City Line - Bristol

...primary bus operator within the City of Bristol and its surrounding area. There is virtually no competition for service in Bristol, despite the de-regulation that took place some years ago, enabling much greater opportunity for companies to compete for, and provide service on bus routes. As a result of this, and other factors, bus services in the area are generally very poor. Service varies in frequency, quality and reliability from one route to ...
...the same: Fares City Line Fares are probably set at an average rate, compared to other cities and services. A single journey of three or four miles typically costs between £1 and £1.30, with considerable savings to be made if you purchase a return ticket. Like most other forms of public transport, return tickets cannot be purchased before 9.00 a.m. Monday to Friday, so the commuter stands to lose out on the reduced price of a return. The Company ...

LostWitness 11.01.2001 (09.01.2001) · Read full review
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I used city line buses before I got my car 9 months ago. Now I really appreciate having a car - especially with 2 under 5's. The buses are cramped, hardly any moving space to get on or off, are usually full, not of old age pensioners going home after a day's shopping, but young to middle aged women, travelling alone who decide to take up a whole seat with themselves and their 10 - 21 shopping bags, leaving no room for anyone to sit down. Perhaps ...
...space. There is a disabled persons space on some of the buses, meant for wheelchairs, however, usually taken up by young mum's with babies or toddler's in buggies (guilty!). The seats are uncomfortable and not very wide, The steps on a double decker are steep if you find yourself sitting upstairs it's a bumpy walk down while the bus is in motion. My experience of these buses aren't very good as I have often finished work in the rush hour, then gone ...

HelsBelsWins 09.07.2005 · Read full review
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...Well Duh!!! This is Bristol City Council! No their way to get people onto the buses is to raise the prices of car parking...by 66%!. In the central car parks it will now cost up to £3 for four hours, more than four it will be £5.50!. On Saturdays it will now cost up to £2.50 for more than 2 hours. This is of course the council ones, the private one in Broadmead can cost up to £15 for the whole day. Apparently this will relieve traffic congestion ...
...from one side of the city to the other, then they stopped them in the Centre so you had to pay a repeat fare for the rest of the journey. FirstBuses statement? "well we havent raised our prices this year". No you devalued our tickets instead! So lets look at the evidence- dirty buses, late buses or buses that dont arrive at all, no coverage of the most important business areas, stroppy drunk drivers, extortionate prices, who runs a bus company like ...

Emma1973 15.05.2003 · Read full review
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It’s 5.15pm and you have just finished work in the centre of Bristol. You managed to get a lift into work this morning because your car is in the garage with ‘clutch problems’. You wait at the bus stop in silence for the number 51 bus or as its more commonly known ‘the rattler’. Glancing around you see a bunch of sullen, emotionless faces staring into space, also awaiting the arrival of the rattler. You observe these others discreetly, as you know ...
...some or all of the journey. A few normal-looking office type people; a sweet old couple linking arms; a huge woman with several teeth missing and an obvious sweat problem; a skinny guy in his mid-thirties with Terry Nutkins/Michael Bolton -style haircut (you know, bald patch on top but shoulder length around the sides); and the token loony wearing a tight grey anorak with the hood up and walking around in a small circle. The Rattler arrives and ...

neiltom88 23.05.2001 (24.05.2001) · Read full review
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...and I purchased the First City Line timetable, worked out my route and which bus to catch. Not wanting to be late, I picked a bus that should have delivered me to my destination with twenty minutes to spare. The bus arrived on time but took over 35 minutes (it should have been 15) meaning I was late for the interview. Luckily, I still got a second interview the week after. This time I was taking no chances and made sure I got to the bus stop ...
...a mad dash across Bristol City Centre to find a cab, a £10.00 fare and I was late again. I didn't get the job. Since then, when travelling on the buses, I have kept my ears opened and heard a number of horror stories and noticed how the buses do seem to travel in packs of two or threes. I complained in writing and this was dismissed by the head office who offered no real apology or excuse. One of the depot's received the letter and sent me back ...

Ork1927 06.03.2001 · Read full review
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I feel i should start this article by saying that the bus company in bristol is no longer cityline, it is now first as it is in many other parts of the country. i also feel that bristol buses often get an unnessisarily negative review. The bus network in bristol is good, and generaly buses in bristol have a relativly good frequency with the vast majority operating at least every 20mins (most every 10mins) up to 17 buses an hour along the gloucester ...
...11:30pm on weekdays, with services after 9:30 subsidised by the council. Reliablity on bus services is improving due to first extending the length of jounies causeing buses to wait in lay-bys, and due to investiment in "showcase bus routes" which are posh bus lanes, and investment in non-posh bus lanes. however it is still poor and the company is frequently fined because of its poor punctuality. Buses in bristol are frequently overcrowded especialy ...

ricardoz_rox 29.10.2005 · Read full review
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