Recent content by LucyP

The 412 is a lightly used, rural bus route, serving mainly old people in the villages between Wetherby and York. It is fully funded by the Council. Connexions would never run it commercially and have said they would withdraw it several times in the past when the Council ended funding, which so...

TheGrandWazoo is correct in what they say above. The bigger problem is the dark in an unlit village. You need a torch to flash at the driver, to show that you are at the stop and would like them to stop. On the return journey, you have to tell the driver where to stop.

No it doesn't. You remain on the train for the checks when entering Bulgaria. You only have to get off for the Turkish passport control. Turkey is not in the EU and do the EU checks are not required for Turkey. There are also far less passengers present at the same time to be checked than at a...

He is correct about BEV buses sacrificing the niceties of saloon layout. The best example is the Mercedes e-Citaro. The massive cubicle at the back left narrows the aisle so much, blocks the left-side view for the passengers in the right-side seats completely and makes the bus so dark and...

Locomotives that are over 30 years old are bound to fail regularly. What is the point of the sleeper? Just for tourists? Most business people will just fly.

Transdev's 36 cannot complete a day without charging. I saw one plugged in last week at Harrogate bus station. They are also currently installing more chargers at the bus station. They still have the ADL branded bus in service, presumably because of faulty 36 branded buses.

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/transpennine-route-upgrade-and-electrification-updates.88054/ And when all this work is eventually finished, will there be new, electric trains ready and waiting on Day 1? How much faster will the journey time be from Leeds to...

As I said on the thread where someone was complaining about not being allowed through the barriers to break a journey, this is what puts people off public transport.

Slanging match with whom? Some barrier operative who is unlikely to know the rules and regulations for every ticket and every journey? Why are the rules so complicated anyway? This is exactly what puts people off public transport.

How can TG Jones be grown in your opinion? What is there that they or WHS before them have not tried which would work?

You are forgetting budgets, accounting, cost centres and allocation. Everything has a budget. Every NHS Trust has a board of directors, a budget, a profit and loss account. Everything the hospital does has a cost allocated to it. Replacement buses have been commissioned and costed and...

You need to check first whether the hearing is an actual hearing or a virtual hearing. If it is a virtual hearing then you will not be able to attend, because all the parties will be attending via Microsoft Teams etc. If it is an actual, in person hearing, you need to check whether it is a full...

The delays were always there, hence why, at peak times, First re-routed the bus in the published timetable along the whole length of Roundhay Road and then North Street. The situation became worse because of the narrowing of Regent Street from 3 lanes down to 2 and because of all the traffic...

Transdev changed the route and Go-Ahead WY have simply kept Transdev's route and timetable. Why was Byron Street ever part of the route anyway? It is just a narrow side-street, full of parked cars on the right-hand side, with one stop that is never used. The main delay now is the rounabout at...

They are always late because of the timetable and the route. They still use the Transdev timings which are too generous between Wetherby and Roundhay Park, so they are waiting at stops because they are ahead of time - Collingham, East Keswick, Redhall. The bus will wait at the Roundhay Park stop...