They're changing ALL the buses
Yesterday we got a big envelope put in the mailbox from the bus and tram company, Keolis.
From 22 February all the buses are changing.
So they sent us:
a magazine that talks about it all in chatty, upbeat French with photos of beautiful, ecstatic people hopping on and off gorgeous buses under a wedgewood blue sky
a really big fold out map that shows all the bus lines and the tram lines
a booklet that explains each bus line in turn listing all the stops (this is very useful)
a leaflet about the new bike on demand stands.
The new lines are a good thing for us. At the moment we have to take bus then tram to get into town from here,and the bus de soir after 21h. After 22 February one bus, the number 4, should take us pretty well anywhere we go from 5h30 to 1h00.
The system is characteristically complicated, though.
Our bus line, no. 4, is a Liane. A main-line bus that zooms straight into Bordeaux from the 'burbs.
Then there's the Corol, lines that kind of orbit Bordeax without ever going into the city.
Then the Citéis. I am not sure what that's all about.
The Flexo seems to be a bus that has no predefined stops - you just flag it down on its routes and yell at the driver when you want to get off.
And I have just seen another one, the Resago. That one you have to ring up for...
But the Liane number 4 - that's the one to remember...
From 22 February all the buses are changing.
So they sent us:
a magazine that talks about it all in chatty, upbeat French with photos of beautiful, ecstatic people hopping on and off gorgeous buses under a wedgewood blue sky
a really big fold out map that shows all the bus lines and the tram lines
a booklet that explains each bus line in turn listing all the stops (this is very useful)
a leaflet about the new bike on demand stands.
The new lines are a good thing for us. At the moment we have to take bus then tram to get into town from here,and the bus de soir after 21h. After 22 February one bus, the number 4, should take us pretty well anywhere we go from 5h30 to 1h00.
The system is characteristically complicated, though.
Our bus line, no. 4, is a Liane. A main-line bus that zooms straight into Bordeaux from the 'burbs.
Then there's the Corol, lines that kind of orbit Bordeax without ever going into the city.
Then the Citéis. I am not sure what that's all about.
The Flexo seems to be a bus that has no predefined stops - you just flag it down on its routes and yell at the driver when you want to get off.
And I have just seen another one, the Resago. That one you have to ring up for...
But the Liane number 4 - that's the one to remember...
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