{"id":798,"date":"2018-11-08T19:35:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T19:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=798"},"modified":"2018-11-22T20:09:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T20:09:13","slug":"too-few-number-twos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/11\/08\/too-few-number-twos\/","title":{"rendered":"TOO FEW NUMBER TWOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our bus correspondent reports… locals in Bowerham and Hala are becoming increasingly irritated as they realise that what was a rather good number 2 bus service (6 double-deckers an hour) has become a distinctly inferior service (4 single-deckers an hour). This wouldn’t matter so much if they could get a seat, but for much of the day, as subtext readers know very well, this is a forlorn hope. What’s happening?<\/span><\/p>\n

subtext understands the main problem is that, whereas previously the number 2 only went to and from the underpass, it now makes the circuit of Alexandra Park formerly taken by the number 3 (RIP). If you’re getting on at Cartmel, you’re unlikely to want to change to a number 1 at the underpass, so you’ll sit tight, despite the longer journey time. Hence the number 2 is now trying to ferry more people with fewer buses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Longer term, the only solution looks like running more double-deckers – which Stagecoach currently doesn’t have. Stagecoach Group plc’s pre-tax profit in 2017-18: \u00a395.3 million.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our bus correspondent reports… locals in Bowerham and Hala are becoming increasingly irritated as they realise that what was a rather good number 2 bus service (6 double-deckers an hour) has become a distinctly inferior service (4 single-deckers an hour). … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[145,408],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-buses","tag-issue-182"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99sHo-cS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":550,"url":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/05\/10\/bus-evacuation\/","url_meta":{"origin":798,"position":0},"title":"BUS EVACUATION","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"May 10 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"On April 29, 1975, Operation Frequent Wind saw the evacuation of those Americans who remained is Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. 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