Lillte Did The Bus Driver Know.......

Ivy Roberson, President of Whalan Community Action Group, Mount Druitt Combined Actions Group and Group 2770 would like to share a story to us that actually happened to her and made her feel bad about the bus changes that have affected the majority of suburbs around Mount Druitt.

Ivy was planning to visit her daughter in Cooma for the festive season recently. Ivy had her trip planed that she would leave on a Wednesday and catch the Westbus 780 bus to meet the train at 11.02am, which then takes you to Strathfield, thus transferring and getting a train from Canberra to Cooma and return on the Sunday. So far this all sounds easy, as most patrons who do travel far, normally arrange to meet your destinations normally.

Apparently, the Westbus 780 bus arrived at 11.05am (A forty-five minute wait for the bus on this day) as she travelled to Mount Druitt hoping that the train connection would be running late the =she mentioned to the driver that there are buses that run along Bulolo Road. The bus driver kept denying this and refused to admit that there was the Wesbus 674 shopper hopper service on Bulolo Drive. Ivy had contact Allan Shearan when she realised that the buses were being deleted along Bulolo Drove and lobbied him to get the Westbus shopper hopper bus service that is in current service.

Another lady patron on the bus kindly approached the driver and advised him that Ivy stands correct about the bus service on Bulolo Drive. Little did he know......

Anyway I vy reach Mount Druitt Interchange, went to the ticket office at Mount Druitt Station, was told she missed her train connection to Starthfield.Was advised with future train connection she would reach Canberra and have to wait for four hours for a propper bus service to Cooma. In such disgust and against her daughters' wishes Ivy returned home by bus, hopped into her car, drove drown down to Coomma and returned on the following Sunday by car home.

Again we ask each other , with the new time tables have they improved? - you can be the jugde of that!