(31 May 2021, 2:08 pm)big mac wrote Even though scholars services were officially available for everybody to use, in practice when does that ever actually happen? Thinking back to using a scholars bus myself, I never once seen a member of the public ever get on one.
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My point exactly. Which means we have students on public services and scholars buses. Scholars buses aren't terribly useful to other passengers, and they'd stand out a mile if they did get on.
I think all buses should be open to everyone (when there isn't a pandemic) to make best use of the resources and provide the best service possible.
As well as taking students to school, and then home again, these services could be day trip services to other places (for example the 112 could do scholars West Jesmond - Arthur's Hill service and be a day trip to Benton in the morning and Blaydon on the afternoon, like we see with the works buses like the Henry Cooper 392 and the A-line 792, they provide a bus to and from work and could be a day trip to Benton and back or to Marden Estate/Blackhall Mill and get another bus to get back again).