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    Direct bus journeys that only run on evenings/Sundays

    Also on Wirral, Saughall Massie has Evening & Sunday 38A, West Kirby - Mill Park/Eastham Ferry, (variation of the main daytime 38) the daytime routes serving Saughall Massie (1B & 17) operate completly different routes.
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    Covered Bus Stations

    Bootle New Strand is a weird one, were all the stands & roadway are undercover, but the layover is in a separate area that isn't covered.
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    Covered Bus Stations

    Doncaster South Bus Station is still there, although hoardings & shutters block off access to the Bus Station itself, i think the car park section above the Bus Station is still open. Manchester Arndale was a weird one, i think only open for 15 years, but it was very grim even on a baking hot...
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    Crowd Management at Liverpool Lime Street after Parade

    The parade was announced 4 weeks ago shortly after Liverpool wrapped up the title against Spurs. A large turnout was expected, what happened at Lime Street was a complete organisational failure by Network Rail. Merseyrail managed things a lot better, and had directors at the stations, who...
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    Is there a Code of Practice on Road Closures?

    74 days is ridiculous, when its only 7 days of acutal activity, how much is that going to cost & the disruption thats caused by it, the Councils are imbeciles. That reminds me of the time of The News segment on Top Gear were Clarkson, mentioning ongoing roadworks at one of the roundabouts on...
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    Trivia - longest time without a brand new bus

    Rock Ferry depot went years without new buses under its previous owner First Group, they had a batch of low floor Scanias in 1998 then nothing until Stagecoach bought Rock Ferry in 2013.
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    Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you

    Upton Village on the Wirral has those countdown crossings.
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    Is ENCTS valid on this bus service

    I would make a complaint to Link Network, as ENCTS passes should be valid on them [i've had no issues using my ENCTS pass on Link Network, although haven't used Link Network for a few years], also make a complaint about the driver terminating one stop short & ordering everyone to leave the bus.
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    National Express Coaches Discussion

    The Flixbus service starts in Glasgow though, & stops at Edinburgh & Newcastle, before getting to Sunderland, chances of getting a decent seat is not great, also note the Southbound Flixbus service arrives in London Victoria at 05.45, however the Northbound service, whilst it leaves Lodon...
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    Trivia - longest time without a brand new bus

    Arriva Merseyside Birkenhead depot never had any new buses from the small batch of StreetLites in 2015 to the E200MMCs last Autumn, although saying that they had regular batches of new buses from 2009 until 2015.
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    Commuter seat choices - interesting observation

    I prefer airline style seats rather than table seats, (also forward facing seats to as i can get motion sickness sitting in rear facing seats) as leg room is an issue for me, as to the carriage i go in, that depends if i know the station & where the exit is, like Liverpool Lime Street, i'm...
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Reading Wiki site, the original Betterware company went into liquidation in 2018, a new company using the same name was then set up after aquiring the trademarks from the liquidators, that too went into liquidation in 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betterware
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    The Conservative Party under Kemi Badenoch

    The Tories are quite ruthless for getting rid of leaders they see not able to do the job (see how they got rid of Truss after only 7 weeks as PM), quite hilarious the misstake was the leadership election & the Tory MPs overthinking things as Cleverly ended up being knocked out, Cleverly would...
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    The Conservative Party under Kemi Badenoch

    Didn't Mordaunt recently get another job outside politics, that she's unlikely to return to politics anytime soon? Can see the likes if Jenrick being the next leader, the Tories doing deals with Reform, Badenoch is so useless, she'll be gone by Christmas
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    Trivia: Your earliest arrival

    The Sleepers can often arrive early (& depart early when they're only stopping to set down), the Northbound Highlander Sleeper arrived at Crewe 30 minutes early a few weeks ago
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    sheffield to runcorn

    Or Arriva North West 110 bus from Warrington Interchange to Runcorn, Warrington Interchange is over the road from Warrington Central, i think the fare is still £2 single as the depot is in the Liverpool City Region (which has stuck with the £2 single fare cap), although i'm not sure, buses are 2...
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    sheffield to runcorn

    Changing at Liverpool South Parkway would be better, 2 an hour from Sheffield, then 2 an hour from Liverpool South Parkway to Runcorn, Liverpool South Parkway to/from Runcorn is only one stop, journey time around 10 minutes. Depending where the OP needs to go to in Runcorn, Runcorn East might...
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    Longest trip without repeating operator

    T4 Cardiff - Newtown, Stagecoach T12 Newtown - Wrexham, Lloyds, Coaches/Tanant Valley Coaches 1 Wrexham - Chester, Arriva 82 Chester - Northwich, D&G 9/9A Northwich - Warrington, Warringtons Own 329 Warrington - St Helens, Link Network 152 St Helens - Southport Huyton Travel 347 Southport -...
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    Britain's Most Scenic Bus routes

    22 Chester - West Kirby is an underrated scenic route particularly the Chester - Heswall section, some journey's go through Willaston, but then Little Neston, Neston, Parkgate, buses go along the front at Parkgate, were you have views across the River Dee.
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    Grand Central apply for Newcastle - Brighton direct

    Via Kensington Olympia was the traditional route for XC services to & from Brighton before that was withdrawn.

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