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Standing at a bus stop in Wiltshire waiting for another bus that’s never going to show up.

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

OK. Let’s unpick todays shambles. Staff are sick & you’ve not addressed driver shortages despite having a over a year to do so, but we’ll park that bit. You have been investigated & been found wanting by numerous journalists & online accounts. 1/

[Stagecoach South @StagecoachSouth]

#Andover, service update for Saturday 29th October.
Due to staff sickness and driver shortages, please allow extra time for your travel today as there will be service disruption thru out our Andover network.
Our apologies for any inconvenience this will cause.
VS SC Andover

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

#Tidworth #Bulford #Larkhill @ArmyCGS @MilitaryBanter @DefencePeople @PhilipIngMBE @ArmyBasing @combat_boot @DanOB1986 @MilitaryBanter @thinkdefence @wiltscouncil @ScoachMisery @adrianadastra @uk_crafting https://t.co/ajXOnK2MhR

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

Hey @StagecoachSouth @SalisburyReds first week back at school/college/work is disaster. Buses cancelled, not showing up. Lots of passengers trying to move around garrisons abandoned at bus stops.
How is that award you got for supporting military dependents? @combat_boot

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

@uk_crafting Bet they’ll still neglect the Andover-Ludgershall-Tidworth-Bulford-Larkhill-Amesbury route though. They have plenty of buses & drivers already, just prefer to concentrate on profitable routes & @wiltscouncil & @hantsconnect let them.

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

It’s pouring down. Plenty buses missing from App, are they cancelled or just another App fault?
Do passengers risk it & get soaked? @wiltscouncil @hantsconnect @ArmyCGS @ArmySgtMajor @DefencePeople @PhilipIngMBE @ArmyBasing @combat_boot @DanOB1986 @adrianadastra @uk_crafting

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

@wiltscouncil Improved bus services? 😬 #catchthebusmonth

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

Didn’t turn up. @wiltscouncil & @hantsconnect just gave them extra funding for this mess. Not all dependants have cars @ArmyCGS @ArmySgtMajor @DefencePeople @PhilipIngMBE @ArmyBasing @combat_boot @DanOB1986 @MilitaryBanter @thinkdefence @adrianadastra @uk_crafting

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

@StagecoachBBird @wiltscouncil @hantsconnect @ArmyCGS @ArmySgtMajor @DefencePeople @PhilipIngMBE @ArmyBasing @combat_boot @DanOB1986 @MilitaryBanter @thinkdefence @adrianadastra @uk_crafting 1. towards Salisbury
2. Ludgershall
3. 6pm - 7:30pm
4. Activ8
5. at least 4 buses disappeared from app, and 2 didn’t show up. Happened several times over last few weeks
6. Why is Aberdeen depot asking about Hampshire & Wiltshire?

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

Another @StagecoachSouth bus just disappeared from App. Will it show up, will anyone make any announcements. Does anyone care about employment or education in garrisons?

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

Another @StagecoachSouth is cancelled, again. Buses just don’t show up nowadays.

No announcements, no warnings, they just hope nobody notices. Maybe BBC should revisit? https://t.co/GGXgqT0OaQ

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

@combat_boot @uk_crafting @ArmyCGS @ArmySgtMajor @DefencePeople @PhilipIngMBE @ArmyBasing @DanOB1986 @MilitaryBanter @thinkdefence @wiltscouncil @ScoachMisery @adrianadastra On bus right now. Rammed solid, late. Doesn’t even appear on App. So pretty much hit & miss if anything is going to turn up.

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

Another @StagecoachSouth is cancelled, again. Buses just don’t show up nowadays.

No announcements, no warnings, they just hope nobody notices. Maybe BBC should revisit? https://t.co/GGXgqT0OaQ

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

@StagecoachSouth Why? So you can give it “sorry, drivers, breakdowns, blah, mumble”. How about you keep app up to date & announce cancellations via social media in advance. I mean it was only 4 people left waiting today, no big deal, and nobody should have noticed right?

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

@uk_crafting @combat_boot @ArmyCGS @ArmySgtMajor @DefencePeople @PhilipIngMBE @ArmyBasing @DanOB1986 @MilitaryBanter @thinkdefence @wiltscouncil @ScoachMisery @adrianadastra Bus didn’t show up this morning. Next one showed up 12 mins late. So 45 mins total. Someone else just told me theirs was 28 mins late this morning too.

Wonder if it’s Salisbury Reds turning up & Stagecoach cancelling or late. Been like this for years.

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

.@StagecoachSouth is cancelling buses again. Buses just disappear from App or just don’t show up.

Claimed to be increasing numbers of buses & got money from @wiltscouncil & @hantsconnect. Nothing changed in 2 years & garrison residents are messed around. https://t.co/GGXgqT0OaQ

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

@uk_crafting @combat_boot @ArmyCGS @ArmySgtMajor @DefencePeople @PhilipIngMBE @ArmyBasing @DanOB1986 @MilitaryBanter @thinkdefence @wiltscouncil @ScoachMisery @adrianadastra But according to their system, that bus ran as promised so no problems. Nobody will do anything 😡

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

@StagecoachSouth @wiltscouncil @hantsconnect Isolated incident? 😐

This route is famous for delays, cancellations, app not working properly. BBC showed up & did report on it.

Timetable had to be cut back as couldn’t cope & as soon as its increased, the same problems start.

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

OK. Let’s unpick todays shambles. Staff are sick & you’ve not addressed driver shortages despite having a over a year to do so, but we’ll park that bit. You have been investigated & been found wanting by numerous journalists & online accounts. 1/

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

@uk_crafting @ArmyCGS @ArmySgtMajor @DefencePeople @PhilipIngMBE @ArmyBasing @combat_boot @DanOB1986 @MilitaryBanter @thinkdefence @wiltscouncil @ScoachMisery @adrianadastra It was chaos previously. Kids late for school, others late for work. And nightmare getting home, with kids left standing at side of road for hours.

Lots of parents & partners had to leave work to go drive them. It was multiple buses cancelled every day.

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

@StagecoachSouth @wiltscouncil @hantsconnect Perhaps mention that to the ppl at bus stop who didn’t see it..?

If they keep disappearing from App how can people be confident that it’s going to show up. Is it worth going out for a bus that may not turn up.

What is wrong with the App that causes this?

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@StagecoachSouth @wiltscouncil @hantsconnect Shouldn’t the company be telling the customers this, not the other way around?

That one was station road heading to Andover. But there’s been plenty more. Some ppl turned up & waited, others binned it when it disappeared from App.

[inactiv8 @inactiveight]

@StagecoachSouth @wiltscouncil @hantsconnect 1128 from Tidworth is latest no-show, just disappeared from App. But there’s loads more. Mostly just don’t show up or drop off app.

When you feed this back to local team, expect normal response of a shrug, plus “whatevs & something, something, something about drivers innit”