Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

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Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by LoyalRoyalFan » 14 Aug 2008 12:28

http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/pa ... 83,00.html

So if Reading Buses want you to use the bus system more often and get out of your cars,they should start lowering prices rather than raising them. :roll:

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by rfcjoe » 14 Aug 2008 12:30

Absolute disgrace. I now will no longer be attending home games even though I get a lift there! :roll: :lol:

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by LoyalRoyalFan » 14 Aug 2008 12:35

I have been using the buses for a long time now,but i am starting to be put off.

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by cmonurz » 14 Aug 2008 12:35

Well it's inevitable when it costs 5 million dollars to park a car anywhere that the buses would increase their margins.

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by Silver Fox » 14 Aug 2008 13:01

If there's 4 of us a taxi to the ground snd then free bus back to town now seems almost certain every week, in fact just 3 of us might make it worthwhile


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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by Sarah Star » 14 Aug 2008 13:03

It cost me £8 to park my car for the Villa match, so I'm assuming the car parking prices have gone up for the season too.

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by Huntley & Palmer » 14 Aug 2008 13:52

That is disgusting, a full 50p more than a day busabout anywhere in Reading. As SF says, taxi between four people is a shade over £10 then the utilisation of an old bus ticket for a free bus back after the game for exactly the same price

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by SpaceCruiser » 14 Aug 2008 13:54

£4.50 from town?!? :shock:

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by Skyline » 14 Aug 2008 14:28

No, from the town centre it's £3.50 (the 77 and 79). The 'inner zone' on local routes is $4.50 (wherever that covers), but it's not the shuttle buses.

It's still pushing the limits of what's an acceptable price though.


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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by gh7901 » 15 Aug 2008 00:37

Im not so bothered about the increase, its inevitable but the prices are too expensive generally.
The shuttle from and to the station now costs almost as much as my return train ticket from Newbs (admittedly with my 16-25 railcard)

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by Huntley & Palmer » 15 Aug 2008 12:24

Skyline No, from the town centre it's £3.50 (the 77 and 79). The 'inner zone' on local routes is $4.50 (wherever that covers), but it's not the shuttle buses.

It's still pushing the limits of what's an acceptable price though.

I'll be intrigued to see what they charge LI, their return tickets to the Mad were £2.60 as opposed to £3 anyway. It's something I have never been able to work out, are they saying that less people use the football match days than the rugby ones, or is it just a blatant over charge for football fans as always

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by Forbury Lion » 15 Aug 2008 12:30

5 adults in a taxi will be cheaper than 5 adults on the bus.

Why does it cost so much to get a bus to the footy as opposed to getting a bus into town?

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by The 17 Bus » 15 Aug 2008 17:17

But you know the answer already FL, they see a chance to make more money, then they can subsidise routes that no oxf*rd wants to use.


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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by Huntley & Palmer » 15 Aug 2008 17:24

The council subsidise the non money making routes, so its a pure profiteering scheme. I can understand that their costs are over and above normal services due to the extra buses and staff but I can't see as they require £3.50 for a return to the stadium and back

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by The 17 Bus » 15 Aug 2008 17:47

But most games are played when the buses would be sat in the depot, off peak and at wekends and drivers seem to like the O/T

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by AF1 » 15 Aug 2008 18:05

lol @ going to home games

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by weybridgewanderer » 16 Aug 2008 00:28

Forbury Lion 5 adults in a taxi will be cheaper than 5 adults on the bus.

Why does it cost so much to get a bus to the footy as opposed to getting a bus into town?



£10 in the taxi one way - £20 both ways, between 5 is £4 each return

Bus is £3.50 return

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by Big Foot » 17 Aug 2008 13:46

LOL @ anyone who actually pays for the bus to or from the game.

Straight on often without even acknowledging the driver, sit at back of the bus and then emergency exit door to get out without queuing.

Too frickin' cool 8)

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by T.R.O.L.I. » 18 Aug 2008 07:18

Huntley & Palmer then the utilisation of an old bus ticket for a free bus back after the game for exactly the same price


I used this ruse on Saturday - flashed an old ticket and then walked right to the back of the bus. There was a bloke checking tickets who tried to get my mate to pay for me until my mate told him that it wasn't his problem :lol: I think they may be having a bit of a clampdown on "fare evasion" or whatever they call it these days.

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Re: Matchday Bus Prices up 50p

by Gloria Gooner » 18 Aug 2008 09:13

At £6.40 for a return on the train and then £3.50 for the bus, it's now cheaper for me to drive from Farnborough and park in Reading, even at the £8 they are charging for stadium parking this season.

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