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Bus Pass?

Reply 20

Lana-90

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PoisonDonna

Get it in Freshers week, you get a discount :smile:

You get it online at the same price mind so its that same :p:

if u get them during freshers week do u have to pay in cash or can u do it by card?

Reply 21

PoisonDonna

14

zZ_creator_Zz

well if there willing to make me a new one every tym i loose it for less than £5 then i guess its worth it. just not sure where i'm gonna get £150 from lol.

and btw does anyone bike to uni and back from there accomodation? :colondollar:

and is it safe? (as i've had 2 bikes stolen in the past)

thanks

edit: just read the post above...£25 for a replacement, gosh. knowing me i'll loose it atleast 2 or 3 times lol. and £165* is alot of money...wouldn't it just be better to walk it from fallowfield or is it really far?

Plenty of people bike to uni and there's plenty of bike racks. They're pretty safe in the day, wouldn't leave them overnight mind! Some buildings have special bike things too.

Lana-90

if u get them during freshers week do u have to pay in cash or can u do it by card?

Both I think :smile:

Reply 22

AmyJ

18

If you buy the Unirider online, how long does it take to arrive??

Reply 23

emit.

2

AmyJ

If you buy the Unirider online, how long does it take to arrive??

about a week. here's a full guide to using the bus in manchester and the different passes you can get: http://www.savethestudent.org/using-bus-manchester-t67.html

btw, Magic Bus has thrown it's fares up again. £1.10 single, £6.50 weekly, £165 for year. ridiculous. go finglands.

Reply 24

Lana-90

13

is there any point to just gettin a finglands bus pass cos arent those buses quite limited?

Reply 25

AmyJ

18

emit.

about a week. here's a full guide to using the bus in manchester and the different passes you can get: http://www.savethestudent.org/using-bus-manchester-t67.html

btw, Magic Bus has thrown it's fares up again. £1.10 single, £6.50 weekly, £165 for year. ridiculous. go finglands.

£165 for the whole year works out a lot cheaper than it would weekly though. I think I'll get the annual one.

Reply 26

emit.

2

AmyJ

£165 for the whole year works out a lot cheaper than it would weekly though. I think I'll get the annual one.

Yeah of course, as long as you use it every week and stay up for some of the holidays. Remember it's not really a year either, it's 10 months. I had one last year and I think it would've been cheaper for me personally to get a pass as I went along. I also bike into uni sometimes, esp Monday mornings because magics are like second hell then.

Reply 27

OhNO!

16

^ as long as you use it every week? I used it multiple times every day.

Reply 28

Installation

14

I better find out how long term time actually is then. :P

Reply 29

Lo-la

i'd be terrefied of losing a yearly uni rider, so would i be better off getting a term-one? or does that just work out as more money spent than necessary?

Reply 30

OhNO!

16

Lo-la

i'd be terrefied of losing a yearly uni rider, so would i be better off getting a term-one? or does that just work out as more money spent than necessary?

the replacements are about £25 if you lose it. if you need a yearly one, then get it.

Reply 31

zZ_creator_Zz

1

is it worth getting uni rider even if you live on campus?

Reply 32

DeeDub

15

zZ_creator_Zz

is it worth getting uni rider even if you live on campus?

Depending on where you live on campus, but generally yes. It only cost £4 a week, and you could quite easily spend that in a day if you go out at night.

I had one last year and it cost me £156. Without it would have cost £3.20 a day to get to Uni let alone going anywhere else. Saved me a packet, but i don't recommend losing it. :smile:

Reply 33

ldmoore1

do these buses run all night? like if youre on a night out are the buses availavle to catch in the early hours?

Reply 34

lawyer_manc

yes buses run until around 3-4am and start again around 6. EVERYONE gets the magic home at night. they are absolutely rammed around 2-3:30!

Reply 35

AmyJ

18

I got my Unirider in the post today I think...a long ticket with a receipt and a laminated tear-off pass on the right side. It says I need to have photo ID with it - do I just need to show my student card at the same time I use it, or stick a miniature photo on or what? I'm confused :o:

Reply 36

ldmoore1

AmyJ

I got my Unirider in the post today I think...a long ticket with a receipt and a laminated tear-off pass on the right side. It says I need to have photo ID with it - do I just need to show my student card at the same time I use it, or stick a miniature photo on or what? I'm confused :o:

hey i was wondering about this too! do our student cards have photos on them? cus i havent been asked to send any off or anything... :s-smilie:

Reply 37

stormzstarrz

1

Yeah mine arrived a minute ago, ot's so flimsy, I thought for a second it was just the recipt and they'd forgot to send the actual pass! Ha!

Reply 38

chris007as

how long did it take for you guys to get it.

Reply 39

username251676

Seeing as a year bus pass is £150 and weekly's are £6, if you get a weekly pass for more than 25 weeks out of the 40 you have the accommodation for (and the 30ish that make up term time) then you're getting a worse deal than you would with the yearly pass - so it's probably better to get a yearly bus pass :smile:

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