Oooh, fun...

[sessifet]

I booked a flight to .nl on the 15th of June (next Monday, whoo!) in the middle of the day (yay cheap flight). Unfortunately, this means I need to get to Liverpool airport in the middle of the day as well. Looking to use public transport, which will take slightly over two hours, but is cheaper than getting a taxi (55 quid to get from Bolton to Liverpool? Not bloody likely). Fortunately I won't be taking a lot of luggage.

Edit: Just so we all know? Public transport in this country sucks. It should not take me this much effort to plan a journey. Going from A to B means just that. Finding the best and quickest way should not involve breaking the journey up in 4 seperate stages, you nitwits...and it should definitely not be easier to get myself to where I used to live and then make my way from there. *grumbles*

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[happydisciple.livejournal.com]

I take it you know of Transport Direct?

[sessifet25.livejournal.com]

Oooooh. Thanks!

[da-pol.livejournal.com]

Taxi to bolton station, train to Piccadilly, X2 express coach from Piccadilly to Liverpool Airport.

The taxi could also be a 575 or a 126 bus.

Http://www.fola.org.uk/travel.html

[arwen-lune.livejournal.com]

If you find the ideal way between Liv. and Bolton let me know, I'm puzzling about that part myself..

[sessifet25.livejournal.com]

Someone with a car and willingness to get you there seemed to work last time. :)

[ciciaye.livejournal.com]

As a non-driver, I agree about the public transport

CCA

[jester-uk.livejournal.com]

As a driver I agree about the public transport

[meijhen.livejournal.com]

I live in the US, in a city (Dallas, Texas) that is firmly entrenched in the oil-business mentality. Public transport outside of the immediate downtown area is impossible. I have to drive over 30 minutes just to get to an area where buses exist.

We're making progress, but the US as a whole is pretty well behind in the public transport department. Cities like NYC, with a massive urban area, are better, but still could use improvement!

[swaldman.livejournal.com]

Thing is, in much (definitely not all) of .uk, reasonable public transport exists... but it's in bits. Different services run by different people will fail to meet up with each other. Or if they do, you won't know it. Busses run at implausible times for the convenience of the bus companies who only wish to meet the letter rather than the spirit of their obligations... there are no long-term car parks at coach or rail stations... and don't even start on the fiasco that is rail ticketing.

The transportdirect website is a very good start, but improving the information can only go so far...

(yes, I know, I live in London so I get to whinge about this from a safe distance for the most part. I didn't always, though)