[Tagging] Tourist bus stop

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Am Mi., 11. Sept. 2019 um 15:12 Uhr schrieb Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com>:

> On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 at 10:43, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
> 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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