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Agreed, the N9 used to be every 20 minutes then TFL reduced the frequency to every 30 minutes a couple of years ago, first few buses are often full by the time they leave Heathrow, as last tubes to Central London are around 23.30, & planes are still arriving in at Heathrow until 1am, plus buses...

SL6 (former X68) is a commuter route, although buses are often full by the time they get past West Norwood morning & Waterloo in the evening, not sure if theirs a market for an all day version of the route, although it's an anomaly such a commuter route operates in TFL land, main reason the SL6...

Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool Lime Street via the CLC is bad for this too, if the express is delayed by a few minutes, signalers will let the stopper go first even if the express has just arrived at the platform at Oxford Road, signalers then route the stopper into the Glazebrook loop to...

There have been a few of these threads over the years. Inverness to Thurso & Wick. Train takes around 3 hours 45 Inverness - Thurso & extra 30 minutes to Wick. Bus Stagecoach X99 takes 2 hours 55 Inverness - Wick, around 3 hours 30 Inverness - Thurso

The poll tax backfired when Thatcher's supporters realised they'd each have to pay the tax regardless how many people over 18 that lived in the property, for example a couple of people living permanently in the same mobile home on modest income were being charged £500 each for poll tax, were a...

If you can afford it, then pay for a PSV licence yourself. Main cons of going through a bus company, you have a minimum term contract before you can leave, that you will work shifts at unsociable hours, such as start around 5am & finish after midnight, & weekend work, plus Bluestar have a night...

Or rather than waiting until the 04.40, (still catch the 23.00 to York) the OP could get one of the TP to Manchester, one scheduled for 01.38, & 02.35, from Manchester Piccadilly the OP could then get the 05.05 to Euston or 05.11 to Bournemouth, By the way, the 05.11 Manchester Piccadilly -...

It was the faking of the letter to avoid doing unpaid work that got him jailed, not the ticket scam, which would have been the fine & unpaid work, love how he said “I’m going to lose my house, I’m not going, I’m not going.” well if he didn't do the crime, then compounded it by faking a letter to...

Portillo's series isn't just about the railway, it's about how the railway affected everyday life from when it was introduced to a place he's visiting.

The Doncaster incident was after Wootton Bassett incident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Railways

Maybe not the right thread for this post but anyway, had a ride on the 362 Wigan - Chorley a few weeks ago & from quick observation the service feels a ton more reliable now it's operated from Wigan depot than it ever was when Arriva operated the service, as Arriva operated the 362 from Bolton...

Arriva Merseyside 407 West Kirby - Liverpool is one of my local routes, the 407 interworks with the 471 / 472 Liverpool - Heswall, one bus then goes onto 423 Liverpool - Seacombe it's always the 18.03, 423 from Liverpool to Seacombe. A couple of other routes from Arriva Merseyside Birkenhead...

Their are 1 day tickets available for the whole GM area, unfortunately these only allow travel on trains after 09.30am Monday to Friday, some of the off peak tickets have evening peak restrictions too...

Yeah, fans of clubs in EFL League 1 & EFL League 2 widely boycott the EFL Trophy, after EFL allowed Premier League & Championship clubs to play their academy teams in the competition, Wycombe got a crowd attendance of 769 at Adams Park, for their EFL Trophy Quarter Final match vs Brighton U21, &...

The all night buses in Liverpool (86 / 86A) have been withdrawn (i don't think they restarted after covid), although Stagecoach started an N1 Allerton - Birkenhead last December but that only operates Thursday night / Friday morning to Saturday night / Sunday morning

Because before the cap, single fares outside London were higher, as they are set by the bus operator, & not a organisation like TFL, a single journey in some areas could cost well over £3, Merseyside is keeping the £2 fare cap when the £2 fare cap ends, largely due to finding from Merseytravel &...

TNS are an English team (based in Oswestry) but play in the Welsh leagues, given the Scottish Challenge Cup is run by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), it's awkward picking a stadium closer to Wales given the geography of Scotland, given SPFL would want the final at a venue in...

All the fuss over the flag on the new England kits, but thing that's been missed are the kit prices, £124.99 for an adult shirt, £119.99 for kids shirt, for the players version, even replica shirts are quite pricey now, & the authorities wonder why sites selling fake kits like DHgate do well.

Merseyrail tend to operate Saturday service on Bank Holidays, next Friday be no exception minus any blockades

The 10 / 10A really should be renumbered to 600 / 601 as that's what the numbers were before Stagecoach changed them Oh 7 should be 540, the 8 / 598, & the 9 / 659 if they went back to the old numbers, here's a Wigan South map from 2014 with the old number system...