a RANT against First in Essex
I had cause to use the 'First' bus services of Essex recently. Margaret Thatcher once said that if someone found themselves on a bus at the age of 30 then they would realise that they were something of a loser (I paraphrase slightly). Well I'm 40 and I can see her point.My first gripe is the allocation of buses. Why do some routes that consist of roundabout routes through villages where hardly anyone lives get provided with large double deckers that can hardly fit through leafy lanes whilst routes that pass through built up areas have buses so small that it makes you think sardines have a good deal.Next, I wish to pick issue with Chelmsford bus station. It used to consisit of a shed that reminded you of 'on the buses'. As one employee put it who I talked to said "aye it was a S**thole, but it was our S**thole". True, but at least it was homely and warm. The new station is bloody...
