(21 Mar 2023, 12:47 am)Jimmi wrote The timetables I've posted do seem to stress that the connections *should* work, in theory although I do have that bit of doubt about it working in practice... in particular when connecting between the 59 and the 58 at Kelloe when heading towards Durham, one thought is, what happens if the 59 were to be delayed? There's only a 4 min connection at Kelloe to the 58, if Arriva won't wait for the 59, then passengers are going to be booted off in Kelloe with an hour to wait until the next bus.
This is the notes on the timetable:
Durham bound:
When connecting at Kelloe, incoming 59 to wait at Aged Miners until Arriva 58 arrives, so 58 is aware of connection having been made
Hartlepool bound:
59 to await incoming 58 UNLESS Arriva tracker shows cancelled or severely delayed.
Timetables from Trimdon Times Facebook, amongst posts suggesting it's all about Tory Bus Cuts and petitions in relation to these changes.
Stagecoach did some council runs for Oxford Council that involved guaranteed connections.
Tried it once and it was a disaster to be honest.
Paid for my single on the first bus, clarified the connection would be waiting for me in Bampton and the driver confirmed.
Got to Bampton, could see the connection waiting. My driver indicated the waiting bus could move on and there was nobody to make the change.
Obviously I reminded the driver I was wanting that connection - cue flashing lights and beeping horns.
Fortunately the second driver saw this and stopped the bus.
Absolute shambles.
Think they were less than hourly frequencies too.
My bus was continuing to Witney, so a connection could have been made from there, but that wasn't the point. I wanted some new mileage and had paid for that particular journey.