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Post by YN56_Scanias! on Jan 19, 2024 8:08:48 GMT 1
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Jan 19, 2024 17:28:25 GMT 1
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Post by Penfold on Jan 19, 2024 17:45:51 GMT 1
So more temporary bus shelters and real time information is being provided around the city. Me thinks its going to be shut quite a bit longer than 'the at least 2 months' if they are going to all this trouble. Penfold
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Post by mattb7tl on Jan 19, 2024 18:49:46 GMT 1
The outrage around the interchange has been quite heavy. Tons of complaints, and even anger (rightly so), it goes to show that waiting conditions truly matter. I hope the improved temporary stops are substantially better than the existing ones. I proper sympathise with anybody who has to now wait outside, especially in these freezing temperatures.
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Post by YN56_Scanias! on Jan 19, 2024 22:37:08 GMT 1
Apparently staying shut until march or longer
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Post by deerfold on Jan 19, 2024 23:04:28 GMT 1
Apparently staying shut until march or longer As the last few posts have said...
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Post by martinsfp on Jan 22, 2024 16:01:44 GMT 1
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Post by stephen01 on Jan 22, 2024 17:21:41 GMT 1
that's only going off the initial findings, we wont know for definite what the cause is until the other surveys have completed but it sounds like were going do wnthe same concrete safety issues affecting schools & Dewsbury Sports Centre at the moment.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Jan 22, 2024 17:48:24 GMT 1
that's only going off the initial findings, we wont know for definite what the cause is until the other surveys have completed but it sounds like were going do wnthe same concrete safety issues affecting schools & Dewsbury Sports Centre at the moment. I’m not sure an initial report was required to identify that an amount of concrete was on the floor when it should have been on the ceiling, they could have told us that 2 weeks ago. The report will now try to find out why the amount of concrete fell down
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Post by stantheman on Jan 22, 2024 22:09:49 GMT 1
The original excuse of blaming the weather is looking a bit embarrassing now.
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Post by rikki85 on Jan 22, 2024 22:20:52 GMT 1
that's only going off the initial findings, we wont know for definite what the cause is until the other surveys have completed but it sounds like were going do wnthe same concrete safety issues affecting schools & Dewsbury Sports Centre at the moment. I dount it would be RAAC, I don't think it could hold the weight of buses or the structures above. They changed too much on the top and not what was below to accommodate the changes above.
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Post by stevieinselby on Jan 22, 2024 23:57:54 GMT 1
The original excuse of blaming the weather is looking a bit embarrassing now. It's entirely possible that the bad weather was the straw that broke the bus station's back, and that until the storm gave it a battering it was holding together OK (albeit not safe, but they didn't know it at the time). So not wrong to say that the problems were caused by the weather, but not necessarily the full story either.
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Post by stantheman on Jan 23, 2024 17:12:28 GMT 1
The original excuse of blaming the weather is looking a bit embarrassing now. It's entirely possible that the bad weather was the straw that broke the bus station's back, and that until the storm gave it a battering it was holding together OK (albeit not safe, but they didn't know it at the time). So not wrong to say that the problems were caused by the weather, but not necessarily the full story either. Possible yes, but on the face of it, “concrete fall in the basement” wouldn’t seem to be weather related. Plus I think the closure was from 5th Jan - the last storm before that was Storm Henk on 2nd Jan which didn’t even affect Yorkshire. Problem is WYCA are being economical with the truth which just leads to speculation.
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Post by rikki85 on Jan 23, 2024 19:17:42 GMT 1
It's entirely possible that the bad weather was the straw that broke the bus station's back, and that until the storm gave it a battering it was holding together OK (albeit not safe, but they didn't know it at the time). So not wrong to say that the problems were caused by the weather, but not necessarily the full story either. Possible yes, but on the face of it, “concrete fall in the basement” wouldn’t seem to be weather related. Plus I think the closure was from 5th Jan - the last storm before that was Storm Henk on 2nd Jan which didn’t even affect Yorkshire. Problem is WYCA are being economical with the truth which just leads to speculation. Totally agree, probably why the bingo Hall was closed due to being structurally unsafe a while ago too.
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Post by martinsfp on Jan 25, 2024 13:29:36 GMT 1
More info: It’s supposedly not RAAC The concrete fell on 22 December (!) It’s extreme weather over a period of months being blamed, not one storm Choice quote: “Conservative leader Rebecca Poulsen said she had been ‘left exasperated trying to get any information from WYCA’. “She said: ‘It is not good enough when this is having a huge impact on our district.’” www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0d7z8edv2zo
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Jan 29, 2024 19:32:24 GMT 1
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Post by stephen01 on Jan 29, 2024 21:44:18 GMT 1
so i've watched today's WYCA Committtee meeting and initial reports are showing it's a whole range of possibilities which are in fact sounding likely to be all of the factors we've all mentioned which as mentioned is going to see the interchange for the foreseeable and in reality will be extremely lengthy to rectify as it's also pointing to the initial rebuild several years ago.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Mar 15, 2024 14:38:40 GMT 1
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Mar 22, 2024 17:35:54 GMT 1
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Post by rikki85 on Mar 23, 2024 17:00:15 GMT 1
so i've watched today's WYCA Committtee meeting and initial reports are showing it's a whole range of possibilities which are in fact sounding likely to be all of the factors we've all mentioned which as mentioned is going to see the interchange for the foreseeable and in reality will be extremely lengthy to rectify as it's also pointing to the initial rebuild several years ago. Where can you watch the meetings please?
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Post by stephen01 on Mar 24, 2024 0:23:27 GMT 1
so i've watched today's WYCA Committtee meeting and initial reports are showing it's a whole range of possibilities which are in fact sounding likely to be all of the factors we've all mentioned which as mentioned is going to see the interchange for the foreseeable and in reality will be extremely lengthy to rectify as it's also pointing to the initial rebuild several years ago. Where can you watch the meetings please? on the WYCA website.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Apr 4, 2024 7:56:04 GMT 1
A little snippet that some will be interested in x.com/metrotravelnews/status/1775449153067270413?s=61&t=XONrYq4Aosg6Oit17jYYEwA customer complained about bus stop timetables in Huddersfield being out of date. Metro revealed that they used to print bus stop timetables at Bradford Interchange. I don’t know where about in the facility this was, but it is interesting. I wonder how much money the authority are paying to have to outsource printing rather than doing it in house
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Post by rikki85 on Apr 5, 2024 19:44:10 GMT 1
A little snippet that some will be interested in x.com/metrotravelnews/status/1775449153067270413?s=61&t=XONrYq4Aosg6Oit17jYYEwA customer complained about bus stop timetables in Huddersfield being out of date. Metro revealed that they used to print bus stop timetables at Bradford Interchange. I don’t know where about in the facility this was, but it is interesting. I wonder how much money the authority are paying to have to outsource printing rather than doing it in house I suspect it would be in one of the former shop units on the lower concourse, wither where the travel centre was pre 1996 or the former shop's further down near where the Wallace Arnold travel office was.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Apr 30, 2024 18:38:37 GMT 1
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Post by pjb on Apr 30, 2024 21:56:42 GMT 1
The fact the lights and screens are left on, the lack of any visible action like surveying work or repair work going on, and the appaling experience trying to interchange between buses and trains with not even toilets or refreshments or cover in the case of walking to scattered buses that’s now gone on for 5 months is disgusting. The long distance coaches now being banished even further from the city down the far end of Nelson street to accommodate buses which can’t go in the interchange is laughable as they hardly get into their destination city. It feels like passengers are being treated with contempt. It also is discouraging anyone from using buses or trains in Bradford City centre whilst it’s shut.
The continued silence by WYCA and councillors on the subject and no apparent plan for rectification and improvement to the current set up makes users feel totally forgotten.
I really don’t think a situation like this in any other city would have been tolerated for so long.
This is a classic case of you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. Yes the interchange was a bit tired but cosmetic things are easy to fix, the actual “interchange” and its purpose to make travelling by different modes rail/local bus/long distance coach in one place was invaluable to generations but we still don’t know if we will ever get it back.
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