Recent content by duncombec

There is nothing about it in Robert Williams' (Reading/Thames Valley CEO) March update on April 8th. The ticket machine it is currently carrying has only tracked briefly on 15th and 17th April, so I'd guess it was a relatively recent arrival. If you're not already a member, Robert posts a...

The words "East", "Thames" and "Buses" are springing to mind for some reason here...

I may be musing out of the wrong window here, but a similar question to this came to mind having attended a couple of recent heritage events. It was very noticeable that despite what we may think about modern buses, there was much more engine noise audible in the "passenger compartment" of the...

The Scania Omnicities were purchased when the London operation had been sold and operated under the "East London Bus Group" name. They thus weren't new to Stagecoach. Dennis being a precursor of ADL, these don't count! Stagecoach also bought hundreds of the type new. One in service, one not...

Someone seems to have it in for this area this week. I'm not local enough to check for myself, but Ensign have generally had a bus track most days for spare duties, which had led me to check roadwork information. Leigh station is currently inaccessible owing to an emergency road closure for...

If I've got the yesterday's correct and you took this poster on Monday evening, whilst it was indeed incorrect for Monday it *is* correct for the start of service Tuesday onwards, where, according to Southern, the rail replacement bus now runs the entire length of the Tonbridge - Redhill line...

With respect, that sort of 'toy throwing' reaction doesn't do your more general comments on the app or services provided any favours at all. The previous point is very real, though: people did manage for years without checking social media, they still do where companies don't have it, and they...

A reasonable point, but a) you wouldn't give staff notice before you had decided to turn down the extension, and b) are you aware that the staff have been given notice? Jetstream operate in the leisure market, and it seems more likely the staff will be retained for non-contract operations...

I have heard it suggested, both in general circles and specific to the bus industry, that cash is still the preferred medium of payment for those on a limited budget. Essentially, cash is not there to help you spend, it's there to stop you spending: you have a finite amount, and when it runs...

Let's remember (if nothing else to keep the thread on the £2 fare, and not disappear off more generally) that the £2 fare was designed to provide "evident" government support as part of 'cost of living' measures for those who do not drive, or choose not to for certain trips. It clearly was not...

I doubt it has hit them in any way, judging from the amount of passengers they seemed to be carrying (on normal services, not the "BRD", which I presume is short for "Bus Running Day" services). The same concerns were expressed very publicly by Delaine, at the Omnibus Society Presidential...

Worth remembering that the new funding is BSIP-related, so can only be used to improve specific services, and likely agreed with the government. Whilst the strings have been loosened, it still seems to be intended more as a "kick up the jacksie" rather than "life support". In relation to the...

There is now a story on the Arriva website suggesting this is intentional: https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/latest-news/electric-bus-on-university-park-and-jubilee-campus

It appears that Thames Clippers are the current managers of Gravesend Pier, and they do run some special trips from Gravesend and Tilbury into Central London. That makes me wonder if the "second bidder" Kent claim (ref. my post 4) was Thames Clippers. In theory, it seems very possible. The...

Seaford town service 120 is mostly operated by Cuckmere Buses, but the Saturday afternoon service is provided under tender by Compass Bus.