Recent content by NorthOxonian

I'm not sure how much more it clarifies but the same publication published the following in its February edition:

I'd perhaps disagree with this. Some of these criteria are a little subjective and others depend what you class as the major centre for the region. While they may be classed as Angus, Brechin and Montrose are in the orbit of both Dundee and Aberdeen. If you consider Aberdeen the regional...

It's a very pleasant town. If I were you I'd have a little wander along the canal that runs through the town centre; there's a lovely aqueduct and it is all surprisingly scenic for being so close to town. The Spoons is handily right next to where the main street crosses this canal!

Just managed to get a coffee (paying by card) at one of the branches in Newcastle city centre, so clearly some are managing.

I may be missing something but those changes seem considerably less drastic than the (proposed) ones in Perth and Kinross - I've checked a few of the new timetables and by and large frequencies seem to remain the same. You do seem to have to manually check every timetable though so I've possibly...

The boundaries aren't confirmed and might not be exactly the same as Boyd Valley ward - I probably should have made that clearer! The rural part of the service will probably cover that sort of area but the final zone will likely include destinations such as Yate, Bitton, and perhaps Keynsham...

It's also a ward of South Gloucestershire Council - covering roughly the area you'd expect (including Wick, Marshfield, Pucklechurch, Westerleigh, and Tormarton, though not Bitton). It's a reasonable short hand for the rural bits of that authority south of Yate and east of Kingswood's sprawl.

The main problem I have with Rail Replacement Buses is the fact they inevitably add changes to the journey. For instance, I recall once travelling from London to Hastings with a bus between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells - the bus itself was pleasant enough both ways, and the run along quite a...

I find it very hard to believe the X7 has "low demand" - I've used it twice (including once when it was half hourly) and it was very busy in both cases. A lot of journeys were between Perth and the west end of Dundee (including Ninewells) too which won't be adequately covered by rail or coach...

The restrictions block particular trains in this case (assuming the travelcard is off peak) - the first one blocked is 16:23 and the last blocked is 18:57 (meaning your ticket would be valid on the 15:52 and 19:23 but none in between).

The gap is perhaps wider than I'd expect but demographics may be partly responsible. Upminster is a fairly affluent area on the fringes of Essex, where there will be a lot of commuting into the City; I'd not expect Barking to have as much (the Underground is also much more appealing from...

In general this is true but for LNER specifically (which has implemented single leg pricing) it might make more sense to just display the singles each way. That is how their website does it, from memory.

But it does seem like these changes are incremental - it's not that the fares have necessarily shot up yet, but now LNER have the potential to make this so. The metaphor of the boiling frog comes to mind: people grumbling but putting up with a series of rises, while paying less attention to the...

The line about "the journey the customer is actually making" is also an interesting one as surely that goes both ways? Generally, when travelling to London I have bought a ticket to King's Cross (typically an advance but not always). But in practice I'm very rarely going there - for instance on...

In fairness, this is quite a common arrangement in London - many of the night routes there are essentially extended variants of the day services. If I had to guess - I'd say an N35 (following the 35 route to Leigh then the 8 to Wigan) would look fairly sensible, but I don't know the area.