H and S buses never turned up pre-match

[DT Withdean]

Normally, these make their way through Valley Drive, Withdean, as late as 20 minutes to go to kick off. No problem.

Today, I got to the Withdean Stadium normal halt at 2.20. By 2.50, not one had come, so we ended up getting a taxi, and got to the game late.

The taxi driver said they'd done very well today, out of other fans who'd complained of problems with the buses.


Did anyone else encounter this, or similar, today?

 

[Ernest]

Went straight up the by pass as full

 

[DT Withdean]

Went straight up the by pass as full

I was always aware that happens, but a near empty bus (until today) always mopped up stragglers in Withdean and Patcham at c. 2.40pm.

Strange how there was none today!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Went straight up the by pass as full

In that case, they need to let people know.

 

[c0lz]

Waited in Carden ave till 2.35 pm said to my son f**k this taking the car thank god i didn't wait any longer.

 

[DT Withdean]

Waited in Carden ave till 2.35 pm said to my son f**k this taking the car thank god i didn't wait any longer.

Get some comfort knowing that I wasn't the only lemon standing around!

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

The weather caused problems with all the bus services today , The 25's were on short working to the Old Steine until about 5pm when they resumed to terminating at Palmeira Square as per timetable.

 

[Everest]

H and S buses never turned up pre-match

Normally, these make their way through Valley Drive, Withdean, as late as 20 minutes to go to kick off. No problem.

S buses don't go to Withdean now. They go straight to the stadium from the Grenadier if they're not full before then.

 

[Daddies_Sauce]

The service on the H & S has been quite frankly appalling. The club knew how busy these routes were last season. It has been chaotic, unreliable and oversubscribed since the start of this season. It was not rocket science to work out that as the travel levy was included in ticket prices this season, more supporters would be likely to be using the special services. How many car parking places were not renewed this season due to the travel levy? The club continue to happily take the travel levy without providing the service.

 

[Ernest]

An S left the Grenadier which we couldn't get on as it was full at 115pm then nothing till an H turned up at 140pm which went straight over the bypass as it was rammed leaving the Grenadier

 

[Theatre of Trees]

I briefly followed an H bus under Tongdean Lane bridge until it stopped on Carden Avenue around 2.10. It was a single decker painted with an advert for the Holmbush Tesco

 

[El Turi]

The R buses weren't much better. Waited in Woodingdean for 40 minutes before squeezing on one and just made it in time for kick off.

 

[Return of the Rev]

An S left the Grenadier which we couldn't get on as it was full at 115pm then nothing till an H turned up at 140pm which went straight over the bypass as it was rammed leaving the Grenadier

yep i can confirm this but i thought a double decker was behind us,not suitable for the withdean run i suppose!

 

[Everest]

yep i can confirm this but i thought a double decker was behind us,not suitable for the withdean run i suppose!

Why not? They use them occasionally for the return trip

 

[Barrel of Fun]

yep i can confirm this but i thought a double decker was behind us,not suitable for the withdean run i suppose!

You can fit a double decker round that way. They can pass underneath the viaduct.

 

[Return of the Rev]

You can fit a double decker round that way. They can pass underneath the viaduct.

ok

 

[wellquickwoody]

We were on the first H bus which left the Grenadier at 12.55. Took the correct route through Hove, Withdean and Patcham until we got to Asda/M&S where it turned onto the bypass and went straight to the stadium. Usually this service goes down Coldean Lane, plenty of room on board too.

 

[bennibenj]

Me and my daughter were waiting for the first S bus at the first stop in Shoreham - it never came, got the second one. I know it was the second one as tweeted Transport manager saying S is PACKED but he replied one just turned up with 10 people on. I reckon the first one was early, this will cause a knock on effect.

 

[matt_32510]

I have given up on the S bus to unreliable, now I either get a normal bus (although normal Brighton & Hove buses are not much better) or the train. It would be better if they put double decker buses on this route.

 

[sagaman]

The Club Transport manager needs to sort these buses out

Whole bus/transport system is creaking with more demand caused by combo of more seats and transport costs in ticket prices

Whilst the Amex is great transport remains the achilles heel