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Post by overgroundcommuter on Oct 1, 2013 17:42:47 GMT
It's become more common in recent years for schools to use buses to ferry children on day trips around town instead of hiring private charted buses/coaches. However at 3pm, I saw a class of around 40 kids alongside the teaching staff boarding an already busy single decker 484 at East Dulwich station towards Lewisham which as you can imagine would be busy with shoppers and parents picking up the children from school.
While it's common sense to use underused buses, especially double decker routes to transport school children on day trips during the school day, there has to be a cut off point, especially on single decker routes?
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Post by snoggle on Oct 1, 2013 18:58:46 GMT
It's become more common in recent years for schools to use buses to ferry children on day trips around town instead of hiring private charted buses/coaches. However at 3pm, I saw a class of around 40 kids alongside the teaching staff boarding an already busy single decker 484 at East Dulwich station towards Lewisham which as you can imagine would be busy with shoppers and parents picking up the children from school. While it's common sense to use underused buses, especially double decker routes to transport school children on day trips during the school day, there has to be a cut off point, especially on single decker routes? While I completely understand your point I can't see the policy changing. Schools don't have vast budgets for discretionary spend these days (from what I understand) plus TfL's pricing policy positively encourages use of the bus and tube network at off peak times. There are also special discounts for school group travel. TfL school tickets |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 1, 2013 19:17:40 GMT
It's become more common in recent years for schools to use buses to ferry children on day trips around town instead of hiring private charted buses/coaches. However at 3pm, I saw a class of around 40 kids alongside the teaching staff boarding an already busy single decker 484 at East Dulwich station towards Lewisham which as you can imagine would be busy with shoppers and parents picking up the children from school. While it's common sense to use underused buses, especially double decker routes to transport school children on day trips during the school day, there has to be a cut off point, especially on single decker routes? While I completely understand your point I can't see the policy changing. Schools don't have vast budgets for discretionary spend these days (from what I understand) plus TfL's pricing policy positively encourages use of the bus and tube network at off peak times. There are also special discounts for school group travel. TfL school ticketsMy secondary school didn't even have the funds during the good years lol. |
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Oct 1, 2013 20:40:44 GMT
While I completely understand your point I can't see the policy changing. Schools don't have vast budgets for discretionary spend these days (from what I understand) plus TfL's pricing policy positively encourages use of the bus and tube network at off peak times. There are also special discounts for school group travel. TfL school ticketsMy secondary school didn't even have the funds during the good years lol. When I was at school, we tended to use rail and the Tube for the educational trips. For recreational, during the days of ILEA, they utilised the school buses for special needs kids. Horniman Museum is near to me, so seeing school parties on public transport is nothing new, which has increased since London Overground's East London line was extended, alongside the local schools who use the routes I use. If Countdown is stuck at 3 mins at my local stop, I know it's down to 50 kids boarding at the museum! |
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