The Kintyre Forum

I hardly get home to Kintyre because it costs me £30 (sometimes more) for a return ticket on the bus.

I realise there are Apex tickets and such available, but £30 is a hefty amount to pay just because I decide to come home within 7 days.

They should be paying us to endure that journey!!

Luckily I don't have to endure it often - regular travellers must be well scunnered!

Boaby wrote:I hardly get home to Kintyre because it costs me £30 (sometimes more) for a return ticket on the bus.

I realise there are Apex tickets and such available, but £30 is a hefty amount to pay just because I decide to come home within 7 days.

They should be paying us to endure that journey!!

Luckily I don't have to endure it often - regular travellers must be well scunnered!

Sportacular!

That is shocking! Surely you would be cheaper flying?

Are you saying it is £30 to take the bus up on a Monday and back on a Friday? How much is a single?

With that news I won't be going to Campbeltown for sometime! Anyway, I am busy in the land of ice making my new film.

Speaking of rip offs - where is sportacus this weather?

I'b god a cold and my nose ish runnig sho I'm not coming out to play. Shorry.

http://www.citylinkonlinesales.co.uk/CitylinkWeb

Use the above website to book tickets.. its 13:12 now.. i can book a seat on todays 6pm from Glasgow and return Monday 7:15 for a cost of £20.90.. saves a couple of quid and you can either print out your ticket, collect it at Buchannan Street or get a text message on your phone (txtTicket)...

If i book the same journey for next weekend now, its £14.70..

And as we all know.. having a pre-booked journey will make sure you get on the bus.. so it will be you and 50 day tripping grannies..

I think the £15 mark is more than enough considering the non-car alternatives (ie; flying, which is expensive and bad for the environment).

Still, when travelling home for ..er.. parental respite (a bung in other words!!) when you can buy a return flight to London for the same amount.

Shouldn't it be subsidised in some way seeing as it is really the only way to travel to Kintyre? Or perhaps "locals rates" (could introduce a strange Royston Vasey effect when the driver asks "are you local?" !!)

yep. it's a shocking price. I paid £27 return the other week. Last time i flew to Norway it cost me the same.

As usual Campbeltown doesn't get a fair deal. But as the alternative of flying is £50 single there's not much choice.