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Of course, new mainland trains have come with double-glazing for many years. On the bus part of the forum, people have been saying that double-glazing is not important and even undesirable, even though double-glazing is common on coaches and on buses outside Britain. So should double-glazing...

This has been posted in the service information part of the Megabus site. I wonder what will happen to the coaches. http://uk.megabus.com/ServiceAdvisory.aspx?id=494&home=true#

I got a ticket today at the machine in Calais Ville to Lille on the 1216 TER service, changing at Frethun onto the 1232 to Lille using the Boulogne to Paris TGV. There was no seat reservation on any part of the journey. I thought all TGVs had compulsory reservation?

The Beneluxtrein (Amsterdam to Brussels classic train) was meant to start using the the high speed line south of Rotterdam and travel via Breda from the new timetable, but that has been delayed so it will continue going via Roosendaal for the time being.

There is now a "Holland Travel Ticket" for 39 euro, valid on all buses, trams, metros and trains in the Netherlands in a day, except between 0630 and 0900 weekdays. As usual with Dutch day train tickets, it is not valid on Thalys and for ICE between Amsterdam and Arnhem and Intercity Direct...

Obviously this will have a significant impact on buses so I'm undecided about this. Perhaps the road could be made electric buses only? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36791485

What's going on? http://www.terravision.eu/airport_transfer/bus-liverpool-airport-manchester/

http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/stagecoach/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=273&newsid=745619

Here's another mass shooting that we should mourn. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36563280 --- old post above --- --- new post below --- No replies in nearly a day. Can I assume that the lack of replies is because African lives don't matter as much as American lives?

Last week I noticed SBB conductors checking tickets using a Samsung smartphone. They use the camera to scan barcodes. Even more cunning, they carry a little printer around their waist like a traditional school satchel so to issue a ticket they use the phone and the ticket comes out through the...

Is it desirable that people often have large differences in opinion? Does it help make it a better world to live in? Sure it might make it more interesting, but is it desirable? Is the dispute between Arabs/Jews in the Middle East a good thing? What about ISIS/the West? Even people who...

According to http://talksport.com/press/all-aboard-virgin-radio-star-160316188590 Virgin Radio will relaunch on 30 March with the first show broadcast live from the train from Manchester to London. The train will be renamed Virgin Radio Star. The article says it will leave at 11 o'clock, so...

The McDonald's Big Breakfast will be discontinued from 3 February. That's the one with scrambled egg, sausage, muffin and a hash brown. It has been available since at least the early 90s. I had my first one in Hatfield at the Galleria on a Sunday morning in 1992/3.

In the Crawley, Horsham and Reigate/Redhill areas, Metrobus are introducing a "60 minute Metrorider" from 16 January, replacing the former single m-ticket. http://www.metrobus.co.uk/travel-info/272 The one hour fare will be £2.10, whereas the current m-ticket single fare is £2, however there...

While watching the darts this afternoon, I was surprised to see that the Dutchman Jelle Klaasen has "GWRSA DIDCOT" on this left sleeve.

Suppose you are on a train from Glasgow to London Euston but due to the disruption between Preston and Wigan you are thinking of getting off at Carlisle to go through Newcastle. Are you likely to get a problem with the Advance ticket on the Virgin train to King's Cross? I see East Coast are...

Flixbus/Meinfernbus now operate a network of domestic coach services within the Netherlands. Until now, only international services and services to airports were allowed. Routes include: Rotterdam - 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) Rotterdam - Nijmegen Groningen - Haren - Hengelo - Enschede...

National Express are starting a new service between Gatwick and numerous Kent towns from December. Notably, it gives a number of places night services for the first time, meaning that you can go from say Chatham to Gatwick then on to London by train, meaning that early morning train or coach...

The SNCB Europe app for Android and iOS offers mobile ticketing between all stations in Belgium and all stations in the Netherlands. However, it also seems to offer mobile tickets for trips wholly within the Netherlands. Not a great surprise given they have offered homeprinted e-tickets for...

Until now, the cheapest way to pay for train tickets was using a Santander 123 credit card, which gives you 3% cashback on train fares, TfL fares or petrol, up to a combined spend of £300 per month, so a maximum of £9 cashback per month. There is a £24 annual fee for this card. Now the TSB...