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Do you get on with kids? If not, this isn't the job for you. You will remember being at school. There were teachers you respected. Yes, sir. No, miss. You did what you were told. Then there were teachers where everybody played up. Which are you? I've been on the buses 26 years. I don't mind...

Not really. There used to be one. It was a PITA to operate. At the end in 2014, it had 4 buses and 10 drivers. The buses needed to come off revenue earning service in Swindon to go to depot to be washed and fuelled. The drivers were paid to do that, sitting at the depot watching the wash do...

CDO dead mileage can of course be used to improve a service. You are right that it can be easily done. And there are routes where the times of schools and colleges are convenient for this. But not the 51, there's no point. The buses get to the college about 0845, so too late to go anywhere else...

I have followed this thread with interest as I used to work for Stagecoach West. I cannot comment on FoD or Monmouth matters as I am not well acquainted with those areas, but I do know the Swindon and Cirencester area very well. There is little demand for additional services between Swindon and...

That bridge was closed off when I walked from Blagrove to Mannington a couple of weeks ago. Not sure for how long, I didn't stop to read the notice.

I travelled 1st on the southbound "Chieftain" last Sunday, all the way. Apparently there was some issue with catering supplies, so after our bacon roll and coffee leaving Inverness, nothing else came until Berwick. Then it was a sandwich, more tea and coffee, and finally the wine. After...

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Surprised Swindon to Oxford hasn't been mentioned. A popular journey, the bus runs every 20 mins (normally) and costs £7.50 return. The train journey requires a change at Didcot. An anytime day return is £49.60.

The explainer to staff says that it is a national decision to "temporarily" turn the WiFi off. It will remain on Megabus, Citylink and Oxford Tube as well as "some additional services in some regions".

It appears to work empty to Weston, then a couple of round trips to Severn Beach Lidl, then back to depot, then to the Centre to run a return trip to Amazon.

As a former regular user of GWR, I found the performance generally to be more than acceptable. The vast majority of journeys I made passed without a hitch, and when disruption was encountered GWR and its staff generally responded as well as they could in the circumstances. Unfortunately I no...

Generally drivers do a week of approximately similar shifts, but different duties, so the precise times do vary somewhat. Training hours are more fixed AIUI, the trainers seem to congregate at the depot from about 0730. After passing the test, new drivers will work with a mentor for a few weeks...

The 66 is being increased to run x15 mins at peak times, and there are some extra peak services on the 55 as well. Both routes should have a PVR of 12, which explains the requirement for new buses. The three newer existing gold buses, 15967/69/70, should be staying (presumably de-branded)...

A bit further afield, Birrificio delle Officine Ferroviarie in Turin has a fine view over the approach to Porta Nuova station.

How about splitting London Terminals into geographical groups for ticketing purposes, eg London Terminals West for GWR services to include Marylebone, Paddington and Waterloo; London Terminals NorthWest including Paddington, Marylebone and Euston, etc. Validity to a specific terminus would...

What you have worked out is correct.

If you're planning on buying online, then buy Carmarthen - Bridgend and Bridgend - Bristol day returns, which will save a couple of quid and allow break of journey. If you want something you can actually buy from the TVM at Carmarthen, then a Carmarthen - Weston super Mare Off Peak Day Return...

I think the Independent - and all other mainstream newspapers - might actually "have been that bad". I used to take the print-version Indie, and considered it quite authoritative - until one day I read an article on a subject I actually knew quite a lot about, and found it riddled with errors...

Oxshott.

As far as I can see the only bus scheduled to be at Yate is from 1044 until 1135. It brings drivers from Stroud and takes a couple back. The "extra" 620 bus goes back to Stroud in the morning and comes out from Stroud again in the afternoon.