lyndhurst25
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The thread on the UK's inability to do integrated transport has got me thinking. Which bus routes could be sensibly integrated into the current rail network? That would involve the bus link being added to railway timetables, put into the Routeing Guide and rail tickets accepted on the bus. I'm not just thinking of spurs off the rail network to serve towns with no railway station, but also places where a bus link could actually be used in the middle of a rail journey. The bus route may replace a long closed railway line, be in place of a train service that doesn't operate at certain times if the day or on certain days of the week, or just provide a useful link between poorly connected parts of the rail network.
Examples I can think of are:
Southport to Preston (for example, to allow using a single ticket: Hightown to Southport train, Southport to Preston bus, Preston to Blackpool train).
Skipton/Keighley to Colne.
Workington to Penrith.
Barton on Humber to Hull.
Examples I can think of are:
Southport to Preston (for example, to allow using a single ticket: Hightown to Southport train, Southport to Preston bus, Preston to Blackpool train).
Skipton/Keighley to Colne.
Workington to Penrith.
Barton on Humber to Hull.