Recent content by jp4712

They've been around for a very long time - coaches more than buses historically, the lightweight (Bedford, Ford etc) manufacturers were usually available with a stock Plaxton or similar body from a dealer such as Alf Mosely or Yeates of Loughborough. Buses were historically made to order, but...

Yes, this is the fallacy of the world's worst 'transport advisor', Andrew Gilligan, who says that HS2 should be scrapped because overall, WCML trains are only half full (the percentage may be wrong, I'm doing this from memory, but you get the drift). This use of averages conveniently forgets...

To answer the OP, I believe that what they saw was something like my photo below. @Whisky Papa both Ribble and North Western had deckers in reversed livery for limited stop services; but when the NBC livery came, all the Ribbles were given standard red bus livery (a shame, as they were very...

Can’t read it as it’s behind a paywall. Does it parrot the Andrew Gilligan claims that HS2 should be scrapped because there are empty trains on the WCML? (At 0600 in the morning and 2200 at night)

I don’t know why, but they’ve been like that for a long time! I took the photo at the Flickr link below in 1983. Class 504 leaves Whitefield station, 1983 by Paul Williams, on Flickr

That’s really helpful, thank you - I’m currently at Southend Central so I’ll hop there now. A train driver here just warned me off taking photos even though I just had my camera in my hand - I’ve never known any company be so enthusiast-unfriendly.

Good morning from a c2c 357 on its way to Shoeburyness. I’m on a senior day rover, and I’m aiming to cover their whole network before validity ends at 1600. However, the day started with a slight problem - my attempt at Fenchurch Street to snap a pic of a train was stamped on in very firm...

How ironic, given that Victoria platform 11 was once the longest in the world...

All of which would be a compelling argument - if it were true. However as the BBC story makes clear, David Lammy hasn't blocked the IoM legislation because of any fundamentalist beliefs, but because the proposed legislation lacked important legal safeguards nor complied with the European...

I’m thinking of going by train tomorrow from home (Lichfield City) to Kings Norton, just so I can return via the reopened Camp Hill line. Does an ‘any permitted’ Lichfield - Kings Norton return allow me to do that, please?

The use of that stencil style leads me to lean towards this being ex-Royal Mail.

Why does the battery have to charge in under 5 minutes? Why not charge at home overnight, or at a public charging point while you go and do something such as shopping or eating? I’ve just bought my first electric car. I will NEVER go back. I have a drive at my home so I can charge at home...

I’m given to understand that if Vance succeeds in removing the orange man-baby under the 25th amendment before two years from Trump’s inauguration have elapsed, the period up to 2028 counts as a first term; if after, it doesn’t: so Vance could stand as sitting president in 2028, then again (if...

There'll be an open day at Queens Road garage in Manchester on Saturday 6 June according to the website of the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, celebrating 125 years since the garage opened in 1901. It got me thinking, what is the UK's oldest operational bus garage? I suppose you'd have...

Andrew is indeed eighth in line for the throne. But that refers to the morning queue for the B wing toilet at Wormwood Scrubs…