Concern over shake-up of bus services between Teal Park and Birchwood in Lincoln

“"On Halloween I was with Layla and my two-year-old Poppy in Aldergrove Crescent,"

You really should donate to Remembrance Sunday each time and not just save your poppy year after year.”

“I think you will find the reason for the buses going around Teal Park is because the county council are subsidising it. If you look at the route branding along the roof edge above the windows you will see at the back on the red part of the company livery the council logo alongside the Stagecoach logo.”

“Total waste of taxpayers money to keep installing new high rise bus stops then changing direction of routes leaving perfectly good bus stops redundant .”

“I think you'll find that there aren't any more buses on routes 44 & 66. They've just played around with the route, so that the 'new' 44A goes to Teal Park. Just another philanthropic gesture from Stagecoach, who are runnning the service out of the goodness of their hearts.

Why is it ok for local authorities to pay subsidies to private bus companies, but it was a crime for local authorities to run the same services at a loss?”

“For more buses to run out of Lincoln later you need passengers to board them to make then viable to run, you cant run large vehicle just for the few .Bus services are run as profitable company's and are no longer run by the tax payers unless it is a subsidised route and the Council will not pay the going rate to the bus company's to make it viable .
The bus route in my view was changed to include Teal Park to prevent another company operating a route in to the park making it a more of a Monopoly in Lincoln.
The sooner the government steps in to change the way in which company's over saturate routes with vehicles to prevent competition the better it will be for the traveling public .”

“I am unsure as to why the complaint is there and how this makes a news story? I too have a 5 year old that has seen things and made him scared but unfortunately that is life and children do well learning from young ages that they should be aware of what is going on around them. Just because you are on a pavement, cyclists ride on them, so does this mean your child would be scared of bikes? Cars often cross pavements to access driveways and garages so again will they be scared of cars too? I do not mean to sound harsh but a little less cotton wool maybe required. Whilst i can empathize with the situation, the need for the bus service is obviously required otherwise Stagecoach would not put this in place, at the end of the day they are a company driven on profits (excuse the pun) and people must be making this service profitable.

On the other hand, is it just the Birchwood which will get additional services or will North Hykeham, Brant Road and Bracebridge receive a similar increase in bus service heading in the teal park direction or is it required to get 2 buses or god forbid, drive to Teal park area? Just a thought as I imagine the area will become like the rest of Lincoln soon and impossible to drive in around peak hours!”

“Phil

When I lived on Aldergrove we used to have busses running in both directions. Less than a year after installing the bus stops the busses were switched to one direction.”

“If you look on street view on Google map you can actually see a double decker on Aldergrove Cresent. Its not the best of views but I'd think that with care two buses should be able to pass each other ok. The other thing is that Google map also shows bus stops on both sides of the road so is this something new?

I wonder if Philip Robinson is a bus user or car user. I think most bus users would just be grateful to have a bus service like the one on the Birchwood/Doddington Park estates!”

“Personally i think there should be more busses out of Lincoln and a later bus service for surrounding villages as there aren't many jobs in Lincoln. I often see 2 following each other since the new timetable and wonder why teal park needs to alter the bus services so drastically. The wider issue is how the layout of Lincoln makes no sense at all but that's another story”