Stagecoach unfairly blamed for Eastbourne’s bus service woes

Whilst agreeing and sympathising with most of the points raised by recent correspondents regarding bus services in Eastbourne, I feel that Stagecoach is being unfairly blamed for some matters outside of their control.

Without being party to inside information, I believe there are operational reasons why terminating buses have to run empty between Cornfield and Gildredge Roads.

I suspect the town planners dictate the routes they take through the town centre, together with the location of the current bus stop arrangements of which some are not user-friendly.

A similar situation regarding transfer from arrival and departure points in different directions has always existed on a much smaller scale in Hailsham in my time, due to the one-way system whereby northbound passengers from the High Street have to make their way across to North Street to catch their bus outside Tesco, where for some strange reason no electronic real time display has been installed.