Recent content by RELL6L

The absence of times at Porthmadog and Criccieth is ludicrous as there are real railway stations there!

Looking at Arriva in High Wycombe today it appears that almost everything which moves is out on the road, even though it is a Sunday service. Like yesterday there are 6 deckers out, normally lucky to get one or two on a Sunday. There are several Citaros parked up in the naughty area at the...

It’s really interesting to hear the contribution from @arrivamatt and thank you for posting and for your honesty throughout the last couple of years. I know nothing of the financials nor the industrial relations and working practices but I do see buses with decent loads so I would have thought...

Good to see your report. Interesting and encouraging to see the good loads at Alton Towers of people making use of public transport. I would have thought that being left behind at Alton Towers in the evening is not going to encourage people again though! I can understand it if passengers arrive...

I really cannot see Carousel bothering with an outstation in Reading for the 800/850. Yes, rather bizarrely, Arriva do start 4 boards by running empty to Reading plus 2 empty to Henley, also they finish two by running empty back from Reading. I have no idea why it is necessary to run a journeys...

I've mainly been following this from holiday in Spain and the mists seems to be clearing slightly now. In Wycombe Carousel is taking over everything operated from Wycombe depot and returning largely to the structure existing before the Arriva changes last summer. We will have to 30 to Downley...

The closure of Aylesbury and High Wycombe is eminently predictable. A shame but the standard of service was so poor, due to the vehicles not the drivers or the timetable (although traffic doesn't help). So frequent to see buses broken down at the side of the road and long gaps between buses. Its...

Thanks for your response. I have just managed to fix the IT issue when I realised that the only photos which did upload had a width of fewer than 5,000 pixels. So now they all do, photos added to the original post 814 above. Yes, not many former mining towns around here, some are formerly less...

I travelled on the 275 yesterday from Wheatley to High Wycombe. As well as me there were three through passengers all the way to Wycombe. My report is on the trips page.

I thought there were already Yutongs in Newport....

I’ve not been so active in travelling this year for various reasons – not least the poor weather – and I’ve not made the best of the good weather this week but I did get out for a trip yesterday. This was not the most ambitious but was an opportunity to see some places closer to home and some...

The timetables for the changes in High Wycombe are finally available on Arriva (but only by searching, not linked to the changes page) and Buckinghamshire website, they have been on BusTimes for a few days. No services now run every 15 minutes except the 3 which will no doubt remain standalone...

I can't believe B11 engines are no longer made. The Oxford Tube has some B11 coaches that are only three years old, you would expect parts to be made for vehicles for many years after they stop being produced.

That's quite ambitious. It's actually 5 buses - three on the blue and two on the red - plus a sixth bus at Chatsworth between 11.40 and 16.52 presumably to provide reliefs for the other buses. Early and late journeys provide direct journeys from southern and western Sheffield to both Chatsworth...

Very interesting report, thank you. The area east of Middlesbrough is not one I know that well and you've found some places I've definitely not visited - like more mining villages! I've been Middlesbrough > Redcar > Saltburn > Staithes > Whitby and return via Guisborough. Redcar is, as you say...