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Four ADL Enviro200 MMCs have been delivered for routes 171/172 (three in dedicated two-tone blue route livery and one generic spare) so the days of the Volvos are numbered. 684 - YX73 PGZ 171/172 685 - YX73 PHZ " 686 - YX73 OYN " 687 - TV73 BUS generic

LT 1-8 were the prototypes, and entered service with the registrations LT61 AHT/BHT/CHT/DHT/EHT/FHT/GHT - LT2 was actually the first in service when it operated a 12.01 Hackney Central - Victoria route 38 extra on 27th February 2012. All eight were subsequently reregistered into the LTZ 1***...

There are several non-TfL routes that come into the Greater London area, especially Kingston and Uxbridge where the town centres are close to the County boundary. However this is digressing from the theme which is routes before the year 2000.

To add a bit of variety, you could do Reading-Oxford - but get off in Wallingford and change to the X2 for Abingdon, an overlooked market town that is well with an hour or two of your time. There are several routes from Abingdon into Oxford, although the indirect ones such as the 4 and 35...

38 (and other LT-operated routes not mentioned) will change at a later date, it is a phased introduction as the driver's cab door controls have to be modified. 8, 55, N8 and N55 have already been done.

In my example the train wasn't even late, everything was running to time except that one service had been cancelled. GWR don't get everything right, but their customer focus is generally good.

I once travelled on the 11.30 First Great Western service from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads, on a day when the 12.00 had been cancelled. Not only were the station announcements advising passengers with Advance tickets for the 12.00 that they could use the 11.30, but the conductor...

And presumably that is what our plaintiff wants to challenge - whether the higher fare is "reasonable grounds" for non-acceptance of ENCTS. If he's not prepared to go to a Court of Law, all we have here is a rant.

>>> services where the fare charged by the operator has a special amenity element <<< ... and it's that which you need to challenge in a Court of Law.

London Transport did experiment with strip tickets in the Romford area in the mid-1970s to encourage off-bus sales, but the idea was not taken up and the experiment was ended.

The "Haytor Hoppa" route 271 in Devon that operates four circular trips from Newton Abbot onto Dartmoor. It only operates on Saturdays from mid-May to mid-September. ENCTS Passes are not valid on Falcon between Cullompton and Taunton, but passengers over 60 can get one-third off the adult...

Lynton and Lynmouth are still only served by Filers, but you may be pleased to know (or not!) that they now have four 16-reg Streetlites for their small local network in North Devon. Sadly there is no longer a route from Lynton to Ilfracombe (Combe Martin is now only served by the 301 which...

When Local Link in Torbay ceased operating buses in April 2017 much of the work was taken on by DF Watts trading as Torbay Buses, but Torquay routes 65 and the northern section of route 64 were not replaced. The 65 was revived for a while as a community bus operated by a not-for-profit...

Filers Travel route 303 in North Devon operates between Barnstaple, Braunton and Woolacombe/Mortehoe, but the 0945 from Woolacombe and the 13.50 from Barnstaple operate via a different route. On most days of the week the bus deviates from the main route to take in the villages of West Down and...

Am I right in thinking that London Terminals to Oxford fares are determined by GWR and not Chiltern? Am I also right in thinking that if they bought Anytime of Off-peak tickets London (Any) to Oxford rather than Oxford Parkway, GWR's groupsave discount would be applied?