Bus given ticket after bus left unattended at bus stop

[Greg in Weardale]

RE: Bus given ticket after bus left unattended at bus stop

(18/08/2015 14:30)knutstransport Wrote:  http://travel.aol.co.uk/2015/08/18/bus-d...stop-kent/

I find it strange the bus apparently can't be left unattended at a bus stop. As well as popping in to shops I've used services where there's been a change in driver and the first driver has left the bus before the second driver arrives to take over or when the driver has left the bus for a toilet break.

When I ran buses in Norwich some years ago you got a ticket if you stood in a bus stop for more than SIX minutes. There will be some places where there are too many services for stops, but in many cases you're the only bus using it so there should be no problem. Councils should provide places for buses to lay over.