Social Travel

[Steveminor]

Thanks. It's been a very busy day

[Busman Jamie]

nice friendly driver on 74 this afternoon..... i owe him a fag!! lol

[Bob]

Seen the social 74 coming into stafford just after 10 today with a few passenger on it followed a couple of mins later by a almost empty Arriva decker. Going out of Stafford there was an Arriva decker parked at the stop by radford bank.I looked back and im sure it said not in sservice

[Steveminor]

It probably did say not in service bob as they kept alternating between a decker & a daf commander yesterday for some reason.

[Bob]

Ah maybe the decker kept having problems

[Busman Jamie]

its arriva bob them deckers are always knackered

[Steveminor]

Due to a breakdown v 564 is making a very rare appearance on the 74 if anyone's interested.  Not planned to do it again.

[Bob]

How's ridership been? How are your fares compared to arriva

[Steveminor]

Some journeys have had standing loads & our cannock stafford weekly is cheaper than arriva local weekly.
Obviously with arriva changing times we have to see what difference that makes. But arriva have timed all routes behind us we are now first bus through Huntington first bus through rad Ford bank first bus through university & first bus through hospital.  What arriva are playing ain't god knows.
It's chaos today though as noone knows what times the buses are & we had about 20 angry passengers in Stafford wanting to know where the 75 was. They weren't happy when I told them arriva had changed times & it wasn't due for 20 mins.

[Busman Jamie]

just seen arriva in wimblebury 6 mins early followed by select

[Steveminor]

That's why select are going head to head with arriva. Enough is enough arriva must learn to follow timetables

[Busman Jamie]

best of luck to arriva if they think they can run wimblebury commercialy

i love the fact small operators are hitting them where it hurts

[Busman Jamie]

@Steveminor could you tell me how much adult fare is Cannock-Stafford and do you do returns

[Steveminor]

The fare is £3.00 single £4.20 return or £16.00 weekly children are half fare staffordshire your cards £1.20

[the trainbasher]

Will Plusbus be accepted in Stafford Town Centre?