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Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/have-railways-became-too-expensive-to-build-improve.247896/ Bit in bold - except that's not true as you'll see if you travel up and down the country where many thousands of houses are being built. The issue with house building...

Looking on Herts County Council's Intalink site and saw this update https://www.intalink.org.uk/april-2023 Now this is interesting from a couple of angles - firstly the 390 was only recently won by Centrebus from Arriva. Centrebus having largely retreated from Hertfordshire and closing their...

Is there a current list of what (usually) covers which TPE diagrams? Planning a day out and would be useful to know - looking mainly at TPE North i.e Liverpool - York on a Saturday. TIA.

According to this site https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/traffic/metroline-84-bus-hertfordshire-to-be-cancelled-2022-8661004 it looks like Metroline are planning to withdraw from operating the long standing 84 between St Albans and New Barnet. This site...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #24 originally in this thread. I live in Northamptonshire which is being dug up to build the first phase of HS2 and from which we get precisely no benefit. No shiny new trains, no new faster service to London. So I'd think very carefully about your complaint - HS 2 almost...

Luton - Aylesbury anyone ? Intrigued to see how they propose to get around Dunstable Downs - @Bald Rick have you come up with some cunning plan to allow a direct line between Luton & Aylesbury which isn't impeded by Dunstable Downs ? :D...

There seem to be several comments being made in different threads about stock moving into / out of SouthEastern and also to Southern. Have to admit I'm losing track a bit and it also raises a few questions so thought I'd create a new thread. South-eastern: Confirmed they'll be getting the 707s...

moderator note: posts #1-#3 originally in this thread. I think you're mistaken about Avanti - there are quite alot of areas where they absolutely *are* providing a commuter railway, among others: Macclesfield and Stoke to Manchester Rugby and Coventry to Birmingham Rugby and Milton Keynes to...

Posts #1 - #3 originally in this thread I don't believe any heritage railway is geared up to operating a regular service - it would mean employing staff, meeting the relevant DDA requirements etc to a far higher standard than they do as a Heritage line. The only way regular services can be...

More crayonista pipe dreams, now being peddled by a local news website...... Looks like another wheeze to spend £ 1bn without creating anything vaguely useful. https://www.northantslive.news/news/new-railway-stations-plan-re-5167694

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #19 originally in this thread. Doesn't work with an auto though. And with the increase in electric cars which have what are effectively gearless gearboxes - think CVT - then that approach really doesn't work.

Centrebus's depot in Corby closes this weekend - announced about 6 weeks ago. Looks like most of the routes have found new contractors, couple of surprises in there: The Wellingborough local W8 is going to be operated by Grant Palmer - that's quite a distance from their Luton area base. The...

Anyone know who is operating an Alexander RL double decker decked out in NBC red livery in the Milton Keynes area? Seen it a couple of times now but going the opposite way on a dual carriageway. There are no fleetnames on it - though it does have NBC 'double arrow' logos.

GN are saying 'major disruption' between Finsbury Park and Moorgate / Kings Cross with no services on the NCL. Anyone know what's going on?

Currently MML closed due to a lineside fire north of Wellingborough. Looks like EMT running London to Wellingboro and Kettering to Leicester and beyond. Lots of ticket acceptance in place.

Taking on the post about double-deck conversions to single deck - what examples were there of buses which have been shortened or lengthened? I know Midland Red shortened some of its Plaxton bodied Ford R192s into midi buses by chopping a length out of the middle. Also aware of the odd RML / RM...

Just looking at the Oxfordshire Day Ranger - and now that Chiltern run into Oxford am I the only one who thinks this Ranger could do with an update in its validity to include Bicester - both Bicester North - Banbury and Bicester Village to Oxford in its validity? It would only be adding...

Looks like a Citaro ? https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/shenley-uno-bus-fire-1-5904878

Just noticed EMT's timetable for the London services today. Understand there's engineering work - but it does seem strange to run to Kettering then to Corby and run the rail replacement buses from Corby to Wellingborough and Bedford given Corby's about 8 miles further up the road than Kettering...

http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2018-04-10/reports-of-crash-involving-two-buses-in-luton/ Looks like Centrebus and Grant Palmer vehicles involved.