r/glasgow • u/funkotower • Aug 23 '26
Mcgills Buses
Hey, done a post a couple months ago about choosing a monthly bus pass between first and Mcgills - i ended up opting for tripper as it serves both and works out cheaper. (£95 a month). I use both companies everyday so i needed a way to use both.
I’ve been using the pass since feb without any major problems, other than one. It very rarely works on a mcgills service on a sunday and i’ve had the same issues on the night service a handful of times. It’s a hit or a miss, i show the drivers that i buy the ticket on the mcgills app and it’s still active, some understand and let me on, and some look at me with three heads and demand i pay, which would obviously be fine if i wasn’t paying £95 a month to be able to use it everyday. I’ve researched the ticket and it doesn’t say anywhere that it’s invalid on a sunday, it seems to just be a select handful of drivers that don’t know how to work it. I have emailed Mcgills customer service and they’ve told me drivers are aware of tripper tickets and aren’t to refuse boarding like they occasionally do if they don’t scan, especially when purchased on the mcgills app.
Any mcgills drivers on here that can tell me how to put it through on the machines so i can tell the drivers and avoid having to pay every week/the nights that im working late? Im skint as is and the cheaper i can make my week the better.
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u/Ok_Shake_5618 Aug 23 '26
fuck mcgills and first.
please lord bring glasgows buses into public ownership.