Recent content by TheGrandWazoo

With the weather getting better and longer days, days out are becoming more enjoyable. Another trip to my native North East gave me chance to experience a few innovations that I’d not tried before. There was a bit of content (and photos) so I’ve split it into two halves; hope you find it of...

Darlington has had two mentions already with Ward Dalesman and Marshall Camair Dennis Dominators. However, my local municipal was renowned for eclectic choices. It had 24 of 26 Roe bodied single deck Fleetlines built, and the same bodies were the only ones on Daimler Roadliner chassis. I...

I do agree with a lot of that sentiment. Being balanced, if you were to adopt the approach that all comms is wasted as most people don't read anything, then nothing would ever be communicated. Clearly some people DO take notice otherwise businesses and organisations wouldn't have the expense...

Both you and @Xenophon PCDGS are correct. When you have high frequency routes on a turn up and go basis, a timetable becomes less of an issue. With the changes for the 36, 37 and 471, it won't be much of a problem (unless it's more fundamental changes like the first or last journey running...

Not that many when you think it's 8 years or more...

That is the case on a few (36, 37, 471) but the vast majority of services affected are low frequency (lower than every 15 mins) - mainly the Diamond small franchise, it looks

There have been limited numbers of shorter e200mmc to South West, South, Wales and East Midlands.

People traveling from Middlesbrough to Whitby invariably get the bus which is pretty reliable. The train might get some who want the scenery and and aren’t time precious. The train is, of course, the lifeline for some communities and it follows a totally different route than the bus, and also is...

Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog ;)

Middlesbrough to Whitby!

TBH, I was thinking only of single leg journeys. Once you start introducing more complexity then that is also a barrier - buses (and most public transport) is good at moving large numbers of people relatively simply. It can never provide the flexibility nor cope with the myriad of journey...

A fiend.... o_O I tend to agree that it all got a bit much towards the end of the JF era. A livery for each centre of operation would have sufficed with the Bath City and Badgerline, an updated and fresher Mendip one for Wells, and something distinctive for Bristol - perhaps the South Glos...

I look forward to trams coming back to Darlington, Plymouth, Burton on Trent...! Seriously, we can't be saying that the answer is (light) rail or nothing. The Sprint corridor in Birmingham is based upon good roadside infrastructure (decent shelters) and bus priority and especially the...

@RT4038 is right in saying that for large tracts of the country, the bus is already something that is not a viable option in provincial towns and villages, and in fact, it never has been. Car ownership has been disproportionately cheaper whilst bus operations have had more and more legislative...

About 6 years ago!