Stafford Traffic.

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c0tt0nt0p

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I haven't seen a similar sign on the island roundabout, only on the drive into town that states that the A449 Wolverhampton road will be fully closed for 2 weeks, wc 22nd April and wc 13th May.....expect next level carnage !!!
 
Mudgie

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tek-monkey said:
Thats what I find particularly weird about Britain, it's expensive here to drive/park etc. but our public transport is priced in a way as to not compete. Instead of saying it costs x to run so thats what we charge we say well it costs y to drive and z to park so lets price our buses/trains against that instead. And then, in a really strange way of doing things, if nobody uses the trains we promise to make sure the guys who profit from them can't lose any money by throwing taxpayer cash at them.

People use cars for cost and convenience, the UK public transport system seems rigged to ensure the car is always cheaper and easier to use. Take my disastrous attempt to reach Manchester Airport in January, the cost one way was more than petrol for a return journey and it took longer on the train than to drive in the one direction, but then one train was cancelled leaving me stranded and necessitating a taxi anyway as otherwise I'd have missed my flight! Because of this I won't risk the train again for anything important. Riga dropped their bus tickets from €50 to €30 per month last year, thats any bus/trolly/tram in the city any time of any day. People there use them even if they have cars because they are frequent and cheap, even if one breaks the next is never more than 10 minutes away
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"the UK public transport system seems rigged to ensure the car is always cheaper and easier to use" and it gets worse.
An "off peak return" ticket on the railways was always straightforward enough, cheaper than two single tickets and cheaper than travelling during "peak" times. Now though LNER have abolished return tickets with their alleged "Simpler Fares" so that for each journey, there and back, it's a decision between (a) an "Advance (Fixed)" ticket available up to five minutes before departure, (b) a "70min Flex (Semi Flexible)" ticket or (c) an "Anytime (Fully Flexible)" ticket. So at Berwick on Tweed last Sunday morning I was told that either of the first two trains for Edinburgh would be £10.35 but the third one, which would have more passengers but only two thirds of the carriages, would be only £8.15, so that's an extra £2.20 for arriving by opening time which I reluctantly paid. For returning I had intended getting the 5.33pm which happened to be the cheapest one but that was "valid on specified train only" and I've no idea if it had been cancelled how I would have gone about getting a refund and a replacement "valid" ticket.
Next they'll be wanting to close ticket offices !
 
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marky

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very bad today, I go to King's Bromley on the bus. go through many towns, nowhere is anywhere near as bad as Stafford, the longest part of the trip is from hospital to Queensville, was frustrated, be much better getting the 826 back from Lichfield instead of 828/74
 
Theresa Green

Theresa Green

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Queensville

Odd name that

Buckingham Palace

Was builded for John Sheffield

It’s a bit tatty inside these days

Pay is awful

Footman

Handyman

Head Boy

Gaffers and Grips
 
c0tt0nt0p

c0tt0nt0p

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I think that highways have seen the chaos the closure at the start of Wolverhampton road has caused and have now coned off a lane outside Johnson's cleaners going back to Asda....
 
Len's Lens

Len's Lens

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Temporary traffic lights🚦 on part of Gaol Square roundabout from this morning. On red for unnecessary amounts of time. In good news, the Road of Cones northbound past the Redhill roundabout is now over - the northbound A34 out of Stafford is now fully open again! 😀
 
GNM67

GNM67

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another 3 months
 
Theresa Green

Theresa Green

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littleme said:
Wow...so different from how it is now.... The gasometers still stinks in high summer for those that know...
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There was a factory in West Bromwich called I think Robinsons

It’s purpose was to produce’ the smell of gas’ so that it could be detected if there was a leak

Trouble was, they had lots of leaks themselves

So anyone living with a 3 mile radius had no idea if they were about to be blown up or it was ‘ just Robinsons ‘
 
proactive

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Theresa Green said:
There was a factory in West Bromwich called I think Robinsons

It’s purpose was to produce’ the smell of gas’ so that it could be detected if there was a leak

Trouble was, they had lots of leaks themselves

So anyone living with a 3 mile radius had no idea if they were about to be blown up or it was ‘ just Robinsons ‘
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Still there, still stinks at times but apparently it's all quite safe and nothing to worry about...
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Traffic backing up greyfriars all the way from the town end roundabout almost to the stone road one, I'd avoid stafford if at all possible as usual lately.
 
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