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Recently, I used the Edinburgh - Glasgow shuttle for the first time. The 12:15 departure from Edinburgh arrived at Queen Street at 13:08, being up as returning at 13:15. This struck me as a very tight turnaround for a busy mainline service. I realise that many tube lines have turnaround times...

Not sure if it still happens, but a few times on GNER and successors I seem to remember having tickets clipped with a stamp of the headcode embossed.

First Mainline in Doncaster did very little service regulation in terms of part-routes, however many of the routes went into housing estates or pit villages and if two buses were bunching, one would usually run dead back into town via the main road, picking up the route further along, or would...

The 84B is a temporary route funded by Hertsmere and whether it continues will depend upon whether anybody is willing to pay for it. Given that the passenger numbers on this vital link are so low, and even fewer of those actually pay a fare, I amn't sure if this will happen. However, the 84B...

LUL made a big deal, probably about 20 years ago, about (re-)introducing 'SATS' to do the announcement, bat raising etc. I assume that the hours and locations are set depending on perceived demand, and like other posters I have noticed that many of them disappeared during covid (which isn't...

It is frustrating, travelling into London as I do 4/5 days per week, that I see this happening a couple of times per week. It does make you wonder what the point in paying is when so many blatantly flaunt the rules. I seem to recall the polis saying something along the lines of, the type of...

Certainly today the centre platforms are of tube height.

Also owned by the same landlord.

I'm in my mid-thirties and have written - according to my chequebook - 618 cheques from my current account, which I opened in 2008. (although, until around 2015, I did write some from another account which, at that time, I also had). I've written 17 since the start of May, although only 2 of...

Their landlord is also on there which cannot bode well for the remaining part of the company.

It was common around 20 years ago for drivers of a particular firm to not issue tickets as the "printer was broken". Indeed I remember being surprised on a particular journey when the driver issued me with a ticket, before noticing an inspector with a clipboard just behind. Others would offer a...

It was a fairly common occurrence to see a bus ticket inspector when I used to regularly catch the buses (with TfL from 2011, and LRT between 2007-11). Indeed, on average, I would get checked once a month on the bus or tube. However at some point they seemed to disappear - maybe 2015ish?

Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, but when did the Bluebell begin accepting diesels? I seem to remember that they were very against diesel operation at one point, to the extent of firing up a small steam engine to do a bit of shunting on a non operational day.

When there was actually a bank to go to!

Whilst Metroline gave up the 84s, they (from their base at Potters Bar) continue to operate plenty of other routes such as the 263s, 134s 107s 384s which have a reasonable distance between the garage and the route. They appear to do so reasonably well (albeit their foray into operating the 34s...

Out of interest, is "the accused" informed of the reasons/accusations prior to the hearing?

The guideline limit is not targeted at those who have a little stash at home (sensibly - in my view - I have some paracetmol, ibuprofen, loperamide and a few other bits and pieces stashed in the bathroom cabinet since you never know when you may need it) - but those who may be in some distress...

Presumably there will be other creditors expecting money from the company. Although I'm not sure how it was structured since I understood that drivers were deployed on a mixture of TfL and commercial work, depending on requirements. The assets must mainly be fully deprecated by now, surely; the...

Underrated comment! and/or when people used it as an excuse for not wanting to put in place proper procedures, or not wanting to pay for the right equipment to do the job properly, or simply wanted a convenient excuse for avoiding doing something.

We are hearing Sullivans side of the story who have put out their press release, whilst TfL are going to be far more "clinical" in what they say - if nothing else because they're a huge organisation with press and PR folks. Sullivans say that they will continue with commercial work and grow...