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The first of a batch of 24 electric Streetdecks was delivered back in September with publicity at the time suggesting an October introduction into service. 3 months later than this there is still no progress with the buses being introduced and even driver training now appears to be on hold with...

Following the new guidance on wearing face coverings in certain situations where social distancing in harder to maintain will you be following the guidance? The guidelines have been described as follows (copied from...

When the Enderby park and ride site in Leicester first opened a big deal was made of the buses having Bluetooth on board. From memory all that the service enabled was the downloading of the very basic timetable to mobile devices (but if you're already on the bus its a bit late to get the...

If the bus industry in this country is to succeed in getting people out of their cars and onto buses it needs to be able to provide a high quality service using modern vehicles of an appropriate size at a reasonable price. The presence of a widespread and poorly funded system of free...

EMT are currently dealing with ongoing engineering works south of Leicester that are leading to a different timetable each weekend. While there are no engineering works going on north of Leicester they are making absolutely no effort to ensure the service on this part of the line is relatively...

Considering they are currently suffering from major stock shortages to the extent of cancelling services EMT should not be lending out any stock.

EMT seem to be 2 HSTs and a number of Sprinters down yet again today. 2 out of 3 diagrams on the Matlock service are running at 50% capacity, as are 2 consecutive Liverpool to Nottingham services and a number of St Pancras services are also short-formed. Supposedly due to higher than normal...

Is there anywhere in the NRCOC that states whether missing a connection or knocking on cab doors can be expected of a passenger in order to purchase a ticket? A member of platform staff has just told me that he would be directing revenue staff to myself for a penalty fare (would certainly have...

Every half term without fail the number of trains cancelled due to unavailable staff increases significantly presumably due to more staff being on leave and less overtime being worked. Today its the turn of XC to not have enough guards. These weeks are also likely to see an increase in the...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #3 originally from this thread. Why not introduce a minimum fare on the OAP (except half of them are still working in much higher paid jobs than 16-25 year olds...) railcard rather than yet again make the offer to the young worse

From the Leicester Mercury (http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/hinckley-railway-station-evacuated-after-506558) It looks like some total idiot thought it would be a good idea to pretend to have a bomb and scream about killing people. The incident has caused a number of delays...

I think that the 16-25 railcard when bought online should be modified to include the holders date of birth and the pass hologram, so that it could be used as ID when buying age restricted products. Not only would this benefit the holders of the card, many of whom don't have driving licences and...

This was on the front page of yesterdays Leicester Mercury. What an idiot, but from my experience very unlucky to be caught be an RPI on this route. http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/train-journey-costs-passenger-more-than-1-000-after-he-refuses-to-pay-5-60-fare/story-30283350-detail/story.html

Do early (2001) Wright bodied Volvo B7s (the old VLWs from London) deckers have a known problem with the windows where they either won't stay closed, or won't stay open? Or is this another indication of the appaling maintenence provided by Arriva Midlands, Wigston depot.

With Ramadan currently ongoing I'm wondering what measures are in place to ensure drivers who haven't eaten or even drank in up to 18 hours are fully alert and safe to be performing safety critical tasks, where human lives are at risk?

With both GCSEs and As levels starting tomorrow, I'd like to say good luck to any other forum members taking any exams this summer. Tomorrow is Economics and Physcolagy at As level, as well as couple of less popular choices.

How old buses are you happy to see buses in regular public service?

Mark Robinson, the ticket office clerk of over 30 years at Narborough died suddenly in December, aged 56. Thoughts with friends family and coleuges at this sad time. Details from a local publication The Journal (http://www.the-journal.org.uk).

https://twitter.com/LondonMidland/status/549606830989910016 Yes this tweet was really sent at a quarter to five in the early evening, on a working day. Hardly have it difficult if they consider that late now a days.

Caution: contains ranting As some may know, I'm at sixth form college (a big one), doing As levels (Maths, Business Studies, Law, economics). Teachers are often absent, with hardly any lessons covered when they are absent (only maths ever get covered). Economics has now been cancelled for over...