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Considering it takes just over an hour to get there from start to finish you're not likely to get anyone using it end to end unless it's the only bus you can get to your destination. I am sure it also ran until late at night and on Sundays until a few years ago as well. No doubt another victim...

How does it work - is there an easy way to apply the next stop stuff with different size configurations or does it need redone over and over again? Or can it be imported / exported with a spreadsheet?

What financial assistance would be provided though? Putting on staff buses? And will those drivers be specifically kept on those routes or will they need to learn the whole load of Larbert routes as well? Be interesting to see what they do with regards to depot runs if they go in that...

Not surprising given Larbert has been cleaned up in terms of withdrawn vehicles being moved on. Probably a lot of empty space available now, don't tend to see buses parked outside the office too nowadays although that will probably be changing come August. Will there be enough for staff car...

In general do drivers tend to jump over to the subsquent operator following change of contract for local service routes? As my understanding is that it doesn't seem to happen much unless it's a franchise change. Some drivers may have previously worked for the other operator and may had their...

The thing about the Optare Solo, if they had just offered the designs to another manufacturer, someone would have taken it up, the deal by Stagecoach a few years ago clearly showed there was still interest. Not everything can go electric just yet. And as for the Mercedes Sprinter options, they...

The manifesto proposal is simply unworkable. Local, short distance routes? Might work to an extent but not all day long. The likes of Glasgow to Aberdeen for example, that's simply not going to work at all. More companies will go to the wall and shut down, there'll be less routes and less...

This has been getting run by First Glasgow. Makes sense as doubt a 16 seater minibus would not have went well on this kind of shuttle.

They did, not everything had them though. Depends on if they were new to them or cascaded from elsewhere. B7RLEs and StreetLites certainly had them, as did most Scanias and anything from Glasgow.

So what about all the manufacturers who sold buses since then, including dealer stock, where none of the equipment had been supplied aside from the standard destination displays outside? Some of the blame has to go there as well. Had that been done then the likelihood is some operators would...

Passed a Yutong on the F25 earlier which was a shocker...although lately they've been using full sized buses on that route rather than the wheel forward StreetLite that was usually allocated to it. Also noticed the other side of Larbert Depot with the offices no longer have buses parked up...

Up in front of the Traffic Commissioner again as per https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6992f711ceeaa48d377f6ba9/np_2581_16_February_2026.pdf

I fail to see why there are so many arguments about this myself. There's nothing wrong going on here. The guy wants to make money, is applying for an operators license and is hiring them out to others in the meantime as they are still certified to be passenger carrying buses and are not...

I am sure the reason Lothian and Translink are still using Wayfarer machines is because they are also dealing with the ticketing for Edinburgh trams and the trains in Northern Ireland? They're not just using it for buses. At the end of the day it's the existing providers who failed to catch the...

I doubt most of the equipment will end up at the scrap yards. The companies will try and salvage as much as possible to avoid unnecessary repeat purchases.