I thought I'd be able to get a bus from Larnaca to Nicosia to save on petrol and wear and tear on my car. No such luck. The best option I have is to leave home at 6am to get to Larnaca front to catch the 6.30am bus. I finish at 5, no bus will pass by my work until 6, will take an hour to get back to Larnaca and then another 20mins to drive to Pyla. I'd have to pay for the car park as well. So I'd be getting up at 5am, work all day, back home at 7.20 and paying for the bus and car park. I don't think my kids would be to impressed. I'd see them for 10mins a day! There needs to be a park and ride scheme introduced asap. with express buses that only stop at park and ride car parks, and major junctions in the cities.

While I agreed that something had to happen, lots more needs to be done.

Too true, the people in the south eastern part of the Island are forgotten about, nor do I expect it to get any better in the near future, why is this? Does the area not have any "big hitters" that can fight for the people in the area, or are the locals resigned to their fate as second class Cypriots? Time will tell, I just hope someone has the guts to take on the establishment about this before its too late! I just Hope The Mafia (Taxi drivers) don't have any say in this, otherwise the area will never receive the service it desperatley needs!

In my Country people complain if a bus/tram/train/metro etc. is late 5 minutes however it is a bloody great and quick system in my oppinion so I smile whenever I see their angry faces.
Here I was complaining for 2 years for everything and now I do not because I hate repeating myself. I see more and more buses in Nicosia but I do not see the arriving table in any bus stops (if there is one bus stop), so I do not know which bus goes where and where I could change that bus to an other one to go to an other direction. I haven`t found a web site where it clearly states which bus lines exist. The buses have a digital part where they should write the number of the bus and the location but they write it on a white paper or plastic. Why? Why not using what it is already installed in the bus?
I advice the goverment to improve a little faster this project. They should sit down and figure out the lines, bus stops, bus stations, arriving tables, costs, ticket prices, salaries of the drivers (and not to pay a lot of money to people who call themselves bosses or managers who actually do nothing). If they do not put in use normally buses then very soon there will be many cars on the roads with no space to park and the traffic jams will take 2-3 hours and nobody will get to work in time. Not to mention that cars park already on the main roads where it is forbidden.
A bus can take approximately 60 persons at a time and its size is about 3-4 car`s size. Usually 1 car carries 1 person. Do the maths. And the bus does not park anywhere only at the bus station.
They shall hire somebody who actually knows how the bus system works in other european countries. I am happy to help btw.
My life would be much easier if I could take a bus. For 24 years I used public transportation and I did not have to make a driving licence and I did not have to buy a car. Now we have to keep up two cars (1 for my spouse 1 for me). I live in Larnaka area close to Famagusta but my job is in Nicosia so I drive 140 kilometers a day and 1/3 rd of my salary goes for buying petrol. I do not want to give up my job because finally I found one what I am happy with and I can not move to Nicosia because the flat prices went wild and it is impossible to buy anything there. Even a studio is ridiculously expensive there. I hope in 5 years they will fix this problem. I want my kids to be able to visit their friends, to do some sports or go to school by bus, to be free and not to wait for somebody to take them.

I think Nathgan is being a trifle harsh. I cannot speak about Paralimni - although as far as I know the full new intercity service has yet to start and there is an interim arrangement in place - but as one who has regularly used the urban bus system in Limassol for the past four years, I can assure him that there has been a truly massive improvement in this city's bus service.

After living here for 9 years i am not surprised. Common sense NEVER factors into things here. A bus service would have been fantastic for the area, but no - That would be common sense. The same thing happened with digging up the whole of Protaras beach front just as the season starts. Then making tourists clamber through a building site to get to the beach. Bravo - fantastic idea.

The reality though is probably religion. Not the Greek Orthodox religion. I mean the most important religion here - MONEY. Someone somewhere never handed over the brown envelope. A cynical view? Definately. The sad fact is though, its probably true.