Bus routes hit by snow (From Bucks Free Press)
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Bus routes hit by snow
2:02pm Tuesday 22nd December 2009 in News
ARRIVA buses have been ordered by police to remain at High Wycombe bus station until the roads improve.
The company blames the state of the roads and added that some routes were blocked by abandoned cars for the lull in service.
On a statement on its website the bus firm said any level of service for the rest of Tuesday would be “very limited along main roads only”.
Visit www.arrivabus.co.uk for more information.
Comments(18)
Steve Totteridge Hill
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4:47pm Tue 22 Dec 09
miccles wrote:What??? They can read?
Lets hope the drivers spent the day giving the buses a good clean, and a sweep out, then sat down and looked in the rule book on " How to be pleasant to your customers".
Miltonian
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7:41pm Tue 22 Dec 09
miccles
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8:20pm Tue 22 Dec 09
Miltonian wrote:The PCV driving test??
Ho ho. I find most of them to be pretty decent chaps: they appreciate the occasional friendly customer just like anyone else. It's not an easy job and they don't get much appreciation so try a different approach. And by the way, the PCV driving test is much more demanding than the test you took.
Think that should be PSV = Public Service Vehicle.
Travelbug
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8:25pm Tue 22 Dec 09
ivor
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9:06pm Tue 22 Dec 09
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Let's face it they are useless for getting around town.
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If the buses weren't on the roads the cars could move easier and there would be less traffic congestion.
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Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.
SxSn
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11:08pm Tue 22 Dec 09
PCV = passenger carrying vehicle
To be fair to these chaps the are on the whole decent people doing a deceptively tough job. I make a 15 minute journey daily to work and it is largely without incident or delay and for me the better and less stressful alternative to having to sit in the jams myself.
That being said, I can see why it's not everyones cup of tea, and the last few days have been hit pretty bad.
fishyfingers
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11:14pm Tue 22 Dec 09
navy1
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11:28pm Tue 22 Dec 09
Hit me
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12:22am Wed 23 Dec 09
fishyfingers wrote:When you say improving, please define?
ivor your talk out your behind! i see lots of buses full or very busy, public transport is improving all the time.
Because as far as I can see, the busses are still as disgustingly dirty as they always were, the people on them are ruder (and smellier) than ever, they are no more reliable, and they still damage the environment more than any other form of transport (with the possible exception of empty steam trains)
Busses are part of the problem, not the solution. The sooner as people start realising that the better, because the we can start looking for a transport solution that works....
oldboy
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7:02am Wed 23 Dec 09
Neko
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7:04am Wed 23 Dec 09
If not does anybody know the current timetable?
I have checked the arriva bus website but is has not been updated since 2pm yesterday and carousel are not answering their phoneline.
Thanks
nabs86
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7:34am Wed 23 Dec 09
http://www.transport
oncall.co.uk/alerts/
bus-service-weather-
disruptions.html
buser
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7:36am Wed 23 Dec 09
Neko
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8:05am Wed 23 Dec 09
That helps alot.
Miltonian
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3:51pm Wed 23 Dec 09
'Buser' thanks for your report: how appalling what some sad sub-human creatures get up to. They need putting in the stocks.
michael healy
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6:04pm Wed 23 Dec 09
Why dont they put all the money they get through fines for cars put back into the roads and stop telling us lies about they have no money. They get every houshold to cough up council tax and or business rates every month so how on earth can they say they have no money????
We know you have money OUR money and all we want is a proper service. IF you cannot do the job i suggest you stand down and let a private company do it on a retainer scheme. I bet every road would be gritted and salt put down then!
michael healy
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7:49pm Wed 23 Dec 09
I have had to take John Lewis PLC to county court for not fixing my Toshiba Teleivision Properly under their so called 5 years Guarantee. Its WORTHLESS, just a selling point of SALE JARGON.
I sent them my reciept and then heard nothing! Then i complained and they sent someone out to collect my tv and gave me a loan tv untill my one was fixed.
I then got a call to say my tv was fixed. When they dropped it off i noticed straight away it had a crack on the top casing and a piece visibly missing. Not only that they said they wanted to take their tv back. I refused to accept my broken tv as the picture was not proper as it should be, pixels were missing and the fact that it was damaged.
I sent a letter to their managing director and they had the audacity to say they wanted £600 for the loan tv because i didnt give it back. Anyway, i issued a law suit againt the Managing Director of the whole company, in his name. That made them sit up and listen a bit but they had it changed at court to J L PLC.
They refuse to give me £1300 back which i paid for the tv and say its over 5 years old but cannot prove this at all. Hence i will be fighting my case in High Wycombe county couRt in Feb 2010
SO JOHN LEWIS PLC HIGH WYCOMBE BRANCH.
YOU ARE NOT SO GOOD AFTER ALL.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE OF HIGH WYCOMBE WHO HAVE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE AT THE JOHN LEWIS HIGH WYCOMBE BRANCH WITH REGARDS TO THE "SO CALLED"5 YEAR GUARANTEE ON THEIR TELEVISION SETS
miccles says...
4:13pm Tue 22 Dec 09