"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:54:20 -0000, "Bevan Price"
wrote:

And in Manchester, many / most passengers seem to ignore the second door,
and alight at the front, even those who had been sitting in the rear
portion
of the bus.

Probably because in the early days drivers were reluctant to open the
rear doors. May still be.

Neil


When I first used them on the Manchester - Bury route, the rear doors were
often opened if anyone was standing near them, but most passengers seemed to
ignore them and alight at the front. Maybe there were insufficient bendy
buses in the area for people to become familiar with alighting at a second
door.

Bevan

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Bevan Price typed, for some strange, unexplained
reason:
: "Neil Williams" wrote in message
: ...
: On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:54:20 -0000, "Bevan Price"
: wrote:
:
: And in Manchester, many / most passengers seem to ignore the second
: door, and alight at the front, even those who had been sitting in
: the rear portion
: of the bus.
:
: Probably because in the early days drivers were reluctant to open
: the rear doors. May still be.
: :
: When I first used them on the Manchester - Bury route, the rear doors
: were often opened if anyone was standing near them, but most
: passengers seemed to ignore them and alight at the front. Maybe there
: were insufficient bendy buses in the area for people to become
: familiar with alighting at a second door.

When they (briefly) tried two-door buses in Birmingham in the 70's, the
little hooligans all got on via the exit door to avoid passing the driver.
They (the buses) didn't last long. The hooligans, unfortunately know how
to breed and are therefore still sadly with us.

Ivor

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:07:02 -0000, "Bevan Price"
wrote:

When I first used them on the Manchester - Bury route, the rear doors were
often opened if anyone was standing near them, but most passengers seemed to
ignore them and alight at the front. Maybe there were insufficient bendy
buses in the area for people to become familiar with alighting at a second
door.

Or maybe it was because there have been at times dual-door buses in
Manchester, but the rear door has always been out of use.

Neil

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On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:18:56 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
wrote:

When they (briefly) tried two-door buses in Birmingham in the 70's, the
little hooligans all got on via the exit door to avoid passing the driver.
They (the buses) didn't last long. The hooligans, unfortunately know how
to breed and are therefore still sadly with us.

Quite. But for some reason this seems only rarely to be an issue in
London...

Neil

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(Neil Williams) wrote:

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:18:56 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
wrote:

When they (briefly) tried two-door buses in Birmingham in the 70's,
the little hooligans all got on via the exit door to avoid passing the
driver. They (the buses) didn't last long. The hooligans,
unfortunately know how to breed and are therefore still sadly with us.

Quite. But for some reason this seems only rarely to be an issue in
London...

And the Park and Ride services in Cambridge. A few of the former P&R buses
have been cascaded to regular routes too.

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