Bus Pass Prices

[k2-edgar]

I Surely cannot be the only one at UWE who is annoyed at the new prices of the bus passes.... £250 for a 3 term pass! The fact that we're paying over £3000 to attend this university when just a few years ago students weren't even paying £2000 should give us some benefits. £250, for a bus service which is rarely on time, and is usually pretty cruddy. £150 would be a much better price and more exceptable... if you think about how much this place is getting per hundred students who use this transport facility. They are surely rolling it in from bus prices alone, forgetting tuition fees and accomodation fees.

[Spyker]

Its is annoying yes perhaps you could raise it at the AGM, but personally I also find large pink letters annoying.

[Lil_Me]

I think you need to be a little more intelligent when it comes to working out what bus pass you get. The 3-term pass only saves you money if you're in 5 days a week*, 4 days a week or less and it's cheaper to get a smartcard and top it up. So wait until you get your timetable, do the maths, and quit whinging. No one is forcing you to buy a £250 3 term pass.


*based on the standard UWE calendar excluding freshers week and assessment periods.

[k2-edgar]

Sorry if you find pink letters annoying but it was my first post and I was playing around.
All i'm saying is that regardless of what pass you buy it's still pretty expensive... It just seems that they forget that students can't afford everything.

[Lil_Me]

Day ticket on the U-link - £2.50
Day ticket with First - £3.30

Monthly ticket on the U-link - £35
Monthly ticket with First - £61.50

3 Termly ticket on the U-link - £249
3 Termly ticket with First - £352.60

Yearly ticket on the U-link - £279
Yearly ticket with First - £409

Really now, look at that and tell me that UWE are still ripping you off!

[Rob]

They are surely rolling it in from bus prices alone, forgetting tuition fees and accomodation fees. [/color][/size]

You seem to be implying that the university don't then spend any money...? Just because they might sell 1000 bus passes at £250 each doesn't mean that they are then going to sit on all that cash, seems to me there is quite a lot of investment. People don't complain about that though.

[r2-bowyer]

Day ticket on the U-link - £2.50
Day ticket with First - £3.30

Monthly ticket on the U-link - £35
Monthly ticket with First - £61.50

3 Termly ticket on the U-link - £249
3 Termly ticket with First - £352.60

Yearly ticket on the U-link - £279
Yearly ticket with First - £409

Really now, look at that and tell me that UWE are still ripping you off!

to be fair ulink is cheaper but you are pretty limited where you can go, where as with first you can go to cribbs causeway, southmead and lots of different places