Am Mi., 11. Sept. 2019 um 15:12 Uhr schrieb Paul Allen <[email protected]>:
> On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 at 10:43, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Usually these tourist bus stops are set up in areas with a lot of traffic >> and few parking space, in these settings you would not want tourist busses >> to block pt bus stops, the setting where it would be imaginable are low >> density places where it doesn't matter anyway where you stop (no problem, >> next bus in 4 hours). >> > > Ummm, the one here is on what is effectively the high street (and used to > be named that > many, many years ago). Several different hourly services stop there. > It's actually a long > "platform," long enough that two buses can stop there at once, which > sometimes happens if one > is running a little late. So there's enough room for an ordinary bus and > a tourist bus. > I was a bit exaggerating to make the point, but I guess you would agree that tourist busses stopping at bus stops in central London would not be appreciated. Around here (Rome), many bus stops have room for 2 busses, but with busses approaching every few minutes it would not work having coaches use them as well. In smaller towns it can be possible, but it isn't usual. > > In other places I've lived, tourist and long-distance buses shared a bus > station with ordinary > buses. > this is probably common (also close to or combined with a train station or a subway station) Cheers, Martin
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