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  1. NorthernSpirit

    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    There's always room for improvement, especially on Friday and Saturday nights. Not complaining about the overbusing in Elland, its just an observation. I say I wished West Yorkshire was a non-PTE area as it'd stop vanity schemes such as cycleways being built at taxpayers expense which are then...
  2. NorthernSpirit

    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    So Skircoat Road will become an enlarged version of Millwood (Todmorden). Looks akin to a tenners worth of branding.
  3. NorthernSpirit

    Will autism affect me getting a PCV licence?

    That's OK then. As I'm looking at doing it as a career, plus I'd never be out of work.
  4. NorthernSpirit

    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    The 548 has become a circular from the timetable I got from Halifax. Journeys from Halifax to Nunnery Lane appear to terminate in Brighouse but they don't, they're only there for three minutes before departing Brighouse bus station to Nunnery Lane before running back to Brighouse where they...
  5. NorthernSpirit

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    By the sound of it, I'm guessing that the new 5 will interwork with the 8.
  6. NorthernSpirit

    Will autism affect me getting a PCV licence?

    How does this fair with doing the PCV licence and/or CPC through an independent provider? As I'm currently in the process of obtaining said licence through an independant provider.
  7. NorthernSpirit

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Isn't there a low bridge somewhere around Westbury? as if First are looking at adding in a new route, they're going to have to reroute it to avoid said low bridge. I'd be very suprised to see deckers being used as far as Warminster on the D1 unless its going be revert to the 265.
  8. NorthernSpirit

    Sitting with a person when a train is empty

    I once had a woman (aged 24) ask me if I was heading to a town, the same one as me. They asked if I were happy sharing a taxi with them. So I thought and said OK, I can see why. It transpires that the local taxis (that I've never used despite living in the town for 12 years) have employed a...
  9. NorthernSpirit

    Stations rebranded to Great British Railways design / Rail Alphabet 2

    Rebranding has been taking place in West Yokshire with Morley being the first to get the new signs, Brighouse has been rebranded for the third time in its 24 year existance with Sowerby Bridge and Mythomroyd gaining the RA2 signage. Huddersfield has limited RA2 stickered all over the station, I...
  10. NorthernSpirit

    Reductions to services prior to an eventual withdrawal

    Maybe a minimum acceptable standard should be introduced to ensure that services are properly promoted so that they don't dwindle (through lack of patronage) to the point where they are withdrawn. What gets me is that some firms use the excuse of we don't have any spare capital to print...
  11. NorthernSpirit

    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    The all new 501 / X1 between Halifax and Huddersfield has been branded as Elland Lines. I very much doubt we'll see any branding appiled to the buses or any publicity printed to promote the relaunch but we do at least get a very North Somerset Excel-ish style route map, as seen below. I'm...
  12. NorthernSpirit

    Bradford Interchange Bus Station closed until further notice

    Considering that the nearby NCP car park is to be torn down too, the concrete from both that and the current Interchange could be broken up and used as backfill to level the land out before rebuilding. As for Santander, the underneath of that could be filled up with more broken concrete but in...
  13. NorthernSpirit

    West Yorkshire Bus Franchising to go ahead

    Isn't it the same with a Quality Partnership / Enhanced Partnership? Stick new buses on a newly launched route with a decent frequency which screams investment which in turn moves the rejects previously used on to marginal routes or for scrap. How I see it is if the Combined Authority were...
  14. NorthernSpirit

    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    I've had a look at an old 2017 timetable which shows a few Sunday extras that ran between Halifax and Hebden, these it seem ran via Burnley Road, Commercial Street, Crown Street and left into New Road before heading back to Halifax. I can see what you mean by having it running to what's known...
  15. NorthernSpirit

    Bradford Interchange Bus Station closed until further notice

    From what I recall the only reason why Halifax (the 1989 / previous design) and Todmorden were painted green rather than Metro's garish red was down to Calderdale Council wanting them green to fit in to their colour scheme. Isn't Keighley owned by Transdev or is it just the travel centre that...
  16. NorthernSpirit

    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    From what I gather, Millwood outstation (Todmorden) is taking on the full 590/591/592 leaving Skircoat with pretty much everything else excluding the 549 which will be operated by Old Fieldhouse Lane. Looking at the new times for the Upper Calder Valley, I still cannot fathom out as to why it...
  17. NorthernSpirit

    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    I recall the old M62 service which was scrapped and eventually returned as an X80. Other services changes include the splitting of the Halifax to Siddal section of the 541/542 to become the 543 and the uplift in the depot split 548 and 549 which returns as a four buses an hour service, which...
  18. NorthernSpirit

    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    I'm still expecting to remain as two buses an hour, basically a similar format to that of the 39 and X39 between Bath and Bristol where the 39 running the evening journey's. As for the last 501 to Halifax (or Huddersfield for that matter) I'm not expecting to see anything run after 2300 even...
  19. NorthernSpirit

    Stagecoach Yorkshire and Chesterfield

    Given that last year was the first time the Peak Explorer ran, maybe for summer 2024 Stagecoach could look at running something from Chesterfield and Buxton to Holmfirth and Huddersfield with the Solo's (ideal for such a route), which in turn could link up with a 2024 edition of the Peak Explorer.
  20. NorthernSpirit

    Are National Rail Enquiries based at Ryde Pier Head?

    The last time I used one in the North... Northern: • Information: toss up between NRE in Mumbai or control in York (usually dependant on the time of day). • Emergency: never pressed it in case it went through to the police. Either way its quite worrying that that there is no consistancy.

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