All about me and driving a bus for MK Metro/ARRIVA Milton Keynes

I have some of these car stickers, expertly shown off my professional Matt here, to give away…

Anyone want one then get in contact

Well I’m 30 today

It’s only a week to go til I’ve been driving buses for 7 years….

Do I wanna carry on driving them? I’m not sure!…. :-/

I’ve posted a few months ago about these tablets that I’m taking, Cyclosprin for my Psoriasis.

Well now I have a stinking cold and raging sore throat which is a big no no while taking these, So I’m now off to the hospital for an “emergency appointment”

Couple of photos sent to me of the First of the new Citaro’s to be route branded

You’d think that if you got on a bus with a ticket machine all taped up like that, You’d quite rightly assume that the machine isn’t working, and when you’re told by the driver to “just take a seat” you wouldn’t just stand there blankly staring at said driver like a lemon, to only be told a further two times to “just take a seat, The machine isn’t working”, Thus the bus wouldn’t be held up for an extra couple of minutes

…If only the world worked that way.

Do you buy Arriva 4 Weekly All Zone Tickets?

If you do don’t buy them on the Bus!

Normally £65 on the bus, You can now get them online for £48.75!

Aylesbury

Standard Price £30.00 Web Price £22.50

Harlow

Standard Price £35.00 Web Price £26.25

Hemel Hempstead

Standard Price £45.00 Web Price £33.75

Hertford & Ware

Standard Price £50.00 Web Price £37.50

High Wycombe Inner

Standard Price £45.00 Web Price £33.75

High Wycombe Outer

Standard Price £55.00 Web Price £41.25

Luton & Dunstable

Standard Price £50.00 Web Price £37.50

North Herts

Standard Price £60.00 Web Price £45.00

Oxford

Standard Price £35.00 Web Price £26.25

Reading

Standard Price £55.00 Web Price £41.25

Stevenage

Standard Price £35.00 Web Price £26.25

Watford Inner

Standard Price £45.00 Web Price £33.75

Watford Outer

Standard Price £50.00 Web Price £37.50

Welwyn & Hatfield

Standard Price £50.00 Web Price £37.50

West Herts

Standard Price £60.00 Web Price £45.00

All Zones – Shires & Essex

Standard Price £65.00 Web Price £48.75

Have found another driver at MK Metro who is blogging about Bus Driving, Although they seem to be keeping their identity a secret…

Check em out, http://www.metromadness.co.uk

Brace yourselves as I’m in the mood for a rant!

Wednesday morning started with no trains from MK, Which meant the Rail and Bus station were awash with coaches, Why they allowed so many into the Station square at once is beyond me, They were everywhere! None of the buses could get onto the stops, and at one point, it took me 13 minutes to drive round the station instead of the usual 2.

Pull up to the stop on a number 8

“Is the 20 coming?”

<shrug shoulders> “No idea I’m driving an 8″

“Oh, I know”

“Then why ask me?”

“Just thought you’d know where the other buses are?”

“Nope! Perhaps they are hiding from you?! Bye!!”

“err Bye”

People must think you know where every single bus is at every minute of the day, I does make you think how their brains work.

How about a bus wiith some enforced Air Con?

Well that’s what you get with the cab window falls out as yer going down the road.

Luckily I managed to save the window, Hoping to earn some brownie points

But it didn’t work as once I’d dropped the last of my passengers off and got back to the depot, The replacement bus I was given was colder than having no window lol.

Put put your hand out for the bus…

The bus pulls up…

The doors open and you get on….

This is what you see… (You’ll just have to pretend there’s a driver there! lol)

What’s the first thing you’d say to the driver? (keep it clean! )

I was finally allocated a decent bus!! I definatly didn’t have my Route 20 face on today!