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Old 30-03-2011, 19:07   #1
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Rossendale Transport....thieving gits!

Fuming not quite the word here folks...my daughter gets the 464 back from Haslingden after school , kids single to Accy....last week it was £1.40......this week.......£2.00!!!! A whole .60p per journey! Might not sound a lot but to me it's an absolute shocker, where the hell does that rise come from when my own weekly pass to Blackburn hasn't changed? There's a right load of twaddle on their website trying to justify it , and because I work full time and don't subsist on handouts she isn't entitled to free travel so current busfare is £ 3.65 a day!! Probably some of you will think it's my fault for sending her to a school out of the area but , let's be honest, a .60p rise over a weekend , it's a shambles. Stroppy email sent and be warned if you get on one of their buses, visit the cashpoint first!
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Old 30-03-2011, 19:51   #2
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My other half works at the Bay horse in Baxenden and she thought she would catch the bus there last saturday then have a drink after work , from park pub to bay horse !£1.60 !!!!
a taxi would have only been £2.00 from door to door !!
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Old 30-03-2011, 19:52   #3
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there was notices on the buses that the fares were going up ....and it was on there website.
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Old 30-03-2011, 19:53   #4
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When I was at BRGS it was cheaper to get a day rover for £6.
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Old 30-03-2011, 20:09   #5
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Even if you did 'live on handouts' you still wouldn't get free travel for her, you chose to send her to a school out of town so it is upto you to pay her way to school, we are in Blackburn, i chose to send Reece to school in Hyndburn, i 'live on handouts' i have to pay his fare , simple as that, would it not work out cheaper for you to buy her a childs weekly pass? Thats what i buy Reece
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Old 30-03-2011, 20:11   #6
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there was notices on the buses that the fares were going up ....and it was on there website.
Yeah I saw them on Tues ( she wasn't in school Mon as at a funeral), thought an extra 30p would cover it easy!All very well putting "revised fares", no idea how much till you get on, in my daughter's case the driver had to let her ( and several others) on for what they had got. Daughter even lent money to another schoolkid tonight who hadn't enough.
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Old 30-03-2011, 20:34   #7
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well sorry but i dont think rossendale transport are thieving gits .. first bus in falkirk/grangemouth charged me last week £2.70 to go from grangemouth to falkirk ... and their fares are going up this weekend ....
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Old 30-03-2011, 21:06   #8
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Yes but you lot up there get free perscriptions
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Old 30-03-2011, 21:32   #9
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Just a question: I remember that bus fares over there were calculated according to distance travelled. Is this still the case? Kingston Transit buses, owned and operated by the City of Kingston and subsidised by municipal taxes, charge $2.50 for a ride anywhere in the city limits. If you have to change buses, the transfer ticket is free. And another question: when did Accrington Corporation Transport (?) stop operating buses in the area? I have fond memories of riding the #1 from the Forts Arms in Clayton to the Black Dog in Ossie. Almost every stop was a pub. And weren't the colours of the buses those of the Pals?
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No way anyone can say a 60p rise on a £1.40 fare is justifiable.
That must be close to 40%.
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Old 30-03-2011, 21:38   #11
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yes i know i get free prescriptions .. and have done since i was 16 .. but whats that got to do with it .. seeing as i live in rossendale ...
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Old 30-03-2011, 21:45   #12
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No way anyone can say a 60p rise on a £1.40 fare is justifiable.
That must be close to 40%.
I agree, it's very OTT.

Whats even stranger is their logic

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The way child fares will be calculated will be simplified. All standard child fares will be calculated at 65% of the standard adult fare.*
It's a damn site easier to work out half-fare than it is 65%,
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Should children pay less than an adult?
They still take up a seat.
Why don't we all pay the same?
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No way anyone can say a 60p rise on a £1.40 fare is justifiable.
That must be close to 40%.
Bang on its a ridiculous rise in my eyes, so agree thieving gits.
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Old 30-03-2011, 22:03   #15
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Should children pay less than an adult?
They still take up a seat.
Why don't we all pay the same?
You can pass that rule if you want, then deal with the pensioners yourself
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