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I thought that I would post this as I think that many on this forum may find this recent presentation by Roger French (former MD of Brighton and Hove) rather interesting. Roger provides a lot of information from his time at managing Brighton and Hove and how he and the staff at there managed to...

New T22 timetable is now live and it's about as tragic as we thought it would be for connections between the bus and trains. Link to the main TrawsCymru page. To download the timetable either change the date or go to 'select a PDF' and download the PDF there)...

With the thread ongoing in the First Buses of Somerset thread about the Taunton Park and Ride and how busy it is (or rather, how quiet it is) and with the contract change meaning it will now be operated by Stagecoach, I thought I would start a thread giving my thoughts on the Park and Ride. I...

I've just done some searches using the LNER site for journeys betwen Filton Abbey Wood and Cardiff Central and the first option showing up is Advance fares varying from £14 upto £10. Why is this allowed when the anytime single is £14. The maximum fare of an advance single should be £13.95...

I thought this would be an interesting thread to start. There are a number of bus routes around the UK which no one knows about. They are not advertised on google/traveline/bustimes but they are services which are open for the public to use. I thought it would be interesting to see how many of...

I am looking at tickets from Cardiff to Milton Keynes and the journey planners are of course showing me advance fares GWR to Paddington then LNWR Euston to Milton Keynes. Journey planners are suggesting London Underground is the connection. Given it's all under TFL, are cross London connections...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/class-230-units-training-introduction-on-the-borderlands-line.191986/ I thought Merseytravel Conc passes are only valid on the Merseyrail network.

Just travelled on 1V96 from Chester on a 158. I want to understand what is the logic in holding this service by 12 minutes at Chester to allow 1V41 (class 150) to overtake. 1V96 then got delayed again at Wrexham for around 4 minutes longer (overall 22 late off Wrexham) than needed to await 1V41...

Mod note: Posts #1-8 were moved from the First West Yorkshire thread Sadly, where the people go, buses don't. As workplaces have moved out of town to office parks or large warehouses, buses haven't moved with that. Similarly many retail parks aren't served. Middlebrook, the largest retail park...

I thought that it would be best to start a Megabus general discussion thread seeing as the current discussion for Megabus seems to be linked into the Stagecoach thread. Given Megabus is now mostly with ComfortDelGro (CDG) with Stagecoach mostly just an operator, it makes sense to separate the...

Does anyone know why TFW loves to make overly confusing rail replacement services? Coming up in March and April there are varying bits of Rail Replacement but how they have done it is so confusing and needlessly confusing for poor passengers who have to put up with it. Having worked in the...

Does anyone have a list of which TOCs use which booking systems? I know a lot of people say they don't like certain websites as they are user unfriendly but it's hard to suggest alternatives when many use the same systems but as a white label. So, I thought this list could help people to find a...

I am wondering if anyone can help with this. I note that Manchester Metrolink has the most strange turnaround sidings using only trailing points which mean that a tram which is changing directions must do so on a normal line, then head into the siding before joining the correct running line...

To be fair, why anyone would use public transport to Bristol Airport is beyond me anyway, the fares are astronomical. The Airport taking full advantage of bus station fees and contracting out the buses rather than letting commercial operators do their thing. Seems to be very much like Edinburgh...

Given that we already have 2 different timetables for railways in the UK, the Working Timetable and Great British Timetable, why aren't we using the public (great british) Timetable to show better train departure times. There are many instances on the railway where the times just don't add up...

Essentially, I am going to travel from Chester to Motherwell. The fare stated on National Rail is £38 or so advance. However, If I split this advance fare, I can get the Northern to Warrington for £4 and then Avanti to Motherwell for £26. If I book as a through advance, if Northern cancel the...

Reaching out a little bit more to some of the industry management whom are on the forum here but why aren't placement trips more common? For many schools, colleges, contracts and even service, dead mileage trips provide an almost zero cost way to significantly improve the local bus network...

It's something that I have often wondered and it links in to another thread but didn't want to drift off topic there. There are many areas where school buses are fully open to the public, Merseyside and Manchester being two such areas where all of their contracted school buses (Exceptions being...

SSP or Select Service Partner or Food Travel Experts, whatever they want to be called, run what seems to be the vast majority of food and drinks facilities at stations running most of the cafes but also the vending machines. For those not in the know. Vending Machines ran by 'Select' Upper...

I am looking on NRE and the price shows anytime day return and I have found an anytime day return via any permitted route from Chester to Warrington West via South Parkway at £12.60. This is the same price as normal TFW to Bank Quay. What I would like to get to the bottom of is, is this £12.60...