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Post by jh1980 on Jun 14, 2007 14:37:50 GMT -1
I agree A2V. Pink buses are not the way to go! In either sense! The trams in Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester etc are all far less good than the Tube and will ultimately fail and have to be repeatedly bailed out by the taxpayer due to inefficient management and a lack of public interest in using them. Sorry to be boring.
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Jun 14, 2007 14:38:04 GMT -1
This is the bus i catch and i can see the midlands buses are better ;d That Bus is very Ginger Beer
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Post by Katiekins on Jun 14, 2007 14:38:30 GMT -1
This is the bus i catch and i can see the midlands buses are better ;d wooooooo what a lovely bus, the midlands is the place to be. WOOOOO
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Post by Lollipop on Jun 14, 2007 14:38:35 GMT -1
Wow... If you want good public transport come to London. Nowhere else comes close. And don't even bother trying to argue that one! If London hadn't thieffed all our money for the fucking olympic's then we'd have a first rate tram system to add to our lovely buses, and our trains- we have the biggest station outside of London So London cheats by taking everywhere else's money Yeah! The SuperTram looked ace! Plus the Olympics is taking much needed money away from the Arts!
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Post by Tony Yeboah's Lunchbox on Jun 14, 2007 14:38:47 GMT -1
But Nottingham has them awful small green ones. The 73 being an example! ........ the 28 is a Pink coloured bus, and comes complete with fat people having sex on the top deck!! What an image....
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Post by jh1980 on Jun 14, 2007 14:40:49 GMT -1
If London hadn't thieffed all our money for the fucking olympic's then we'd have a first rate tram system to add to our lovely buses, and our trains- we have the biggest station outside of London So London cheats by taking everywhere else's money Untrue. The victims of the Olympic scheme are predominantly ordinary tax-paying Londoners. You wouldn't have a Tram system as they are too expensive. More likely they'd have put it in a Bus Rapid Transit / Guided Bus. They aren't bad mind. I had no idea you had a big rail station. Lot of demand to leave is there?! As I pointed out - not true.
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Post by addicted2venos on Jun 14, 2007 14:41:43 GMT -1
........ the 28 is a Pink coloured bus, and comes complete with fat people having sex on the top deck!! What an image.... I know ...... it's what I was treated to yesterday on my bus home!! I may never be able to purge the image from my mind!!
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Post by jh1980 on Jun 14, 2007 14:42:37 GMT -1
Plus the Olympics is taking much needed money away from the Arts! I totally agree m'dear but unfortunately DCMS is accurately described by Private Eye as "The Department for Culture, Media, and Above All Sport"
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Post by jh1980 on Jun 14, 2007 14:44:32 GMT -1
......... the tube smells, and as a mass transit system it's outdated and no longer fit for purpose!! It's superbly fit for purpose! What are you on about man?! *yeah it does smell sometimes, but that's not it's fault, we should be sending some people for medical help with their BO methinks...
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Post by Katiekins on Jun 14, 2007 14:44:43 GMT -1
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Post by Tony Yeboah's Lunchbox on Jun 14, 2007 14:44:50 GMT -1
I know ...... it's what I was treated to yesterday on my bus home!! I may never be able to purge the image from my mind!! Bet thats put you off Burgers for life! Do you not drive then mate?
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jun 14, 2007 14:49:43 GMT -1
Trouble there, ninj, is that we have three bus companies in Luton, one of whom is stagecoach - so we can't be that bad! ;D Comparing trains however; the south's trains are often reminiscent of airline carriages (see Southern Rail as a fine example). Up north, however, I've ridden trains that're more reminsicent of our buses - one even had a hole in the wall! Not sure who the operator was; they run between Sheffield and Manchester
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Post by weallloveleeds on Jun 14, 2007 14:51:14 GMT -1
If London hadn't thieffed all our money for the fucking olympic's then we'd have a first rate tram system to add to our lovely buses, and our trains- we have the biggest station outside of London So London cheats by taking everywhere else's money Untrue. The victims of the Olympic scheme are predominantly ordinary tax-paying Londoners. You wouldn't have a Tram system as they are too expensive. More likely they'd have put it in a Bus Rapid Transit / Guided Bus. They aren't bad mind. I had no idea you had a big rail station. Lot of demand to leave is there?! As I pointed out - not true. Have you got any evidence for that? As I'm sceptical of that approach to say the least. It was approved, designed, even the preliminary work had started, and then suddenly scrapped. They're now planning guided bus lanes as its cheaper. What will happen to the rest of the money originally put aside? ...I wonder Yeah, it's the transport hub of the North, you can go anywhere, except Wales funnily enough- we have taste
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Jun 14, 2007 14:51:55 GMT -1
Trouble there, ninj, is that we have three bus companies in Luton, one of whom is stagecoach - so we can't be that bad! ;D Comparing trains however; the south's trains are often reminiscent of airline carriages (see Southern Rail as a fine example). Up north, however, I've ridden trains that're more reminsicent of our buses - one even had a hole in the wall! Not sure who the operator was; they run between Sheffield and Manchester Don't try to break the Bus System £billions has been spent on it, it even has Steven Hawkins Seal of Approval ;D Trains are inconsequential due to the whole train system of Britain being utterly useless
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Post by jh1980 on Jun 14, 2007 15:00:09 GMT -1
Have you got any evidence for that? As I'm sceptical of that approach to say the least. It was approved, designed, even the preliminary work had started, and then suddenly scrapped. They're now planning guided bus lanes as its cheaper. What will happen to the rest of the money originally put aside? ...I wonder Yeah, it's the transport hub of the North, you can go anywhere, except Wales funnily enough- we have taste Erm, yes, it's been on the London news repeatedly, unfortunately it'll probably affect Ken Livingstone rather than the Government. It's a regular story, a lot of UK cities had plans for trams which were subsequently scrapped, over the last decade. They are more expensive in the first instance than guided buses, and more expensive to upkeep, as I understand it. For what it's worth though I agree that it would be good to have trams in many cities - including Leeds. Oh right... never been, went to York once mind, that was nice. Very droll, did you go to the Kim Jong-Il School of Diplomacy?!
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Post by weallloveleeds on Jun 14, 2007 15:02:15 GMT -1
Trouble there, ninj, is that we have three bus companies in Luton, one of whom is stagecoach - so we can't be that bad! ;D Comparing trains however; the south's trains are often reminiscent of airline carriages (see Southern Rail as a fine example). Up north, however, I've ridden trains that're more reminsicent of our buses - one even had a hole in the wall! Not sure who the operator was; they run between Sheffield and Manchester London has only just got automatic doors on all it's trains! North wins
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jun 14, 2007 15:05:30 GMT -1
Trouble there, ninj, is that we have three bus companies in Luton, one of whom is stagecoach - so we can't be that bad! ;D Comparing trains however; the south's trains are often reminiscent of airline carriages (see Southern Rail as a fine example). Up north, however, I've ridden trains that're more reminsicent of our buses - one even had a hole in the wall! Not sure who the operator was; they run between Sheffield and Manchester London has only just got automatic doors on all it's trains! North wins CALLING 'WALL' - It has been discovered that there is a South outside of the M25. And a lot of it has no interest in London either. Of course, we could always look at Midland Mainline: half their fleet doesn't even have electronic doors, never mind automatic - you have to pull the window down and use a handle on the outside!
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Post by jh1980 on Jun 14, 2007 15:06:49 GMT -1
Handles on Trains! "Screw you guys, I'm going home!" ;D Laters
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Post by weallloveleeds on Jun 14, 2007 15:14:20 GMT -1
Have you got any evidence for that? As I'm sceptical of that approach to say the least. It was approved, designed, even the preliminary work had started, and then suddenly scrapped. They're now planning guided bus lanes as its cheaper. What will happen to the rest of the money originally put aside? ...I wonder Yeah, it's the transport hub of the North, you can go anywhere, except Wales funnily enough- we have taste Erm, yes, it's been on the London news repeatedly, unfortunately it'll probably affect Ken Livingstone rather than the Government. It's a regular story, a lot of UK cities had plans for trams which were subsequently scrapped, over the last decade. They are more expensive in the first instance than guided buses, and more expensive to upkeep, as I understand it. For what it's worth though I agree that it would be good to have trams in many cities - including Leeds. Oh right... never been, went to York once mind, that was nice. Very droll, did you go to the Kim Jong-Il School of Diplomacy?! Not really evidence A link to a news story might do it... ...Less polluting though. So your slagging off the North yet you've never been to Leeds (and presumably other areas of the North?). At least I've been to large parts of the South to base my opinion on! (Although granted, some are nice) Diploma... what?
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Post by weallloveleeds on Jun 14, 2007 15:22:24 GMT -1
London has only just got automatic doors on all it's trains! North wins CALLING 'WALL' - It has been discovered that there is a South outside of the M25. And a lot of it has no interest in London either. Of course, we could always look at Midland Mainline: half their fleet doesn't even have electronic doors, never mind automatic - you have to pull the window down and use a handle on the outside! A lot of Londoners don't seem to know that. It drags the rest of you down considerably unfortunately I agree some parts of the South are nice - like Devon, Cornwall etc but places like Milton Keynes, London, Dover are horrible. My main gripe is London (as you've noticed ) and a lot of its people. I can't stand the place. I'll leave it at that Midland Mainline
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