Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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9 December 2010
20:1883845#1
Being a regular user of public transport it brings it home to you more so in the snow, the shelters provided in some of the rural places and most bus shelters are all very open thus not being inviting and very cold.
what do other public transport users think,,,,,,,,,
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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9 December 2010
20:2883848#2
i raised this subject with roger many moons ago on here, he was going to look into it, not heard since.
a bit of a complicated issue, some bus shelters are the responsibility of the council and others that of the operator.
i contacted stagecoach a couple of years back when they started operating from market square(very bleak in bad weather), i was told that d.d.c. had promised to provide a shelter there.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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9 December 2010
20:3383850#3
Funny you should mention that Keith, I noted this afternoon a new open shelter has just been erected alongside the enclosed brickbuilt example up Rokesley road. I assume that one is about to be demolished?
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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9 December 2010
20:3983852#4
during the snow fall it was very cold sitting on cold rail stations
and very very breezy bus shelters
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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9 December 2010
22:0483858#5
I hope you did not attempt to sit on one of those metal seats that are on the station platform Keith. I do not think I have moved so quickly as I did the only time I was going to use one and that was on a nice Spring day.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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9 December 2010
22:3383860#6
they do have rather anaesthetic qualities jan.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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10 December 2010
23:3684024#7
Are the 'open' bus shelters left like that to allow smoking by those waiting?
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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11 December 2010
09:4984051#8
no kath there not supposed to smoke in them
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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11 December 2010
10:3184055#9
not as straightforward as that keith.
the rule is that if a shelter is three sided then it is non smoking, but many have open corners which stops then being unbroken three sided.
best to go by whether there is a sign or not.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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11 December 2010
14:3784067#10
uuuummmmm well spoken as a smoker howard
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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11 December 2010
16:0484083#11
kieth,howard is right here.no nosmoking signs on any bus shelters in the town of dover,and im not just saying that because i smoke,why dont you check it out yourself,where as canterbury buss stations bus stops are non smoking.
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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12 December 2010
01:4984169#12
This 'orrible thing is a standard smoking shelter purchased from ashore. Caught in the background of a photo of two of my granddaughters when they did a trip on my ship (they were made a big fuss of by all the crew and had the time of their lives). There is one of these fitted on each of the three DFDS ferries and it is the only place where crew are authorised to smoke on the ship, apart from the Engine Room workshop. The non-smokers amongst you will be overjoyed to hear that it is a most unpleasant place to go for a fag being bitterly cold, with a biting wind blowing through it coming down the side of the ship, and surrounded by engine room vents making an unholy racket.
