New travel shop opened by Brighton MP (From The Argus)

With careful public transport planning the bus company wouldn't have had the kind of profits to be able to chuck the odd £300k at what sounds like a vanity project?
The fare increases and route changes were justified how? I can't remember. Were they to open this shop?

No doubt the Argus will be publishing a list of other web sites providing similar travel services so that readers can compare the costs with companies that don't have the same overheads and operating costs?

Caroline should be up at the railway station sorting out the poor service and also asking Roger why the estates are so poorly served when his monopoly, private profit making bus company have been given a huge swathe of public highway free of charge.
Where is the 81 Roger and why do Compass now operate it? You got the bus lane you wanted and then dump the services.

Maxwell's Ghost wrote:
Caroline should be up at the railway station sorting out the poor service and also asking Roger why the estates are so poorly served when his monopoly, private profit making bus company have been given a huge swathe of public highway free of charge.
Where is the 81 Roger and why do Compass now operate it? You got the bus lane you wanted and then dump the services.

The 81 is still run by B&H i drove it for 5 hours the other week.

RTFM before comments perhaps?

No ad hominem attacks from me, none are needed. In this glaring instance.

I have an integrated transport solution. My car. Not having to sit with the general public is a massive bonus.

indeed, 'Plantpot', if only the general public were better behaved in this town but they're not!
...and if I see one more girl put her short legs upon the seats at the back of the bus, I swear I will slap the little ****!....you've probably guessed that I have to travel on a 'number 1'.

Plantpot wrote:
I have an integrated transport solution. My car. Not having to sit with the general public is a massive bonus.

...for them.

boo2005 wrote:
indeed, 'Plantpot', if only the general public were better behaved in this town but they're not!
...and if I see one more girl put her short legs upon the seats at the back of the bus, I swear I will slap the little ****!....you've probably guessed that I have to travel on a 'number 1'.

Same goes for the trains, people putting their dirty shoes and boots up on the seats whilst playing games on their phones and guards not saying anything to them....

get a bike ;)

Whoopee! £300k on a shop whilst bus services are being axed which is isolating people. Yep, that all makes sense...
"...nowhere else that customers can be guided to what the best travel options are" – so has their website broke?
Last moan... Caroline Lucas opening said shop, so she's swanned back again for a 'fame moment' ready to swan back out again when the s**t hits, usual Greenie-style!
@billy goat-gruff: not everything can be done by bike (mention of bikes is getting a bit like who'll first bring Hitler into a discussion, not all situations apply). Cannot carry a week's shopping on a bike, has to be bus or car.
@Maxwell's Ghost: Agreed! Sort the **** station out, not just for us residents but also for visitors many of which are currently avoiding Bton due to the poxy travel (and parking) situation.
All in all Bton is currently suffering terribly due to Green ideas and wishy-washy attitude to our travel services, I just don't want to see Lucas's smug smiling face anymore. I'm not a violent person but...

You may have driven it for five hous but I bet it was never on time and probably never even in Brighton.

Soleless Shooter wrote:

Plantpot wrote:
I have an integrated transport solution. My car. Not having to sit with the general public is a massive bonus.

...for them.

For both of us.

Maxwell's Ghost wrote:
You may have driven it for five hous but I bet it was never on time and probably never even in Brighton.

what planet are you on, Maxwell? the 81 has always been run by B&H and is generally on time. it reaches out to many parts of the city, including London Rd, Queens Park, Kemptown, city centre, Furze Hill, Hove, Hove Station, Woodland Drive and Goldstone Valley. how much more would you like it to cover. on a sunday it also goes up to Meadowview! B&H have the best bus services in the country, and no, i don't work for them! i have experienced many others where 1 bus a hour is regarded as frequent!!!!!!

davyboy wrote:

Maxwell's Ghost wrote:
You may have driven it for five hous but I bet it was never on time and probably never even in Brighton.

what planet are you on, Maxwell? the 81 has always been run by B&H and is generally on time. it reaches out to many parts of the city, including London Rd, Queens Park, Kemptown, city centre, Furze Hill, Hove, Hove Station, Woodland Drive and Goldstone Valley. how much more would you like it to cover. on a sunday it also goes up to Meadowview! B&H have the best bus services in the country, and no, i don't work for them! i have experienced many others where 1 bus a hour is regarded as frequent!!!!!!

Apart from prior to '97 Davyboy, it was a Corporation route before that from Hove Station to the Open Market

Its always amusing to do an 81C on a Sunday as most of the passengers don't know where it goes, as to get from Churchill Square to Palmeira Square you go up Montpelier then round Furze Hill before going back down Holland Rd. As soon as you turn that corner at Waitrose it's Ding ding ding "where are you going driver I thought you went to Palmeira Square"

ghost bus driver wrote:

davyboy wrote:

Maxwell's Ghost wrote:
You may have driven it for five hous but I bet it was never on time and probably never even in Brighton.

what planet are you on, Maxwell? the 81 has always been run by B&H and is generally on time. it reaches out to many parts of the city, including London Rd, Queens Park, Kemptown, city centre, Furze Hill, Hove, Hove Station, Woodland Drive and Goldstone Valley. how much more would you like it to cover. on a sunday it also goes up to Meadowview! B&H have the best bus services in the country, and no, i don't work for them! i have experienced many others where 1 bus a hour is regarded as frequent!!!!!!

Apart from prior to '97 Davyboy, it was a Corporation route before that from Hove Station to the Open Market

Its always amusing to do an 81C on a Sunday as most of the passengers don't know where it goes, as to get from Churchill Square to Palmeira Square you go up Montpelier then round Furze Hill before going back down Holland Rd. As soon as you turn that corner at Waitrose it's Ding ding ding "where are you going driver I thought you went to Palmeira Square"

i started there in '99 so to me it was always B&H. the bus company always makes reasonable profits, so to invest some back into a new travel shop makes sense. why do certain people moan as soon as the company spends some money? they have one of the most modern fleets in the country, with new buses arriving every year. brightonians are so lucky to have such a forward thinking company. if you don't like it, try elsewhere.

davyboy wrote:

ghost bus driver wrote:

davyboy wrote:

Maxwell's Ghost wrote:
You may have driven it for five hous but I bet it was never on time and probably never even in Brighton.

what planet are you on, Maxwell? the 81 has always been run by B&H and is generally on time. it reaches out to many parts of the city, including London Rd, Queens Park, Kemptown, city centre, Furze Hill, Hove, Hove Station, Woodland Drive and Goldstone Valley. how much more would you like it to cover. on a sunday it also goes up to Meadowview! B&H have the best bus services in the country, and no, i don't work for them! i have experienced many others where 1 bus a hour is regarded as frequent!!!!!!

Apart from prior to '97 Davyboy, it was a Corporation route before that from Hove Station to the Open Market

Its always amusing to do an 81C on a Sunday as most of the passengers don't know where it goes, as to get from Churchill Square to Palmeira Square you go up Montpelier then round Furze Hill before going back down Holland Rd. As soon as you turn that corner at Waitrose it's Ding ding ding "where are you going driver I thought you went to Palmeira Square"

i started there in '99 so to me it was always B&H. the bus company always makes reasonable profits, so to invest some back into a new travel shop makes sense. why do certain people moan as soon as the company spends some money? they have one of the most modern fleets in the country, with new buses arriving every year. brightonians are so lucky to have such a forward thinking company. if you don't like it, try elsewhere.

Ah fair do's My dad was with Lewes Coaches in 1990 and they were part of Blue bus so I remember the 81 being Blue Bus when it started.