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My thoughts as well. I'm not sure what the original poster meant.

Pink buses doing Haworth runs? Have Team Pennine loaned some vehicles to Keighley?

I'm ok with that, I don't see it as inaccurate, outdated or insulting. Just observational. Though I know there is of course a percentage of football fans who are not alcoholic, testerone-charged tattooed loonies, and that's cool.

Slaithwaite and Marsden

I was at Huddersfield station yesterday around midday when it suddenly got very busy with drunks as a train from Manchester arrived. At first I just assumed it was the local neanderthals and knuckle draggers going to get their fix of men kicking a ball around, but there was no football on...

What happened when the BBC lost the Children in Need mascot? They had to make a New Pudsey.

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A literal garden or a metaphorical one?

It is speculated on the Travel West Yorkshire forum and Transdev enthusiasts facebook group that Alex Hornby may have left the company. It is also noted that he has been absent from Twitter since mid February (very rare for him). Remember this is *speculated*, not fact...

I had a conductor make the announcement 'Northern tickets are not valid on this service' a grand total of 7 times just between Leeds and Dewsbury last week on a TPE service to Liverpool Lime Street! Though I have no doubt that he still came across someone with a Northern ticket.

There are also some (rather interesting) posts on their Facebook page from parents of children who use their school buses. Including buses not showing up, drivers being rude ect... Plus the whole Horsforth No. 30 saga (of which I have posted about on the Travel West Yorkshire forum); it really...

Unless there's been a development in fitting guidewheels to Streetdecks, I don't think they'll be replacing the B9s. They did have a couple of guidewheel fitted streetdecks a while back and were out testing them but nothing seemed to come of it.

I don't have data, but the Leeds - Keighley 60 can be horrendous at rush hour out of Leeds. It gets stuck in Leeds City Centre, then Kirkstall Road, then Kirkstall Morrisons/ Kirkstall Bridge, then Rodley roundabout, then from Calverley down to Greengates, then going down through Windhill into...

I used to use the 060 between Leeds and Liverpool every week, and I can remember almost all drivers having the radio on, or even their own music sometimes. One driver in particular loved Meatloaf, in fact he even looked a bit like him

When Connexions used to run the 38 in Leeds, one driver always used to have to radio blaring. I thought it made for quite a nice atmosphere. I've seen plenty of First Leeds drivers with earphones in (including someone who's a driver mentor); though I'm sure inspectors wouldn't be best pleased!