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    Bus services that enter private property (except shopping centres/supermarkets/works only)

    Travelling on the C4 was fine when I went on it
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    National Express Coaches Discussion

    They certainly used to be run from Chesterfield
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    Arriva Redcar depot - closure threat

    Also, if you're driving a bus for 8-9 hours a day, driving further in your car is not great
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    Are bus enthusiasts more interested in vehicles than services and ticketing?

    There's a reason there are two distinct enthusiast organisations: The Omnibus Society, for service changes The PSV Circle, for vehicle news The OS dabbles a little in the vehicle side, which is more than enough to sate any curiosity I personally have on that subject. If you are interested in...
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    Smallest place with two bus stations?

    Depending on your definition of bus station, you could include Tredegar, which has a bus station used mostly by Harris, and a pair of stops in a large off road layby labelled as Lidl, which is where Stagecoach serve.
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    Bus stop information 'causing misery' for bus commuters

    Is the problem sometimes down to Local Authorities not having the budget to receive the live feed from the bus companies, so there is only scheduled times shown?
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    Suffix letters on their own

    First Cymru have a 3A in Swansea but no 3, after it was put out of its misery (1 journey a day in one direction) a year or so ago.
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    Bus services run from different depots/outstations on different days

    Back in 2000, route 113 Haverhill to Cambridge, normally an outstation route from Haverhill, was run instation from Cambridge on Sundays. 2 duties, 1 early 1 late.
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    Furthest distance that you could travel entirely on independent bus operators.

    Adventure is part of Comfort del Gro, also owners of Metroline so not valid for this exercise.
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    Bus driver shift patterns

    Referring back to the comment on LMEE, as greenline712 said, it was a union thing, in fact they compiled the roster themselves. I think it was to maximise the time off for every rest day pair, and not just long weekends. It also shared the late work around a lot more, so you did 1 or 2 every...
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    Bus driver shift patterns

    With rotas, I've worked with some depots that alternate early and late/middle weeks, and others where the work tends to get earlier as the week progresses (so something like L M E E). I've also seen short turnarounds rostered from Saturday lates to Sunday earlies to protect Saturday nights out...
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    National Express Coaches Discussion

    Going in and out of Hanley takes quite a while. If you can offer more attractive journey times from Manchester or Liverpool and fill the coach, why bother with Hanley?
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    On board ticket sales and operating speed

    One thing that may discourage people from using TOTO as opposed to just buying the ticket from the driver is related to the phenomenon of people not having their means of payment ready when they board - they don't want their bank card in their hand as they get off because they then need to put...
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    Do bus schedulers take account of road, etc., capacity?

    I would have thought starting short is fine, it's terminating short that they don't like.
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    Megabus Discussion

    English depots have not been involved in the M11 for quite a while (pre-Covid)
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