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Title: Traveline (Wales) changes from 0871 to 0300...
Post by Ian01 on Apr 14^th, 2016 at 10:53pm

At long last...

http://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/14419361.Traveline_Cymru_introduces_cheaper_0300_telephone_number/

Hopefully this will prompt Traveline in the rest of the UK to make the change.

Title: Re: Traveline (Wales) changes from 0871 to 0300...
Post by CJT-80 on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:27am

Excellent news ;D ;D

I have just e-mailed Traveline Northwest and Yorkshire (my two most local centres) asking them when they will be changing their's!

I would assume as Traveline's existing 0871 number "diverts" to the regional call centre's and Wales used this number previously that all Traveline locations could use the same 03 number!! 8-)

Title: Re: Traveline (Wales) changes from 0871 to 0300...
Post by Ian01 on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 3:09pm

After changing from 0871 to 0300 in April 2016...
https://www.traveline.cymru/news/2016/04/01/traveline-cymru-introduces-cheaper-0300-telephone-number/
Traveline Wales then went on to change to 0800 in September 2016...
https://www.traveline.cymru/news/2016/09/29/traveline-cymru-introduces-freephone-0800-telephone-number/

Title: Re: Traveline (Wales) changes from 0871 to 0300...
Post by CJT-80 on Mar 28^th, 2017 at 9:57am

and it appears they can afford to as they are funded by the Welsh Government which as far as I am aware the other Traveline services are not funded centrally, but locally.

Perhaps this is why they continue to use an 0871 number.

:(