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I always think there is a danger the more complicated you make the ticketing system, the more likely the general public who have the option will say its too confusing and go by car. Slightly off topic, but the last couple of times I've thought about using a train to go long distance, the TOCs...

In Reading they still are.

According to National Express time table they use Mereoak park and ride.

National Express coaches serving Reading stop at the Mereoak Park and Ride at M4 junc11 rather than going into the town. Regular bus service from there or easily accessible by car.

I seem to remember that the school bus was late so often that one of the teachers who also used it would take the register during the journey so that we could go straight to lessons and not have to go to the office to register first!!

Obviously buses have a harder life, short journeys and a lot of stop/starting, but trucks with the same or similar drivetrains can easily do 1,000,000km+ with the original engine, gearbox and drive axle. The company I used to work for had vehicles which were multiple shifted doing in excess of...

Reading Buses accept contactless, Smart watch, Smart phone, pre paid card, Reading Buses app and even cash!

I always wondered how safe Bournemouth open top double deck trolleybuses were.

Wallingford isn't too bad, it's when you cross the bridge and go north to Dorchester that the problems (and the body count!!) really gets bad.:lol::lol:

The layby you mention, although no longer having a sign, is a public area, not a bus stop, and no reason you can't park in it.

Southdown Leyland PD3s (Queen Marys) as a child as it meant we were at the seaside for the day or on holiday. The livery always makes me think of bright sunny days.

Reading Buses have at least 10. X100 RDG, RG04 BUS, RG05 BUS, RG54 BUS, RG55 BUS, BU52 GAS, DD16 GAS (both gas powered) GO11 LDN painted in Green Line livery for route 702 to London and MRD1, used to be on the mayor's official car before the council sold it.

Reading Buses seem good value to me £2 single (£1.60 if you buy 10 in advance) £4 all day for whole of the Reading area or £16 for all day for 7 days Even cheaper than that if you buy 90 or even 365 days. Compare this to using a car to go to town where parking charges are around £1.50 per hour.

Reading has two, the 17 which goes east to west across the whole town and the 21 which goes south from the town centre to Lower Earley via the University.

Having recently read a book about open top buses which had a section on old double deckers converted into tree loppers,(not always intentionally!!), got me thinking, do any companies still do this. If so, do they do it themselves and with what vehicles, or do they contract it out or even get the...

Unlikely. Reading council think highly of their bus service, and are also very keen on the use of public transport in the town.

Was standing near,not at, a Reading bus stop waiting to cross the road with my two dogs. Bus stopped and the driver said " you're not getting on with them". Mind you, they are two Great Danes.

Surely as Reading buses makes a profit, it benefits the tax payers of Reading, rather than costing them money.

Reading Borough Council who ultimately own Reading Buses is Labour controlled.

You can use contactless on Reading Buses