

I have just seen a poster advertising a music festival in Scarborough. It is the weekend after unfortunately.

[northern156]

for an example if you go Middlesbrough to hunmanby it is £43 one way if you get a ticket Middlesbrough to scarborough its £13 then a fiver from scarborough to hunmanby. you have to ensure you don't use different train operators

Wrong.

You can use any train operator you like. Only rule is the train must stop at the place you're splitting the tickets at.

[BusLoverMum]

for an example if you go Middlesbrough to hunmanby it is £43 one way if you get a ticket Middlesbrough to scarborough its £13 then a fiver from scarborough to hunmanby. you have to ensure you don't use different train operators

trans pennine is the cheapest as its their train you will be using

Transpennine prices were the same as Virgin. Naturally, I did look there first, since more transpennine trains stop at Durham than ECML.

And Boro to Scarboro by train is a lot longer than by bus, as the bus is more direct.

It's all moot, now, since Big'un has been swayed by the chance to see all of GNE's pooters. His dream job is being Dan, I think.

[Jimmi]

Route for the tours have been confirmed. Route will run anti-cockwise.


First bus from the Town Centre is 10.35 at Westborough outside Mother Hubbards Chippy and Spa Bridge lay-by at 10.45.

Apparently programmes will be available on the day listing buses and times which will cost £3.

The event itself will take place in the North Bay Swimming Pool Car Park between 10am to 5pm.

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Anyone else still heading to this on Sunday?

[Jimmi]

Apparently, a provisional date is being looked at for May 14th 2017. Nice that it looks to be happening again next year.