Recent content by Deerfold

If they had been arranged to have one staircase for boarding and one for alighting that might have helped, but I've never seen them working in that way and there's no signage to suggest people do that.

Arguably, the Avenue Bar on the other side of the road is closer (and less rough).

I can't see TLGN getting a lot. Except for very late in the day they are almost always overtaken by an LNER service. It's been a while since I got an advance between London and Newcastle but when I did, they were regularly a lot less than that. There's usually a lot of footfall at Peterborough.

Presumably, if the ticket doesn't tell you that, in times of disruption you don't need to stick to them.

My local buses don't have these (obviously they have temporary Covid screens at the moment, but these are not solid). They serve Leeds and Bradford.

And, following on from that, I'll repeat my earlier question - are other providers permitted to offer splits as just one ticket?

Come to Keighley. You'll see it every day there (usual, outside plague times comment goes here).

No, but as you're replying to the OP, it answers what they'd do in this case.

Thanks. For some reason I've not had a chance to try out the Wizz since it started - I used to catch the X43 between Burnley and Skipton every couple of months.

I was referring to the third line that @Wallsendmag was highlighting - that LNER issue split tickets as just one ticket. I've been using split ticketing websites for years.

Are third party websites allowed to do that? It seems a little unfair if they're not.

This is isn't about TOCs accepting it, though. It's just about them selling it.

Haven't some of them stayed on the Pendle Wizz too?

Indeed. It's curious that inside and outside London opposite rules apply. The village I grew up in and spent 20-odd years of my life in, I caught a bus running short a grand total of once. Was most odd to see a different destination on the front of the bus (and that was because of long delays...

Outside of London, buses are not supposed to run short unless it's impossible to complete a journey. Inside London the emphasis is in not having long gaps between services (except on infrequent services where keeping to the timetable is key - you'd still expect if two buses were running together...