Buses From Ercan..

jardap


Joined: 08/08/2008
Posts: 318

Message Posted:
09/04/2009 12:19

Has anyone have any up to date information on the bus service from the airport to Girne,times etc

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
09/04/2009 12:39

Has it started? Asked at Ercan three weeks ago for timetable, departure points etc. The information desk thought I'd landed from Outer Mongolia by their response! Nearly asked for their Donkey and Cart schedule, something they could relate too, but that was pushing it! Believe me, it's all eloquent b**ls**t from CTA to coax the unsuspecting customer into thinking they are providing a professional service with customer care it's main priority! Sorry have to go, just saw a pink thing in the sky with four legs!



Richard

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
09/04/2009 13:29

The bus service was supposed to have started many years ago. The bus stop was installed (just outside the airport on the roundabout). But as always the Taxi Drivers put a stop to it claiming, "that it would put them out of work" (and wreck their monopoly) "and that would be bad for the economy!" They just can't stand competition.

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 00:10

So, it's people's livliehood, and there is little else for them on the island

for ordinary folk. Can't you afford the taxis? Surely, we who have so much!

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 00:53

The last bus to leave Ercan Airport mysteriously disappeared some years ago.



Searches were made by the KKTC police and the Turkish Army but nothing was found. Even an airforce helicoptor took part but the bus had seemingly vanished.



Local gossip was that the driver had driven off the highway to Famagusta to visit a sick relative in his home village and had got lost.



Then reports of an eeriely lit bus sweeping through darkened villages at night started to surface and more searches were carried out but still nothing was found.



A villager claimed that he saw a bus in the summer haze approaching him but when he tried to flag it down, the air cleared and then there was nothing in the road. The episode left him shocked and frightened.



Last year, as I was driving through the Maesoria Plain back from Borgaz to Lefkosia, I saw an odd shape off the road. I stopped and took this photo,



http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/Lemtich/SuperStock_1560R-2020162.jpg



Lem

Aussie


Joined: 17/06/2007
Posts: 657

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 02:40

The bus service definitely started according to the local papers and triggered the predictable protests from taxis etc and I have seen no reports of the service stopping.



Perhaps you could ask at the dolmus stop at Girne as the drivers etc generally know about what other bus services are around.



I know the equivalent service in the south to Larnaca has proved very popular.



I also don't see anything wrong with people catching the bus if they want to to save money. Whats the point of tracking down a cheap airfare only to spend all the savings the cab ride. Personally I would rather spend the extra on food and drink or accommodation as the case may be.



Many passengers will still catch taxis anyway for the greater convenience and to avoid walking as is the case in many airports around the world that have train or bus links.



Aussie

digger123


Joined: 07/04/2009
Posts: 10

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 04:21

phylray,

Sounds like you have plenty of money,lucky old you,it must have come easy to you.

puppylover



Joined: 05/05/2008
Posts: 1427

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 07:52

Saw the Ercan bus (have to say compared to some of the public transport vehicle's here it actually looked like a luxury coach!!) parked up outside the Colony Hotel in Girne last week with loads of locals getting on.



It did have a time table on the front window so if I see it again I will try and get some details and post for those who are interested.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 10:08

Lemtic



You didn't see a group of school girls hanging around that bus speaking 'Strine'? Looked very similar from the one that disappeared from Hanging Rock all those decades ago. Think it could've made it to the Northern Hemisphere?



Richard

bah100


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 41

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 11:05

Had to go into the CTA office in Girne yesterday to check on tickets booked on the internet and asked about the bus service and what time the first one left as our flight is 5.00am and the looked up the time and the first one leaves Girne at 4.30am so not of any use for us. Yes we have seen the coach outside the Colony so if you want to know the times then would suggest a visit to the CTA office.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 12:53

Goes to show how much bull they come out with. When first advertised with great gusto, (launch date to be confirmed) the pitch was that every departure flight would have a connecting Bus from Girne! CTA staff at Ercan know nothing about the service. Maybe It's a grand plot for customers to miss their none refundable (ticket) flight so forced to buy another one! That might put them into profit, sell every ticket twice! Must have learnt that one from the property developers!!!



Richard

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 13:42

I'm starting Girne Ghost Walks soon.



Lem

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 15:28

Lemtich



Is there anyone there?!



Richard

petez


Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 560

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 22:22

Hi all there is a timetable here for the buses to and from Ercan

http://www.living-in-northern-cyprus.com/holidays/getting-around/buses-to-the-airport-ercan.html

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 00:19

petez



You are joking, I trust. Given that the majority of holiday makers and the ex-pat community live in or near Girne, what on earth is an airport bus time table to Lefke, Guzelyurt and Lefkosa got to do geographicaly with where the majority wish to embark or disembark? Another CTA scam no doubt. But many thanks in trying to provide constructive information.



Richard

Aussie


Joined: 17/06/2007
Posts: 657

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 19:43

Brinsley



I would say they only posted half the timetable as there was definitely a separate Girne Ercan Service which caters for tourists etc plus all of the university students many of whom are around Girne.





Aussie

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 19:52

you been back to mars by any chance lem lol ???

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 20:58

I'm working on it, rowlo.



Shame about my bus story, Brinsley blew it out of the water. I was hoping it would run and run like a good rumour should and further sightings get a mention on Cyprus44.



Regards



Lem

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 21:14

Lem



Sorry mate, thought you were onto an astrological, meteor discovery to receive worldwide accolades for your outstanding achievements in the paranormal! Shame about those missing Hanging Rock schoolgirls!



Richard

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 22:30

No worries Brinsley.



Hi rowlo



With what's coming up in 2012, mars may not be such a bad option!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I2pLJ_hPbU



Lem

gelin70


Joined: 17/06/2008
Posts: 66

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 09:19

There is a new bus service "Kibhas" which has started from Ercan to Girne. They leave every hour and it is 10ytl per person.