Alicante airport to Torrevieja bus service cut back!
05 January 2012 @ 16:15
Airport bus service cut back
The New Year has brought bus timetable changes for the service between Torrevieja and Alicante airport. Since its launch in May last year, the service has been hourly back and forth, but as a result of the low season and the lack of people using the service, it has been decided that from this week, the service to and from the airport will now be bi-hourly.
The service will leave the Bus Station in Torrevieja on the hours of 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19, while from the airport to Torrevieja the service will depart at 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. The first and last hour services have been removed completely.
A spokesman for the bus company told RTN: “Despite the call for this service, it is being under-utilised. Sometimes buses with a capacity for 50 passengers will not even carry five passengers and therefore it isn’t cost effective for us. What is ironic is that the price for the service is a fraction of what a taxi would cost from Torrevieja to the airport, so we cannot understand why people are not using it.”
The service is currently up for tender so it remains to be seen whether or not it will continue. The message certainly seems to be that if you want it, use it!
Source: RTN
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foxbat said:
05 January 2012 @ 20:56
Knock on effect of Michael 'Screw you Jack, I'm all right' O'Leary's Ryanair's flight reductions and cancellations perhaps...
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brownhog said:
07 January 2012 @ 13:05
Perhaps instead of running the buses every two hours, they could be scheduled to run when the greatest number of flight arrivals are expected. Smaller buses would be less costly when passenger numbers are low. I would love to use the facility, but the wait if you miss one is too long.
ANN said:
29 January 2012 @ 01:15
Used the service for first time, and it was great, cheap, and on time. Saved 50euro on taxi. Think it has to be advertised as many people are not aware of it. Def use it again.
Mrs Jackie King said:
31 March 2012 @ 13:16
The bus is very useful and have used it on several occasions but the only trouble the flights now with rynair aren't landing until 20.00 and you haven't got time to catch the last bus which is such a shame so have to resort to getting a taxi at very high prices
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