Re: The car - the real competition

In message <75vvs1ha3ak3sh96abb93j4hm833av92uf@xxxxxxx>
Charles Ellson <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:03:48 +0000, Graeme Wall
> <rail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
[snip]
> >
> > Slightly more understandable, in a strange city you can rely on a rail
> > service going where you think it is going. Buses can be diverted via
> > other routes, stops aren't clearly marked an so on. If you manage to
> > find a bus map they are never as clear and simple as a metro map. Then
> > you've got buses from different companies in different liveries and more
> > confusing, buses from the same company in different liveries where the
> > advertising liveries totally obscure which company/service the bus is
> > actually serving.
>
> This was with bus stops directly outside both stations, no private bus
> companies involved, a frequent service, everything painted LT red with
> clear route markings and ad hoc diversion of buses not a known concept.
> They probably had more chance of getting lost on the Underground.

Difference between perception and reality, or maybe they were bashers and
needed the track.

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Graeme Wall
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