This is something which causes both drivers and passengers equal aggravation. You’ll notice in the ‘Megabus mentions in other blogs’ above that this guy is unhappy with the luggage allowance interpretation. In this case the customer is in the US where the Megabus luggage policy, taken from the website, is “Passengers are advised that megabus.com [...]
Entries from March 26th, 2008
New Megabus routes
March 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Buses
It appears that there are quite a number of new routes about to start. The ‘Leaving from’ drop down on the Megabus bookings website has new locations. Here are some of them together with the ‘Travelling to’ possibilites:- Bath – London Cambridge – Oxford Havant – London Salisbury – London Wembley – Barnsley Derby – [...]
Birmingham buses
March 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
The Birmingham Megabus stop is in The Priory Queensway. Every time I arrive there I’m amazed at the number of buses which use this stretch of road. On Friday I arrived early so got myself a cup of coffee and then counted buses :-( But only for ten minutes which saw 35 buses pass me, [...]
Duty from hell day again
March 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Yes, 193! A car park user got onto the P+R bus and I asked how many passengers they had. “Why do you want to know that”? “Because they need tickets printed for each of them so they don’t get charged on the return trip” I explained. “Is this something new”? “It’s been like that as [...]
Council Tax Bill
March 13th, 2008 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
My Council Tax Bill arrived today and the Hampshire Police Authority element of it is up by 8.1% against last year! I feel quite angry about it – see my postings from 14 February and 15 February. I never did manage to speak to them, giving up after being in a queue for some time. [...]
Today’s storm
March 10th, 2008 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
This is Brighton beach around 1:00pm I really struggled to get any picture, first problem was simply crossing the road to the sea front. I’m less aerodynamic than a brick and it took real effort walking into the wind! I actually had to lean forward and use every muscle just to move. Second problem was [...]
