(07 Jul 2014, 12:00 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote But why would someone check or pick up timetables and end up being labeled a 'fool' - if they had no reason to suspect changes were happening?
You have already said that I am someone who has more knowledge/interest than an average passenger, I have numerous different tools to get on the internet - yet it was only because of this site, I was aware of changes and how I needed to check in the details in the timetables, so I could get home this weekend.
How is a regular, non-enthusiast passenger a fool, if they are totally unaware of 'minor changes' to the service they use on a regular basis?
If I hadn't registered on this site despite my 'knowledge or interest', I would have walked down the hill in the rain carrying bags, laptop and a suitcase to stand and wait for a bus which had been cancelled just a few weeks earlier - even though the fairly recent timetable saved onto my phone stipulates the bus should have been there.
Pretty sure the posters displayed on the vehicles I used on the 20 (both in the lead up to and immediate days after the changes), were still outlining the recent increases to fares.
There were no posters relating to specific services being cut/reduced at all.
It isn't up to a passenger to check the finer points of a timetable every time they plan on using a bus they use on a regular basis...
Can I call a time out here...
Just agree to disagree as you ain't gonna agree with each other