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Good afternoon to all. Some of you may remember that a few years ago all of the TOCs got rid of their Avantix machines that their Guards and RPIs had and replaced them with new ones which are basically a smartphone and a printer. I believe that there are three different systems in place...

Does anyone know of any similar website to - http://www.brfares.com/#home - for any other countries? Is such a website available in any other countries? I am basically looking for websites where you can simply enter where you are travelling from and where you are travelling to (without having to...

What are your favourite and least favourite bus liveries? What do you like or dislike about them? You can include current companies or defunct companies that have shut down. The new Arriva livery is one of my favourites. I think it looks really smart and nice. It is a nice simple livery as...

I have just been looking at train ticket prices in other countries (just as i was curious to compare them to the UK) and realised that most other countries actually sell annual network wide rover tickets giving unlimited travel on all trains in that entire country for an entire year. What is...

Which countries (in Mainland Europe or anywhere else around the world) currently allow you to purchase a ticket from any station in the country to any station in the country just like we offer here in the UK and Ireland? I know that this is one of the good things about our ticketing system and...

Just a quick question i have always wondered about using concession bus passes for cross border bus journeys between our different provinces (England/Scotland/Wales). Am i correct in thinking that all English/Scottish/Welsh passes can be used on cross border services as long as you have either...

I have noticed that some councils seem to own bus vehicles but don't operate them directly and instead lease them out to bus operators (usually for use on council contracted routes). I am not talking about Council owned bus operators (ie the remaining municipal bus operators). I am only really...

The following two train services call entirely at unstaffed stations only (including the origin station and destination station) and are so far the only two i can find: • 2E07 - Fishguard Harbour to Clarbeston Road: 06:50 - Fishguard Harbour 06:53 - Fishguard & Goodwick 07:14 - Clarbeston Road...

Following on from my posts on the First thread about the sale of First Manchester where i stated my dislike for Go Ahead i thought i would start this thread. What has always really surprised me is that the bus operators who keep getting all this praise and all these awards are the bus operators...

What stations on our network are closed but the platforms still exist? I can think of the old Thameslink station at Kings Cross St Pancras and Bishopstone Beach Halt between Newhaven Harbour and Bishopstone on the Seaford branch for some examples. Note i am only talking about closed stations on...

Should we get rid of penalty fares and prosecutions for fare evasion in the UK and if someone doesn't have a ticket when checked then they either have to buy one or get off at the next stop if they refuse? Isn't the current penalty fares and prosecutions system a complete failure? All that our...

I found this excellent railway network map recently - https://busse-und-bahnen.nrw.de/rvp/ - which shows the entire regional railway network for the German state of NRW (Nord Rhine Westfalen). It shows every regional railway line and also shows every station. When you zoom in it shows more...

Hi all. I just have two questions. Firstly are there any buses still left in the original Arriva livery? If so which ones are these and where are they based? If not then when was the final one repainted? Note i am talking about the first Arriva livery as seen in this photo here -...

Does anyone know how many bus operators currently operate in the UK? Is there anywhere where i can find an exact number? Or if not then a rough estimate? Also is there anywhere where i can find a full A to Z list of all of them? Note i am only talking about bus operators that run registered...

In your opinion what are the best and worst trains in other countries? What trains do you like the most and what trains do you like the least? My favourites are probably the Alsthom Coradia Lint and Bombardier Talent and Siemens Desiro and Stadler Flirt trains. These four types are all very...

Does anyone know what types of vehicles that Stagecoach currently use on their routes to and from Edinburgh and Glasgow? What is currently allocated? These are the routes that i am talking about: Edinburgh: 101 - West Scotland - Edinburgh to Dumfries 101A - West Scotland - Edinburgh to...

Does anyone know what exactly remains of Norton Bridge station today? What is the current condition like? Are the platforms still there? Is the footbridge still there? Any information would be appreciated (or any recent photos would be great to see). Many thanks.

Does anyone have any advice on where the best place to get a photo of the big three bus operators (Arriva/First/Stagecoach) is? I have been trying to get a photo of all three in one shot for a while so i am just wondering what the easiest place would be? The big three can currently be seen in...

I have noticed that there are a few places in the UK that are served by more than one bus route with the same exact number. I am surprised that nothing is done to stop this as it must be very confusing for passengers. I can see many passengers in these places getting on the wrong bus by...

What are the next new stations to open on our heritage railways? Are there any that are currently planned? Note i am only talking about new stations on existing heritage railway lines. I am not talking about new stations that involve extensions of the railway. There is another thread where...