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See Trentbarton / Arriva's X38 Derby to Burton on Trent. Buses start at the same time at both ends of the route with the first two buses being operated by one operator, the next two being the other operator returning and so on through the day. But with better ticket integration - on the X38...

Looks like the 102 is just peaks, but it's not long ago that there were one of each of the 100/101/102 an hour then it increased to four an hour with two of one of them. Now's it's odd with each service being every 40 minutes, but overall every 20. The additional evening journey is something...

Do they? What would the benefit be?

Given no-one outside London wanted them , despite many attempts to sell them and that TfL had to buy them as operators didn't want them, I'd be surprised if any are bought except for preservation or by enthusiasts unless they're very cheap. They're really not very accessible with very few seats...

I'm not sure where the restriction is here. You can't use an outward portion *after* the return portion, but you can use either one on its own.

Northern machines seem to have gone from being one of the worst to one of the best in terms of what they sell and where they are. I'd have gone for something smaller than the giant screen advertising what you're getitng to the entire queue if I'd had the choice , though.

I did wonder where those had come from.

Yes. It covers the first 5 years of franchising. The buying of buses is the responsibility of the franchisees, though they have the same help from Zebra funds and GMCA as there would have been without franchising.

That is annoying. We like to catch an earlier train to Leeds. I usually end up booking from Leeds in advance and only booking my local train as I'm on the bus to the station rather than having to commit to a particular earlier connection - the standard single fare is low enough for that not to...

On a 1st class ticket the penalty is enormous to split in London, unfortunately. I travel to or via London regularly, but only change to Thameslink once or twice a year, typically.

And that's fine when they're checking railcards. When they're not and it's seriously impeding progress, why not turn it off? 1712865240 And if that's what's happening, why no need to see our reservations? It just feels like a company which doesn't care about the customer experience at all -...

That would require legislation to allow them to do that, though.

I had a recent trip from Yorkshire to Brighton. Travelling on LNER was relatively straightforward, even on the return on a strike day. However, all 4 Thameslink barriers rejected both my and my wife's tickets, saying "seek assistance". As they were accepted by LNER barriers at both ends, I...

Manchester is not receiving any money for the national £2 fare cap for buses which don't cross the Greater Manchester border as they already had a £2 cap in place. That £137 million figure is not "so far". It covers the first 5 years of franchising, with the fare cap accounting for between a...

It'd charge (up to) a Zone 1-2 cap and the extra journey?