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I am about to spend a couple of days in Brighton. Owing to other travels including London, I am buying a separate London - Brighton Off-Peak Return. I plan to travel from London Victoria to Brighton on a Gatwick Express class 387 but back from Brighton to London Blackfriars on a Thameslink...

I thought it might be fun to reflect on some towns in Britain where neither of the 2 biggest bus companies are Stagecoach or First. A few I can think of are:- Birmingham - National Express West Midlands and Rotala Diamond Bus Nottingham - Nottingham City Transport and TrentBarton Derby -...

I don't know whether many of you found this. It's just that around here this month's Modern Railways reached the shops late. I had read that it was supposed to be distributed on the 4th Thursday of the month, in other words October 23rd. However, at 3 rail stations (Manchester Piccadilly...

As I haven't seen any such thread here, I thought I'd start a thread for any of you to report anything unusual you saw on the railways during the Commonwealth Games. It has already been reported that TPE extended some Manchester-Glasgow services to 8 cars by adjoining a loaned London Midland...

With the lines to Cumbernauld and Whifflet having been electrified recently and electric trains having been introduced there in May, I wonder what classes of stock run there? I hope to ride refurbished class 314, 320 and 318 if possible so hope these are included!

Both these stations are currently being refurbished, with work supposed to be completed this summer. Does anyone have dates for when the stations will be fully refurbished?

There have been some new deliveries of trains since 2005, such as TPE class 185, London Overground class 378 and London Midland class 172s. However, these have been used directly and indirectly to bolster services across the network. It seems that few trains have been withdrawn since class...

From Cambridge to London you can get Off-peak and Super Off-peak Travelcards. I understand the latter are Saturdays or weekends only. Anyway, is a break of journey permitted at Potters Bar on either? I ask, as there are some TfL red buses to Potters Bar (most notably the 298 and 313) that I...

I have just experienced an example of a National Express fare not being cheaper online. I looked up a fare from Plymouth to Penzance online but the system would have added a £1 booking fee. I felt like getting a traditional ticket instead of an E-ticket for a change. So I went to Manchester...

I notice that faster trains from King's Cross to Potters Bar continue to Cambridge or Peterborough, alongside slower trains at least at weekends. Do these faster trains tend to be class 317s or are they usually class 365s? I shall be in the area one Saturday in late summer at least to ride...

I understand that, as part of the refurbishment programme for class 180s returning to First Great Western, those with Grand Central were also to have a mechanical upgrade. As far as you know, are these being refurbished too?

I went to Hounslow today, and it seemed all trains were class 455s. When I last rode that line in 2006, there were at least some class 450s on it. I wonder when this changed? My hunch was that Weybridge via Hounslow trains would be 450s and Hounslow/ Twickenham loop 455s. This was not the...

I noticed yesterday that refurbishments have started to the Jubilee Line 1996 stock. Rather than share the same moquette as refurbished 1973 stock on the Piccadilly Line, the moquette included blue with red circle/arrows. Difficult to describe beyond that, but watch out for these next time you...

For the last few weeks, Funfares have been published as being available on routes such as Manchester-Newcastle and Bristol-Oxford just until Saturday 21st July. Does anyone know whether they are being suspended for the summer school holidays or are about to be released? If these are suspended...

I thought I'd let you know that Lothian Buses' Hybrid Enviro 400s are due to enter service today. They will run on route 10 from Newhaven to Torphin and Bonaly. More details can be found at http://www.lothianbuses.com/news/2-general-news/832-hybrid-buses-coming-soon-to-service-10.html...

I shall be spending a few days in Dublin from next Friday. I can find most information I want regarding trains and Dublin Bus. However, I wish to ride a Bus Eireann Volvo B7TL-East Lancs. I saw one in Dublin in 2005 and have seen a picture online but do not know which routes regularly operate...

I am considering coming to Glasgow at the end of May. I understand that Monday 30th May will not just be the Spring Bank Holiday in England but also a Glasgow Bank Holiday. Does anyone know what level of service usually operates on First Glasgow buses on this day? The double-deck fleet...

According to the bus forum below, Arriva have just bought Glasgow Citybus from West Coast Motors. Although I am not a member of this forum, and have not seen this story anywhere else, I though this might interest some of you. http://www.busandcoachforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=7266

I feel like exploring the Plymouth and Barnstaple area at some stage. However, I am waiting until Plymouth Citybus is fully low-floor. I hope ideally that Go-Ahead order some new buses for Plymouth rather than just cascade vehicles there. If anyone knows of any new vehicles on order this...

The government have cut the grant to TfL by £108 million. What could save them money is if the government legislate to put operation of Underground lines to tender. This is the last major operation in Britain neither franchised nor privatised. Potential preferred bidders for each line could be...