Advantages: Not too expensive, never far from a bus route. Disadvantages: Not a lot of choice, smoking, vandals.
Are you coming to the Ciao Meet in August? If so you need to know about transport in the area unless you are planning on walking! So let me tell you all about it...
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The main form of transport in Birmingham is the bus service run by Travel West Midlands. I have used this service daily for over 10 years so am pretty qualified to slag it off. Bus prices are average, a standard adult fare is £1 in peak time. There are a range of bus passes available ... ...fares: it costs £10.90 for a weeks pass, and if you pay by direct debit it is only £30 a month. School children can buy passes for a whole term for £60 which is pretty good as it lasts for 4 months. You can get insurance for £15 which means if you lose your pass or it gets nicked you get a new one for nothing. OAP’s get free bus passes which they can use after 9:30am any week day and any other time. They used to not be allowed to get on the bus between ...
MissDirect 14.06.2002
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Getting around in Birmingham
Buses in Brum are quite cheap and plentiful. they take you to all parts of the city and are usually quite punctual. However, the interiors of the buses leave something to be desired with dirty seats. Also, the people on board can often be unnpleasant and provocative towards you. However, as a service, it does reasonalbly well in providing a quick journey. There are bus lanes in the city centre and these enable quick journeys. I would advise buying ...
robertjake 30.09.2000
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Getting around in Birmingham
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