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I was riding close to the end vestibule of one for a few minutes in January, and I remember thinking at the time that something struck me as being out of date. Whether this was an old fleet number or simply a dated notice I cannot now recall, I will have to look more closely in future :oops: .

I recall back in the 1990s what was then GM Buses (North) / First Manchester had notices saying they did not accept £20 notes due to issues with forgeries, while we did accept them on our First Calderline services into the area. When weekly and particularly monthly tickets became available to...

That's very evocative, thanks. I do feel sorry for the driver stuck with a Metrobus up there, though!

Having studiously avoided those 1970s 'Merrymaker' excursions from Manchester that seemed likely to use DMUs, I think my personal best/worst would be a 1990 holiday journey from Manchester Victoria to Llandudno with our young son. At least bagging the front seats in the Class 101 (I think)...

^ Sorry, the link to the photo does not seem to work :frown: . Thanks for the timetable links. I guess some of those journeys to Glossop were replacements for the pre-deregulation 360-2 group of services? I know Glossopdalle were involved at some point too, probably mid 1990s when my former...

I'm not sure when the Mellor - New Mills extension started, but certainly after deregulation. I recall seeing it on a route map at some point and being a little surprised this had been seen as worthwhile. Up to at least summer 1985, Mellor was served by the 363 via Marple and 383 via Romiley...

As a former member of relief station staff based at Glossop, I occasionally worked at Newton-for-Hyde (indeed my last shift in that post was a Saturday morning there) and one of the specific staff duties upon opening up was to check that the plunger had not been tampered with.

;) You've transposed East and West in your list. I can vouch for the northernmost at Dean Head though, scene of many a dispute about cross-boundary fares!

The Halifax - Oldham route was extended to Manchester Piccadilly at one point - I was given route learning on it in the summer of 1989 having just passed my Class I at Halifax, but as a vacancy opened at Todmorden (phew!) I never drove it. I can't now recall if it was the 562 via Sowerby Bridge...

Maybe not STP train planners, in my experience at least. Having done that job for a while, the Control function was a few floors and many salary points higher!

I don't think I was aware of the door-locking requirement - perhaps it came after I moved on to the comparative calm ( ;) ) of Bradford Interchange? It does point to the gradual change that occurred from the original proposal that was sold to the station staff ie the bar closing as the station...

One definite issue was that the cafe/bar premises at Hebden Bridge had no toilets, and were supposed to close when the station staff (of which I was one at the time) locked up, having left the toilets in a decent state. It was then sometimes frustrating for the staff member opening up the...

It has been mentioned on other threads that inspectors in Prague do seem to concentrate on the airport routes. I assume you are referring to mobile app tickets that are not valid instantly? The only problem I've had is at actually getting the app to connect when arriving at the airport. It has...

In 2015 I witnessed a pigeon meet its maker at Clapton, when it bridged the gap between the wire and the underside of the overbridge. I was on the Down platform, and happened to be looking right at the spot - an intense point of white light, followed by a huge boom a split second later, and a...

I can't recall what the difference in price between Portland Street and Mosley Street was when we booked back in January, but our main reason for choosing Portland Street was wanting to be near our son and family who were staying in the Kimpton (the former Refuge Assurance building opposite...

At least Doncaster - Peterborough is usually done pretty quickly. In February 2017, Storm Doris resulted in a 50mph speed limit being imposed south of Doncaster, making the journey to Peterborough incredibly tedious, plus the added concern of what connection to Cambridge we might eventually...

I had read this with a degree of panic last week, as we had booked to stay in a PI in central Manchester on Friday and taken the early check-in option as we needed to dump our bags, get over to Piccadilly and meet our son and family off the train from London. We've done early check-in with...

Thanks for the link @Belperpete. I now realise I have seen an earlier version of that map, but had forgotten where! Looking at the map, there have been changes to the routes slated for conversion, it appears. This Wikipedia article (and possibly the earlier version of the map I saw) mentions...

Many thanks for that. Sadly I lost a lot of photos from that trip due to a faulty memory card, but I do have a photo of an Emile Weber artic at the airport. Perhaps I will get back there one day, although I suspect it would be an expensive holiday at current exchange rates! Ah yes, spotted...

I haven't yet seen a mention of De Lijn / Conexxion joint route 42 from Brugge to Breskens in that odd strip of the Netherlands south of the Westerschelde. We used it back in the 1990s from Westkappelle to cross the border and visit the Dutch village of Sluis. In 2015, we flew into Luxembourg...