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The 700X is not a new route. Originally there was departures on the 700 every 15 minutes two years ago, then that got cut to every half hour and the ill fated 701 was born, which was then cut back to the city centre only and became the 700X. In reality the 700X is just a shortened version of the...

Finally after almost a year since they have arrived, the ex Glasgow Enviro 400s have entered service in Dublin for Aircoach. 33101/3/4/5/6/7 entered service over the past couple of days. 33102 has yet to turn a wheel in service and 33104 broke down at lunchtime on it's first day in service...

Not sure why passengers in some of those places would go to East Midlands Airport when there are bigger airports closer by with far more flights and good connections. As has been said, NatEx are losing a lot of money right now so highly unlikely to be new routes, much more likely to be many...

Happens more often than you'd think. There was once one operator who was a new entrant on a corridor that wanted to take on a very well resourced and established operator who was making lots of money on a route. The new entrant said that they would go £1 cheaper than whatever price the...

You'd think for an inaugural run they'd make sure the train was more presentable!

I wonder if we will see Airport Bus Express pick up any more routes as a subcontractor? Certainly a downgrade on the Ipswich to Stansted route since they took over. It's often the case that at least one of their two allocated vehicles are off service so instead you end up with a vehicle without...

Blackbox are buying displays from Infotec now but continuing to run their own software.

They have the West Suffolk College contract as well apparently.

Also the terms of how and when the smaller operators get paid doesn't help.

The problem is that it won't be for buses in more rural areas because that would require common sense to be applied. Unfortunately the DfT do not recognise that the economics of a rural bus service are very different from the economics of a bus service in urban areas. They think rural operators...

They re replacing a number of the original Blackbox screens with newer screens across major stations, over the network bit by bit. A number of stations have now had their main screens on the concourse/booking halls changed from multiple smaller screens to one large format LED and when that has...

Some operators in Norfolk are already opting out the free children's bus fare in the summer and are likely to opt out of this. The reimbursement processes for smaller operators and the length of time that it takes them to get paid for the travel are said to be very poor with the kids scheme and...

The text on their promise has a present tense though, if that was the case it should be in future tense. It's the same kind of thing as their 'customer obsession' that they claim to have, all PR dressing, all style no substance. Long suffering customers in East Anglia and especially Suffolk...

If there are buses then probably that should be communicated to passengers? As there is NOTHING to suggest there is any anywhere on GA sites or social media.

The use of rail replacement buses on GA in reaction to unplanned disruption has been cut back in recent months unfortunately. Long as the taxpayer is happy etc.