It was a bit over a week ago that I was going to write a rant about the lack of bus timetables at the bus stops in Hay - but a friend sent me some correspondence they had been having with Powys County Council, who are responsible for putting the timetables up. They said they were treating it as a priority and the timetables would be up by today.
So I went to check this morning, and - rapture!
Then I checked across the road - modified rapture!
As you can see, someone has put up a handwritten timetable in the absence of the official one.
And telling people to scan a QR code is not entirely helpful. I have a smart phone, but I don't know how to do QR codes, and I don't feel inclined to learn.
Sergeants buses took over the Hereford - Hay - Brecon route on 1st September, and it is now 15th November. On the Herefordshire side of the border, the timetables went up very quickly, and there was even a special notice warning about the disruption to the service because of roadworks in Dorstone.
It would be nice if Powys County Council would do a bit more to encourage people to use the bus service, and make it easier for them to do so.
2 comments:
Re scanning the code. It's easier than you might think. Open the camera app on your phone and point the camera at the code. A website link then pops up on the screen. Click on the link the relevant webpage opens up. (The autoscan feature is a setting on your camera app but is normally already enabled.)
Thanks for the advice. I'm sure I could do it if I had to - I just resent having no choice about it (childish, I know!)
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