Recent content by Tom1791

It will be interesting to see what coaches are on order. The scottish citylink 6-cities operations were so close to being full double-decker operated with panoramas/astromegas around early 2021 and it's a shame to see what feels like a step backwards in terms of coach quality to ex Megabus...

Anyone know if E322MSG and P285PSX are still in preservation? Don't think I've seen any photos of them since 2019?

Does anyone know what coaches/operators run the various M92 departures since the timetable change? I used to know what coach to expect and I could book accordingly (mainly to avoid the elite-i as I personally find them quite tight for space). As far as I can see it isn't possible to see the...

A few days ago I purchased a first class advance single for Edinburgh to Aberdeen. The service is usually booked as a HST but was replaced by a class 170 on this occasion. As it happens the first class ticket was actually cheaper than standard class offering on that train, as no more advance...

They definitely said the 0624 LNER service. It might be best to get something in writing, I agree! 1649236945 Interesting the article seems to suggest it's trainline's fault when in reality you were also able to buy the ticket from the Lumo website too!

Thanks everyone for their replies - it was a very interesting and very helpful read. For anyone interested I contacted Lumo customer services this morning who confirmed the journey had been rescheduled and said my ticket would be valid on the next service to London (06:24 LNER). They adviced I...

I'm hoping someone more knowledgeable than myself may be able to help me out. A while back I bought an advance single on the 6:14 Lumo service from Edinburgh to Kings Cross. I purchased the ticket on the Lumo app for travel on Tuesday. Yesterday I was looking at the new Lumo timetable that...

Hopefully this is still on topic but has anyone had any experience using the citylink explorer pass? I was considering trying one as it looks pretty good value as long as you are travelling decent distances (Glasgow to Skye for example). The website links what looks like a slightly outdated...

According to finlaysmith.co.uk all the B8s are now at Central (excluding 1091) so it looked like they will all be out next week sometime.

I remember back in 2014 Lothian had plans to switch the north/west ends of the 22/25, such that the 22 would terminate at restalrig and the 25 at Ocean terminal. Not necessarily saying it's the best idea but it would certainly give a good route for the new buses to run on (riccarton to ocean...

I realise Lothian don't really do route branding anymore but it wouldn't take much effort to put some vinyls on the side showcasing the route. It's a good way to advertise their new services to the public and probably cheaper than these radio adverts they seem to be doing. If they want to make...

They could in theory reduce the 26 to every 10 minutes and use the current buses on the 31 since it still passes the zoo. However, I'm expecting some at least to appear on the 37 which from my experience is one of the most busy services from central. Hopefully the 16 too which is generally...

Another interesting peak time working is the 7:36 service 45 from Kings Road which runs to Gray's loan (usually screened for tollcross or more recently Churchill) before turning into a 38 to the royal, starting at myreside at around 8:20. From there it runs out of service and starts the 69. It...

One thing I think Lothian Country could improve on is linking up their buses with universities/colleges in Edinburgh - for example extending the 275 to Sighthill (Napier and Edinburgh College) is just along the road from Edinburgh park but could probably attract a few more passengers. It would...

Personally I have mixed feelings about the zone system, I like knowing the bus fare before I travel but unfortunately it means short cross boundary journeys can be very expensive. Personal opinion but I think they should rename the zones 1-6, rather than this ''citywest/countywest" naming which...