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Fears over bus crush allayed
9:02am Monday 25th August 2008
BUS company Stagecoach has responded to concerns about overcrowded buses running through Overton and Whitchurch at the start of the new academic year.
Parish councillor for Overton Brian Langer had called for bus operators to run more services at the start of the academic year, as the sudden impact on the space on buses leads to regular users made to run late.
"As a passenger it's always a problem at the start of the academic year," he said.
"A lot of the regular users are pushed off because of the lack of room, and they have to wait for the next bus and this makes them late."
Acting operations manager at Stagecoach Andover Richard Tyldseley said: "We will be running Dupe buses as we did last year to relieve the passenger load."
He added that last year there were problems running the duplicate service but this year no such problems should arise as all the services are being run from Andover.
"We did several passenger checks, and with both buses there will be plenty of room," he added.
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John, Whitchurch says...
11:29am Mon 25 Aug 08
But what makes Councillor Langer any more a "regular user" than any of the students, and why should these so-called "regular users" be given any more priority than other passengers.
Perhaps students don't count in Mr Langers eyes :-((