| dennisrobert |
May 2nd, 2018 07:49 AM |
Bermuda Bus System
We recently returned from a trip to Bermuda and the buses were the bane of our existence, despite a lot of information we had read stating that they are reliable. Some info states they come every 15 minutes. Only a few buses run every 15 minutes or if you are in a location where you have the option of a 7 or 8 bus, it is theoretically possible one will come every 15 minutes. We stayed in Somerset and mostly used 7 and 8 buses traveling towards Dockyards or Hamilton. The schedule posted inside the bus kiosks indicates that the buses run on the half hour during prime time and in fact we often waited more than half an hour. On one particular day we waited in front of Church Bay Beach for 45 minutes for a bus heading toward Somerset, before a bus stopped. The driver opened the door, said “I’m only going to Barnes Corner, the next bus will get you” and took off. About 10 minutes later another bus, completely empty, went by and didn’t even stop. After another 10 minutes, a third bus, completely full drove by and of course didn’t stop either. Now it was well over an hour and finally a guy in a white bus rescued us for $10.00 which we were more than happy to pay. On another occasion we came across an elderly couple sitting outside the Botanic Garden. They claimed they had been waiting there for a bus for over 2 hours. Finally, it was not our unfamiliarity as tourists, as we were standing around Dockyard one night waiting for a bus and we heard a native Bermudian call her family to tell them she would be late for dinner because she had been waiting over an hour for a bus. Take a taxi, rent a moped, but don’t rely on buses, especially if a cruise ship comes in as the buses fill up quickly and if you don’t get on then you wait half an hour for the next one.
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