Guest busdriver1 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 sorry bus fares go up above inflation notice like energy they hardly ever come down fuel is bought in bulk so they cant make this excuse to say its fuel costs first always make excuses And nowhere in the announcement do they cite fuel costs as a factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo68 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Blatently above the official rate of inflation. £1.30 fare going up 8% to £1.40. Fuel has been down in price for a wee whlie but no reducution in fares when that happened. Whilst, like many sensible people, I do not accept the gvrnnt official inflation rate and I firmly believe inflation is running at over 10% presently, for any MPs to allow a bus company to bring in a price hike which is above the official inflation rate without even a comment just shows how little they are in touch with real life. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernboy Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I wonder how much of their extra costs can actually be justified. For example, wifi on new buses - does anyone actually use this? For me, a smartcard ticket for First buses only would be much more useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky_Gibbon Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 There are staff wages to pay - and not just drivers, there are cleaners, engineers, schedulers, office staff etc - all who will expect an annual pay rise in line with the rising cost of living... And have any of them actually received a pay rise? I expect an annual pay rise too but I haven't seen one in 6 years and from what I gather a lot of other people in Sheffield are in the same boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Blatently above the official rate of inflation. £1.30 fare going up 8% to £1.40. Fuel has been down in price for a wee whlie but no reducution in fares when that happened. Whilst, like many sensible people, I do not accept the gvrnnt official inflation rate and I firmly believe inflation is running at over 10% presently, for any MPs to allow a bus company to bring in a price hike which is above the official inflation rate without even a comment just shows how little they are in touch with real life. It is not just the inflation rates, the employment rates and many other rates are fiddled to the moon by a government that lies intentionally frequently. First rates should not be allowed to increase in the present economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 It is not just the inflation rates, the employment rates and many other rates are fiddled to the moon by a government that lies intentionally frequently. First rates should not be allowed to increase in the present economy. Sorry, dutch - First are a commercial organisation, not a nationalised/public one, they and they alone decide what to charge. As do Stagecoach, TM Travel or any operator running a bus route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detetcive Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 They're a private company, why should they have to disclose their running costs? Do you want to post your household expenditure on here in the name of "transparency"? Therein lies the problem. Local buses should be a service, not a business ---------- Post added 01-03-2015 at 09:59 ---------- And nowhere in the announcement do they cite fuel costs as a factor. But they have done so in the past. They can't this time obviously. These increases are to boost profits. If they had any honesty or integrity , prices would have come down in line with the plunging fuel price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Sorry, dutch - First are a commercial organisation, not a nationalised/public one, they and they alone decide what to charge. As do Stagecoach, TM Travel or any operator running a bus route. No need to be sorry. I have driven most of my life and now don't have a free choice anymore and "HAVE" to take the bus because of my health. Could walk of coarse or take a taxi but at least have a medical bus pass. We used to enjoy using public transport in Toronto new York or Amsterdam. Also enjoy it in Sheffield but it is the slowest of them and certainly tries to charge the most for it. Being a commercial organisation providing a service to the public does not give you the right to use that position of power to increase fees in an environment were wages are not increasing and inflation is extremely low or even negative as in the oil prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ormester101 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I wonder how much of their extra costs can actually be justified. For example, wifi on new buses - does anyone actually use this? For me, a smartcard ticket for First buses only would be much more useful. when it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicndeb Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 the prices of busfares are horrendous,,i cought a bus other day from longley to town and had to stand up nearly all the way,,, dont think drivers should let more people on once the seats are full....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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