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Charges have now been made and the suspects named. Link to BBC News story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-46777616

Oh, it might have been an Eclipse. I'm terrible with these things at a distance.

Comfort varies depending on the various buses being used. The Enviro 300s, of which there are three, are very comfy, with high-backed leather seats and a fair amount of legroom. The two Enviro 200s aren't quite so comfy, as they lack the high-backed seats (although they are still leather, with...

67438 and 67439 (and possibly others, although I haven't seen them about lately) have now been given the full TrawsCymru livery, such as it is. Interestingly (or not, depending on your point of view), the 0840 from Aberystwyth this morning had three additional drivers (not counting the one...

Yes, I knew there was something I forgot to mention, sorry. Unlike the other units already decked out in TrawsCymru colours for this route, this was indeed an Enviro200.

A fourth unit, 44594, has now been repainted in the plain TrawsCymru livery and was in use on the route today. It lacks the high-backed seats of the three other units and, in common with 67431, has less legroom than 67438 and 67439 (probably not that important to most people of average height...

At least one more vehicle has now received a repaint into TrawsCymru colours: passed Enviro 300 67431 on my way down to Carmarthen yesterday (another former Swansea P&R refugee, I assume?). Minor incident, meanwhile, on the 0840 ex Aberystwyth this Thursday, as our bus underwent a surprise...

Not as yet, no.

Noticed today that these are now in service on the 40/40C route. And what a lovely smooth ride it was on one of these down to Carmarthen - certainly more so than the return trip on a Scania OmniCity, the back of which I have to admit I will not be sad to see. My word, though, the standard...

Whilst I by no means disagree with much of what you're saying, if the 701 times were incorporated in the published timetables for the T1 service, I can foresee complaints from passengers who will expect return tickets or rovers purchased on the T1 to be accepted on the 701 - and vice versa - on...

Well, of course this business of leaving buses at Mid Wales Travel's depot is, as I said, based purely on the word of one driver, so it may well be that three buses would be needed rather than the two that he mentioned. On the other hand, as that announcement mentions an extra late-night...

So do we know when they're taking over full running of the T1? Neither of the two drivers I spoke to today seemed to have a clue, although presumably someone does. Interestingly - and as usual, this comes with the large caveat that it's just the word of a driver and not something I can back...

Oh, I do hope not. From memory (and this is incredibly subjective, but there we are), I got the feeling that First didn't do a fantastic job of looking after their Tempos back when they operated half of the old X40 services. Certainly the three occasions I was on an X40 that broke down all...

Really, the only issue, so far as I can see, with the 701 comes not for people using concessionary passes but for paying customers, as return tickets purchased on the 40/40C can't be used on the 701 (and vice versa); the 701 also doesn't accept the West Wales Rover. I don't honestly believe...

Richards Bros - not the smallest of companies but certainly nowhere near what you'd call a larger operator - have managed to cobble together a pretty decent wi-fi service on several of their buses (and not just the ones they have for TrawsCambria), so it's certainly possible for smaller...