(02 Jun 2016, 7:00 pm)Michael wrote yea I saw that aswell plus about having to walk to board inn to get service 4, which wont even run in that area after the bus changes
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Ye, luckily my bus (the 23) isn't changing only the 18/19, however i do disagree on some changes, like the 18/19 going through Pennywell, why?, they have the 10/11 and 20!
The whole article is utter garbage. The route of service 5 will be identical to that of service 4 from the top of Allendale Road to the Board Inn and on to Durham Road (albeit on a one way loop). Therefore residents of Oakfield Court have no further to walk than currently, and just have to get on a bus showing number 5 instead of number 4. A more valid argument would be that the frequency of their service has been slashed by two thirds.
Conversely, the 18/19 not only don't run on evenings anyway - but following the changes won't serve the Plains Farm end of Plains Road at any time of the day! And the Durham Road end has plenty of other Stagecoach services so really not sure what the gripe is here.
Either very sloppy journalism or very sloppy politics, or both.