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Which actually leads to a downgrade for Chelmsford - Stratford passengers with 5 tph reduced to 4tph. Ideally, both Intercity services per hour should call at Stratford in the off-peak. It's an increasingly popular place to change trains and as a destination.

Worth noting for future trips (especially on weekdays), the Young Visitor Discount can be added onto a standard Oyster card for free at most tube stations - which provides 50% off adult PAYG. Slightly more expensive than the other options mentioned but is good if children want to travel...

The gateline at Euston Square was re-configured a while ago so the lift is inside the barrier now. The only (partly) non-barriered LU station in Zone 1 would be the Waterloo & City line at Waterloo I believe.

First Essex still has a £1 fare for journeys within Chelmsford City Centre. It's not widely advertised anymore online, but it's definitely still there. You have to ask the driver for the £1 single instead of using 'tap&cap' which charges the standard £2 fare.

Varies between stations and obviously the time of day. At 8am on a weekday in a city station - you will see very little of it. I stand near the gateline at Stratford sometimes on a Friday/Saturday evening (waiting for friends) and it’s not uncommon to see 40+ bumping the barriers within a 10...

Stratford’s platform alterations can be amusing* at times. Only last Friday was the 15:54 Braintree service altered from Platform 10 to Platform 10A to Platform 8 in the space of 5 minutes. There were plenty who missed it; either because they weren’t listening properly or they couldn’t...

Increases in frequency = higher PVR = higher costs basically. Peak times are often when traffic is heaviest, so to increase frequency, you’d need to increase the PVR. You’ve also got school routes to run around these times too - so at other times of the day, those extra vehicles would be sat...

From my experience, it seems to differ widely whether passengers stand up before the bus stops or remain seated until the doors open. In the North East, it’s quite common for most people (including elderly/seniors) to stand up and walk to the front of the bus as soon as they ring the bell...

Many of the Chelmsford suburbs, not just Chelmer Village, have a clear market for bus services during peak/commuting periods but First fail to capture them - due to reasons you’ve already mentioned. There are easy growth opportunities if First operated a decent, reliable service in the first...

Nexus - the Passenger Transport Executive in Tyne & Wear is one organisation that really excels in bus stop timetables. The vast majority of bus stops have up to date, clear information and PDFs can be found online. See example https://liners.nexus.org.uk/29015.pdf

Baddow is not much better - although, it is better than the western side of Chelmer Village (Beeleigh Link area) which now has a very sparse service. I haven’t been in Chelmsford long enough to remember that. The 71 routes have been going through Chelmer Village for at least 10 years now -...

Chelmer Village resident here - we've always been on the Witham/Colchester route, which is fine... until the A12 screws up, and the service goes up the wall. Since the withdrawal of the C12 last Autumn, I believe Chelmer Village is the only major part of Chelmsford not to have any of First's...

Can you add railcards to Apple/Google wallet from any of the apps? If not, I think it’s a missed opportunity. Would prevent a lot of these situations from occurring when apps offload/log out etc. I added my Tesco Clubcard to Apple wallet and was able to offload the Tesco app, whilst still having...

Personally, I find the original version a lot easier to use, less laggy and better UI. The new version was very laggy on my devices and I disliked the changes on individual vehicle pages and on the map. The only redeeming factor was dark mode, which was a very welcome addition.

As mentioned above, Go North East's approach seems to work best. Buses outside of the city boundary show the city name i.e. Newcastle or Sunderland but automatically change to a more specific location once they reach a certain point. Buses coming into Gateshead Interchange towards Newcastle...

I believe the ex-Chelmsford P&Rs are being repainted and having luggage racks installed. Those 9 (67189-67197) will be distributed between the X10 at Basildon and X20 at Colchester. Meanwhile, some of the ex-X30 MMCs will be upseated and going into Shuttles livery. Makes sense I suppose as the...

Is this confirmed? I note that none of the Go Ahead companies have put out publicity that they will remain apart of the scheme which will be a big PR blow for them - if they decide to opt out. Many (but not all) First Group companies like Essex and Norfolk & Suffolk say they will be continuing...

TfL don’t usually specify full-length single deckers (12m), usually opting for double decking of a route rather than increase vehicle length (unless physical restrictions like low bridges apply). This is likely why there aren’t any E350Hs or standard E300s for that matter within London. On...

You'd be rather lucky if half of those routes ran past 8pm let alone later night buses!!

Longstanding issue on the metro I'm afraid. I can't remember things this bad 10 years ago though, so something must have changed between then and now. Covid probably played a major part in the increasing amounts of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) on the network. I believe it's been discussed before...