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trains and buses at night and xmas etc...
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do you think there would be a lot less trouble in the streets if trains and buses didnt stop at 11.30 ish and continued til the early hours at weekends and xmas etc?
would it lessen the amount of people just hanging about on the road waiting for taxis and potentially stealing others cabs causing conflict.
i havent been to town in ages for new year because the hassle of gettinbg taxis just pouts a downer on the night... but if i could just just om a train when im ready.
obviously there could be trouble on trains but there can be at any time really, and there probably wouldnt be a surge of people at any one time...
i realise it would cause other issues - like the need for extra staff, more security at stations and more cleanup (kebabs, vomit etc)
but would the extra revenue make it worthwhile for the rail companies?
cheers
would it lessen the amount of people just hanging about on the road waiting for taxis and potentially stealing others cabs causing conflict.
i havent been to town in ages for new year because the hassle of gettinbg taxis just pouts a downer on the night... but if i could just just om a train when im ready.
obviously there could be trouble on trains but there can be at any time really, and there probably wouldnt be a surge of people at any one time...
i realise it would cause other issues - like the need for extra staff, more security at stations and more cleanup (kebabs, vomit etc)
but would the extra revenue make it worthwhile for the rail companies?
cheers
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.There would be a lot less trouble on the streets if pubs and clubs closed at a sensible hour, people went home at a reasonable time instead of disgorging in hoards from tacky drinking holes in the small hours and did not spend the time they are out drinking themselves into a senseless stupor. Whether or not they will be able to catch a bus home after doing that is immaterial as many of them are so ratted they cannot even find the bus stop.
They tried it here for a while. Buses going from town centre pick up points to various parts of town. They only travelled on the main roads so you'd get off at the nearest point to your house. The bus cost £2 each regardless of where you were going and had a security man on board.
It didn't last long, I don't know why...
It didn't last long, I don't know why...
Most of ours are stopping early (7-8pm ish) but there are some special night buses on certain main routes, some running up to 4am. We have night buses usually though.
Trouble tends to depend on the route, some better than others and the Salford nightbus I used to get was one of the worst, people getting on covered in blood etc... (not even NYE!) and some nasty assaults (not even at night). My ones now are more studenty routes so at least busier and often packed and loud but safer.
I guess it's more usual here though dealing with that kind of thing and the aftermath of major concerts and such, even Take That fans got a lot of bad press:
"24 arrests... 21 crime reports....ambulance service dealt with around 606 incidents" and over 100 in A&E.
Trouble tends to depend on the route, some better than others and the Salford nightbus I used to get was one of the worst, people getting on covered in blood etc... (not even NYE!) and some nasty assaults (not even at night). My ones now are more studenty routes so at least busier and often packed and loud but safer.
I guess it's more usual here though dealing with that kind of thing and the aftermath of major concerts and such, even Take That fans got a lot of bad press:
"24 arrests... 21 crime reports....ambulance service dealt with around 606 incidents" and over 100 in A&E.
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