Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Not a lot of people will know this, but . . . Sussex Coaches have just taken over the Sunday/Bank Holiday operation of route 17 (Horsham to Brighton & vv.) from Compass Bus.
What a fiaso yesterday's journey was. When l presented my Season Ticket for free travel to Brighton, (valid from Henfield) to the driver, he had no knowledge of what it was, and refused to accept it as payment. A long and involved conversation then ensued, delaying the bus by about 15 minutes, ending with the driver phoning the depot, and being told, 'make the bloke pay, or tell him to get off the bus', so reluctantly l had no choice but to pay up.
As I suspected, more chaos erupted further down the route, as more and more people got on, showing their match tickets, and expecting free travel, and getting short shrift from, by then, a totally confused driver..All this despite everyone telling him that Stagecoach and Compass Bus always honoured the arrangement.
An email to Paul Barber perhaps? With more and more games being played on a Sunday, l can see this becoming quite a problem for fans in this part of the world.
What a fiaso yesterday's journey was. When l presented my Season Ticket for free travel to Brighton, (valid from Henfield) to the driver, he had no knowledge of what it was, and refused to accept it as payment. A long and involved conversation then ensued, delaying the bus by about 15 minutes, ending with the driver phoning the depot, and being told, 'make the bloke pay, or tell him to get off the bus', so reluctantly l had no choice but to pay up.
As I suspected, more chaos erupted further down the route, as more and more people got on, showing their match tickets, and expecting free travel, and getting short shrift from, by then, a totally confused driver..All this despite everyone telling him that Stagecoach and Compass Bus always honoured the arrangement.
An email to Paul Barber perhaps? With more and more games being played on a Sunday, l can see this becoming quite a problem for fans in this part of the world.
