Football buses

[T.R.O.L.I.]

so is it now £3 return from the station to the ground ?

and am i right in thinking that its less for the same journey during the day (seem to remember going to a reserve game last season at about 2.00 pm and it being £2.00 as opposed to the £2.50 for the football buses ?)

if that is the case i'd love to know their justification for the huge rise over the past 2 seasons (£2 up to £3)

Simple solution (and with the farce that is the Rose Kiln lane rebuild makes a lot more sense):

Get on a number 4 or number 6 from the station (a single is £1.30 and a return £2.40) and get off on the Basingstoke Road either next to the World Turned Upside Down - ex-Harvester - (for beers ) or the next one down . Walk along Bennet Road and you're at the ground within 10 minutes. On the way back you can leave once the game has FINISHED as there's no real queues for the buses and be back in town by quarter to six (or later if you get sidetracked in the pub ).

[rabidbee]

its called supply and demand, the more the demand the less they are able to charge, .........oh hang on.

No, as demand increases, so does the price; it is increased supply which reduces prices.

Try telling Tesco and other retailers that one then!!

3 new routes, extra supply, so yours falls at the first hurdle

So supply has increased to meet demand. Prices fall when supply exceeds demand.

[The 17 Bus]

No, as demand increases, so does the price; it is increased supply which reduces prices.

Try telling Tesco and other retailers that one then!!

3 new routes, extra supply, so yours falls at the first hurdle

So supply has increased to meet demand. Prices fall when supply exceeds demand.

so if Reading buses ran extra buses that were not full the price would fall?

[andyhalls]

The 75 was totally deserted today!

[The 17 Bus]

The 75 was totally deserted today!

I assume that the price will fall then?