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Post by westyorkshirebus on May 3, 2014 20:26:17 GMT 1
Metro have started to roll out new style timetable sheets at bus stops. I've only seen them at Bus Stations in Leeds and Huddersfield so far.
As is often the case, there are teething troubles, mainly with the info obviously coming straight out if the database with no cleansing.
So instead of "10 to Someplace" you now have "10 to Someplace, High Street, opp Police Station" I.e the exact name shown in the database of the terminal stop.
The 301/302 are listed in the Bus Station as going to "Huddersfield Town Centre, Huddersfield Bus Station", the 319 going to Lindley when it goes to Berry Brow at that point and the 324 heading to Holmfirth(Meltham) for some reason. The buses to Marsden Hard End & Dirker end up with some unfriendly listing as well.
Services operated by multiple operators that used to be split into two blocks are now merged but some services with differing terminals are now split, so the 241 now runs every 2 hours to Grange Moor with a separate 241 running every 2 hours to Houses Hill.
One thing they've not resolved for a while is that since they got rid of the plastic light boxes above the stands listing the services, there is no clear way of knowing what services stop there, without looking closely at the timetable. I suppose it was a luxury though that you don't get elsewhere.
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Post by rst1987 on May 3, 2014 20:47:05 GMT 1
I've seen them at Bramley shopping centre and someone else saw them in White Rose Centre.
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Post by Arriva Wakefield on May 3, 2014 22:56:28 GMT 1
And Holmfirth Bus Station
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Post by Kenton Schweppes on May 5, 2014 19:42:10 GMT 1
Metro have started to roll out new style timetable sheets at bus stops. I've only seen them at Bus Stations in Leeds and Huddersfield so far. As is often the case, there are teething troubles, mainly with the info obviously coming straight out if the database with no cleansing. So instead of "10 to Someplace" you now have "10 to Someplace, High Street, opp Police Station" I.e the exact name shown in the database of the terminal stop. The 301/302 are listed in the Bus Station as going to "Huddersfield Town Centre, Huddersfield Bus Station", the 319 going to Lindley when it goes to Berry Brow at that point and the 324 heading to Holmfirth(Meltham) for some reason. The buses to Marsden Hard End & Dirker end up with some unfriendly listing as well. Services operated by multiple operators that used to be split into two blocks are now merged but some services with differing terminals are now split, so the 241 now runs every 2 hours to Grange Moor with a separate 241 running every 2 hours to Houses Hill. One thing they've not resolved for a while is that since they got rid of the plastic light boxes above the stands listing the services, there is no clear way of knowing what services stop there, without looking closely at the timetable. I suppose it was a luxury though that you don't get elsewhere. Think this is a minor problem and it would only be a problem if you were catching a service you were unfamiliar with. All the main Holmfirth services depart from the same stand, as do the Marsden/Colne Valley buses and so on, so if you know which general area you're heading then you could make and educated guess as to which stand you're heading to. The currents set up at Huddersfield Bus Station is pretty decent with the big electronic departures board and the smaller displays at the each stand. One addition that would be nice is to do away with the paper timetable boards and replace them with electronic timetable boards. I have seen them in Birmingham at City Centre stops. Even casual users might familiarise themselves before setting off on a unfamiliar journey, what with the array of journey planning tools available now. I agree with some of the info displayed being a bit odd on the new timetable papers. |
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Post by guyarab on May 5, 2014 23:45:19 GMT 1
Not strictly related to the above, but confusing for some passengers today nonetheless, was an appearance of a Stagecoach bus on the 444 this evening. A few passengers boarding the bus presented their Arriva Dat Tickets! They obviously didn't realise that 'Sunday' has a Stagecoach vehicle running the route. I suspect they wouldn't have notice the operator displayed on the electronic screen in the bus station.
The slight relation to this topic is that timetables at bus stops do not state the operator, so anyone with an Arriva Day Ticket (or any other company's version) would be unaware of the change of operator.
Should Metro quote on bus stop timetables who runs a particular route and when?
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Post by Arriva Wakefield on May 6, 2014 6:14:24 GMT 1
Not strictly related to the above, but confusing for some passengers today nonetheless, was an appearance of a Stagecoach bus on the 444 this evening. A few passengers boarding the bus presented their Arriva Dat Tickets! They obviously didn't realise that 'Sunday' has a Stagecoach vehicle running the route. I suspect they wouldn't have notice the operator displayed on the electronic screen in the bus station. The slight relation to this topic is that timetables at bus stops do not state the operator, so anyone with an Arriva Day Ticket (or any other company's version) would be unaware of the change of operator. Should Metro quote on bus stop timetables who runs a particular route and when? The new style timetables just state all the operators who run on the route, alongside a consolidated timetable. The previous ones showed each operators times seperately. |
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Oct 11, 2014 10:33:47 GMT 1
They have these new timetable sheets in Bradford as well now, and they are equally not very user friendly and obviously computer generated.
All the buses to Buttershaw go to "Buttershaw Cap and Bells" instead of Buttershaw Cooper Lane like it is usually referred to
The 711 runs to Leeds (White Rose Centre)
The 622 to Cleckheaton (Scholes)
The 615 to Bingley (Eldwick)
etc
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