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bus to the county hospital
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Gramaisc
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There is some discussion of buses, including the hospital one, here -
http://www.staffordforum.com/xf/index.php?threads/bus-service-changes.16190/page-9#post-387679
- it all seems very complicated to me, but it seems that there isn't a bus to the hospital from the station now, not directly, anyway.
http://www.staffordforum.com/xf/index.php?threads/bus-service-changes.16190/page-9#post-387679
- it all seems very complicated to me, but it seems that there isn't a bus to the hospital from the station now, not directly, anyway.
Thehooperman
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Computer says walk to South Walls (by Primani) and get on a H bus to the hospital.
I think there are other buses from the station that will take you to South Walls as well but watch out for paying for two fares.
I'll investigate more when I'm back in Stafford.
I think there are other buses from the station that will take you to South Walls as well but watch out for paying for two fares.
I'll investigate more when I'm back in Stafford.
went to hospital today folks, got a taxi £6.70 WOW because couldn't find any info regarding times of buses etc: you need to concentrate!!!
got the H bus from the hospital, goes down weston road stopped at weston road bus stop by Met Bar picked people up. went to bus stop by Asda, picked people up. I myself got off the bus by the Gatehouse, when I asked the driver if I could get on the bus here to go to the hospital he say NO, Then I said can I get on the bus to go to the hospital from back of old M&S he say NO again. SOOOOOO! I have to get from Station to catch the H bus bus stop at "South Walls" me no see a bus stop there? I am now ringing Complaints at Arrive but i am number 12 in the queue surprise surprise so am really peed of now I will just go to back of M&S and ask where the bloody bus stop is!!!!
got the H bus from the hospital, goes down weston road stopped at weston road bus stop by Met Bar picked people up. went to bus stop by Asda, picked people up. I myself got off the bus by the Gatehouse, when I asked the driver if I could get on the bus here to go to the hospital he say NO, Then I said can I get on the bus to go to the hospital from back of old M&S he say NO again. SOOOOOO! I have to get from Station to catch the H bus bus stop at "South Walls" me no see a bus stop there? I am now ringing Complaints at Arrive but i am number 12 in the queue surprise surprise so am really peed of now I will just go to back of M&S and ask where the bloody bus stop is!!!!
Trumpet
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Should this be in the Virtual Treasure Hunt thread?
Thehooperman
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The South Walls bus stop is actually the Cope Street stop i.e.the other side of the road to Costa according to the Arriva map.
Still can't find a bus from the station to there though.
Withnail
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Next experiment is to find the taxi fare from the Station(S) to Scaffoldshire Place(SP)
- let's call that x.
Then we add the bus fare from SP to Hospital(H)
- let's call that f.
So, were we to take a taxi from S to SP, then the bus from SP to H
- that would be x + f
Now we need to know whether x + f is > or < £6.70.
And perhaps more importantly, is x + f considerably < £6.70 to make the extra step worthwhile?
Then we can add in other factors
We need to know whether f alone is a significant factor to make the walk from S to SP, to rule '+ x ' out of the equation, a financially tempting option.
One thing we can conclude from this is that Arriva don't give a shit, and SCC has no mechanism to impose any kind of integrated transport solution to this disconnect whatsoever, because that's the beauty of deregulation.
- let's call that x.
Then we add the bus fare from SP to Hospital(H)
- let's call that f.
So, were we to take a taxi from S to SP, then the bus from SP to H
- that would be x + f
Now we need to know whether x + f is > or < £6.70.
And perhaps more importantly, is x + f considerably < £6.70 to make the extra step worthwhile?
Then we can add in other factors
We need to know whether f alone is a significant factor to make the walk from S to SP, to rule '+ x ' out of the equation, a financially tempting option.
One thing we can conclude from this is that Arriva don't give a shit, and SCC has no mechanism to impose any kind of integrated transport solution to this disconnect whatsoever, because that's the beauty of deregulation.
Thehooperman
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Whilst on a maths theme another thing to conclude is that neither are any good at calculus because they've both crap at integration.