Launch of new bus service 15B

• Sue Nicholas

  • Location: river
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  8 October 2012     11:08194786
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  I wasup at the crack of dawn to launch this new service .
• Guest 710

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  8 October 2012     11:10194787
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  ...and along came two at once?
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
• Jan Higgins

  • Location: Dover
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  8 October 2012     12:42194801
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  A very informative opening post.............not.
  
  Having looked it up it looks like the Canterbury bus will now go via River every 30 minutes.
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• Guest 656

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  8 October 2012     12:54194805
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  This is good news and especially for River residents. I know Sue uses the bus service regularly so no doubt this will help her immensely
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  8 October 2012     13:50194810
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  i think it was terry that started a thread on this a couple of weeks back, basically good news all round but river residents will notice it the most.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  8 October 2012     13:56194812
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  here is the new timetable for those who use the service.
  
  
  http://www.stagecoachbus.com/PdfUploads/Timetable_28801_15%2015A%2015B%20The%20Diamond.pdf
• Guest 648

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  8 October 2012     15:54194834
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  Not quite Tom but four buses an hour to and from Canterbury cannot be bad Two will go via London Road River and two through River via Lower Rd Temple Ewell .
  Thanks Howared for posting time table link.
• Guest 698

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  8 October 2012     19:54194909
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  I shall be eligible for my bus pass in July 2015. Free prescriptions next May along with a discount at B&Q on Wednesdays. Whoopee!
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Guest 768

  • Registered: 30 Aug 2012
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  8 October 2012     20:14194915
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  Oh dear. I already get free prescriptions and have had a bus pass for 5 years. Where's my walking stick?
  Non me minoris aestimo
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  8 October 2012     20:15194916
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  anyone that reaches 60 in greater london gets their bus pass then, underwritten by boris, b & q have had that deal on for 50 and over for many years.
• Terry Nunn

  • Location: London Road, Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  9 October 2012     07:18194954
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  Nice to see some decent buses (albeit not new) on the route. I was dreading seeing that ancient Mercedes as a 15B. I wonder why that has popped up in Dover again.
  
  I shall have an adventure this week, out on the 15B and back on the 12, followed by whatever is next at Tesco. I can't be seen hanging around there for too long!
  
  Terry
  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
  • Tesco
• Guest 710

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  9 October 2012     11:48194978
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  I live in London, I am 59 years old and the earliest I can apply for a Bus Pass is, 20 February 2018.
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
• Guest 710

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  9 October 2012     11:54194982
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  Have fun calculating your own eligibility in Kent...
  
  http://www.kent.gov.uk/roads_and_transport/getting_around/travel_by_bus/concessionary_bus_travel/who_is_eligible.aspx
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
• Keith Sansum1

  • Location: london
  • Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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  9 October 2012     11:56194984
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  who introduced the bus passes???
  ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
• Guest 656

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  9 October 2012     12:21194990
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  B&Q have discounts for the over 50's, well I never knew that, think of all the discounts I've missed out on in my 51st year
  
  Seriously though I'm glad to discover that piece of news. It was great when they were just around the corner from me here in Dover, now it's a car journey away. On the up side, it is bigger with a lot more choice
• Terry Nunn

  • Location: London Road, Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  9 October 2012     13:25195027
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  With an exception Collette. We waited nearly a week to get the stuff for our refurbished kitchen (discounts Wednesdays only) , only to be told "No discounts on kitchen materials"!
  
  Terry
  
  ps Fewer buses now to B&Q
  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  9 October 2012     13:28195031
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  tom
  
  you can buy an oyster card on your 60th birthday for a tenner and all travel is free from then on.
• Guest 710

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  9 October 2012     13:30195032
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  That's your 'gift' concerns over then Howard.
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.