Bus times are unfair for folk in some areas

LAST Wednesday the number 17 bus, which was due at Commercial Street heading to Ninewells at 3.37pm, did not turn up.

A bus finally arrived at 4.30pm. I had been waiting, along with others, for nearly an hour.

It is bad enough we have to wait 30 minutes according to the timetable when the number 22 is turning up with another one every few minutes behind.

Explain to me why the 17 is half-hourly – because it ends up at Ninewells like other buses and covers an area populated by elderly people.

Surely this is an unfair system – and this has happened a few times.

There is no alternative bus, so we have to tolerate this.

Linda Letford.

Dundee plans to cut the frequency of its number 22 bus during the summer – though others who use the service may not agree.

I use the stops on Commercial Street regularly and I’m not joking when I say that three or four 22s can turn up within the space of about 10 minutes, all going on the same route to the same destination.

It seems like overkill – particularly when you can sometimes wait 15-30 minutes for a 28 or 29 heading towards Lochee and Charleston, or even longer for a service going to another part of the city.

I’ve also seen instances where number 5s – also heading to Ninewells – are following each other into bus stops, because they’re running so closely together.

I’m sure they aren’t timetabled like that but it’s ridiculous nonetheless.

Bus user.