I think that there is a bit of a conspiracy going on to get everyone to leave town.
After years of roadworks, massive hikes in car parking charges, construction of a huge monstrosity in Parkway, we now have a spanking new fleet of DOUBLE deck buses encouraging us to "Whizz into Reading in style" or in the other direction take the "Basingstoke Flyer".
There will soon be nobody left in Newbury during the daytime.
I think that there is a bit of a conspiracy going on to get everyone to leave town.
After years of roadworks, massive hikes in car parking charges, construction of a huge monstrosity in Parkway, we now have a spanking new fleet of DOUBLE deck buses encouraging us to "Whizz into Reading in style" or in the other direction take the "Basingstoke Flyer".
There will soon be nobody left in Newbury during the daytime.
The buses carry passengers in both directions don't they?. Or is it the usual case around here of the glass is half empty.....This board really tries its utmost to talk down Newbury at every opportunity, sad really, all this negativity in most threads. And before anyone starts, I am not User23 nor do I work for WBC.
The buses carry passengers in both directions don't they?. Or is it the usual case around here of the glass is half empty.....This board really tries its utmost to talk down Newbury at every opportunity, sad really, all this negativity in most threads. And before anyone starts, I am not User23 nor do I work for WBC.
You must be just as blinkered as user23 or else you need a visit to Specsavers. Have you not noticed how the town has deteriorated over the last few years?
However lets not get too gloomy, presumably these buses will be emblazoned with adverts for Parkway (if it opens on time). Can we rename the Basingstoke route to be the Newbury Flyer?
By the way the A339 through Newbury is totally stuffed again this morning. Now why did they close Parkway Bridge? Ah I remember, it was because the A339 was a more convenient route to avoid the traffic jams in the Wharf.
After years of roadworks, massive hikes in car parking charges, construction of a huge monstrosity in Parkway, we now have a spanking new fleet of DOUBLE deck buses encouraging us to "Whizz into Reading in style" or in the other direction take the "Basingstoke Flyer"..
Where did you get "Basingstoke Flyer" from? As far as I am aware the Basingstoke route is called "The Link". The route into Reading is called "Jet Black".
I am sure there will be lots of publicity when Parkway opens, including advertising on buses.
You must be just as blinkered as user23 or else you need a visit to Specsavers. Have you not noticed how the town has deteriorated over the last few years?
Deteriorated? Says who? From what I see of Newbury it's a pleasant enough place to shop/work/live. When Parkway opens and some of the larger chains relocate to it, I am sure landlords owning the smaller shops are going to have to reduce their rents which in turn will encourage more smaller, specialist shops to move in, making things even better in the medium to long term. The market place is far nicer now than it was although I'd like to see more growth in the cafe/bar/pub collection around it.
The cinema is OK, not my cup of tea but a welcome addition to the town although I object to it being funded by taxpayers. Northbrook street is a pleasant enough shopping environment. Shame the buses are going from it, low emission vehicles would be a handy and popular mode of transport right into the centre, but I respect other's views that is is dangerous, although I fear cars are just as dangerous as buses outside of the closed period.
Anyway, my point wasn't about whether Newbury is deteriorating (in some people's but no means everyone's eyes), it was about why people on here twist almost every story here into some negative gripe about Newbury! I have seen those new buses and with them carrying free wifi I though what a brilliant set up if you happen to live in Newbury and work in Reading (or vice versa). Having just suffered a tedious, almost 2 hour, journey from Maidenhead to Newbury by train the other da,y I saw the buses and begun wondering if I could start using them to get to Reading for an onward train to Maidenhead. Others, probably heavily blinkered , would just assume those buses are WBC's devil and will just suck everyone from town and destroy Newbury and the whole of the civilised world
I think that there is a bit of a conspiracy going on to get everyone to leave town.
After years of roadworks, massive hikes in car parking charges, construction of a huge monstrosity in Parkway, we now have a spanking new fleet of DOUBLE deck buses encouraging us to "Whizz into Reading in style" or in the other direction take the "Basingstoke Flyer".
There will soon be nobody left in Newbury during the daytime.
What a strange post, complaining about improvements in local public transport. I've no idea what the "Basingstoke Flyer" is either.
I was in Newbury during the daytime today and it was packed. Perhaps it might be even more so when Parkway is open and people on the outskirts of Reading are able to "Whiz into Newbury".
Also, and I'm being a tad pedantic here, but surely "the other direction" from Newbury to Reading is Reading to Newbury, not Newbury to Basingstoke.
By the way the A339 through Newbury is totally stuffed again this morning. Now why did they close Parkway Bridge? Ah I remember, it was because the A339 was a more convenient route to avoid the traffic jams in the Wharf.
This has been going on for a few days now and it appears it is something to do with new storm drains on and around the Burger King roundabout. Today they had closed the southbound right hand lane because they had dug a new drain in the middle of the roundabout. This caused blocked roads back to Shaw, the Kings Road and Hambridge Rd and the Robin Hood roundabout. According to WBC Traffic Management department who patently were not managing anything, the repair material takes an hour to set. This would be the reason for all the workmen sitting in the lorry cab watching the traffic for several hours.
You must be just as blinkered as user23 or else you need a visit to Specsavers. Have you not noticed how the town has deteriorated over the last few years?
However lets not get too gloomy, presumably these buses will be emblazoned with adverts for Parkway (if it opens on time). Can we rename the Basingstoke route to be the Newbury Flyer?
By the way the A339 through Newbury is totally stuffed again this morning. Now why did they close Parkway Bridge? Ah I remember, it was because the A339 was a more convenient route to avoid the traffic jams in the Wharf.
You seem to be complaining about the buses and the traffic jams. Logically, if we had more buses (double decker or not) the A339 would not be so totally stuffed. BTW on the bus into Newbury this morning it was 3/4 full. The bus going in the opposite direction had 6 passangers.
I think Scaramouche's point is that the actual marketing of this service REALLY does say we should "Whizz into Reading in Style", and as some quite rightly pointed out it is a two way journey ! Also I can't envisage the good people of Reading being enticed to "whizz into Newbury in Style" when they already have what we are getting ?
The market place is far nicer now than it was although I'd like to see more growth in the cafe/bar/pub collection around it.
But it is still nothing but an an empty space during most of the daytime. The only thing happening when i walked through there the other day was some shirtless spotty youth trying to do stunts on his mountain bike.
I was in Newbury during the daytime today and it was packed. Perhaps it might be even more so when Parkway is open and people on the outskirts of Reading are able to "Whiz into Newbury".
Which part of Newbury were you in, Cheap St, or the northern part of Bartholemew St. perhaps !!
But it is still nothing but an an empty space during most of the daytime. The only thing happening when i walked through there the other day was some shirtless spotty youth trying to do stunts on his mountain bike.
When was that then? I would image that during the week, many, if not most, people will be at work. Yesterday, Saturday, it was very well filled
Incidentally, these new buses carry the writing "Whizz into Reading in style" on one side and "Whizz into Newbury in style" on the other side.
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, would just assume those buses are WBC's devil and will just suck everyone from town and destroy Newbury and the whole of the civilised world 
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