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One example I can recall is Spencer Road in Langley that has 3 bus stops on First Beeline route 7 towards Slough & Britwell that are about 100m from each other, whole road is apparently about 360m long according to measure tool on Google Maps.

To be honest, every bus manufacturer including MAN went down with quality over the last 10 years, it is a result of cost cutting on the quality of materials plus the competitiveness of tendering across Europe, where often the criteria is 100% price - therefore it is more of a case if you pay...

You can ask the same questions about a Streetlite or Enviro200. Because they're cheap: to purchase, to run and to maintain - and that's the only reason :) However you can see where the money is - most of the municipal bus companies order reputable brands like MAN, Mercedes, Solaris or VDL with a...

I'd say considering we have summer holidays running on time isn't a huge success TBH - you'd had different opinion on Arriva punctuality during school year. In my opinion Arriva always shown minimal effort, even back in the day their fleet was the most scruffiest and junkiest of all big operators.

Currently registered, yes - I actually think that the overall numbers can be even higher considering how many would've been manufactrured overall and withdrawn/scrapped over the course of last two decades and therefore do not figure in the above summary.

According to howmanyleft there is in excess of 16k Alexander Dennis buses without differentation between models (but assuming it starts in 2005 it must be both E200 and E400), I doubt if there is as half as much Wrightbuses overall. https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/alexander_dennis_missing

Are loads between Henley and Reading on par with these between Wycombe and Henley? Also would potential split into two routes, one run by Carousel between Wycombe and Henley and the other one by Reading Buses improve the overall reliability - of course it would affect commuters between High...

I actually think it is the wheelbase and whether the buses are screwed or welded togheter, Scania integrals as notable example are very prone to rattling as they are screwed togheter and overtime with the bumps the rattling is more intense. Yutongs are a good choice, anything but the rattly...

Ah, thanks for reminding that Wycombe indeed has it - but nevertheless lack of competition isn't always that bad, locally Bracknell has had been a victim of a bus war recently (well, almost 10 years now but still) but things seemed to turn to better - fleet is more modern that it used to be in...

It was to be expected at some point - however with the appaling level of service that Arriva had provided over the last few years I don't think any passengers will miss them. My teenage sister currently studies in Henley College and the amount of times 800/850 doesn't turn up, fails to take all...

I meant more of a whole Buckinghamshire rather than Wycombe but the question is if Carousel has the resources to handle more PVR - while they don't seem to have as many cancelled services as Arriva or First they still sometimes inform about them, whereas Redline creates an impression that they...

Well, maybe not in the UK but as far as I am aware the last bus I've seen that can be specced with a manual gearbox is an Ukrainian low entry midibus ZAZ A10C - it comes with a ZF 6S-700 BO 6 gear manual gearbox as a standard. Plenty of them are running on local routes around Warsaw outskirts...

I think either them or Redline. Both seem quite strong operators in the area.

Back in the day when I used to regularly commute on the First's X74 between Slough and High Wycombe which uses M40 to avoid Beconsfield town centre some drivers would tell the standees to take a seat if they were available for the the motorway section of the route but I don't think this was a...

To be honest I don't think that the price cap will end anytime soon, I really doubt that the next government which is likely to be Labour will take this away, but even then another reason that this might stay is a surge in pro public transport policies, ahead of these all net-zero pledges. But...

Yes, it was send for scrap in 2019. Ah, I assumed this was the only one built that way, I though rest of them was always built with a low entry chassis with an engine positioned horizontally (of course more suitable for one door operation) since I never seen more towerdrive versions around -...

Possibly :D One more bus that came to my mind actually as I had a chance to ride on it - Arriva ''Bus of the future'' Wright Eclipse (Metro) - LF02 PVA based on a tower-drive Volvo B7L chassis with quite unusual interior with coach-like seats in the front section - on my photo still with...

Ah, sorry. I didn't notice at first glance through previous posts.

I can recall three Irisbus Agoras with Carousel in Wycombe couple of years ago - quite unusual sight in the UK. https://flic.kr/p/cgCNBj And when we on Renault group I have to recall this one - if I am reading correctly on Wikipedia there were 5 ever made for the UK market...

Current £2 is more-less ideal in the current situation. I am afraid if free travel was to be introduced it will result in a massive decline in an already shrinking service levels due to funding issues, even though this £2 fare may not seem a lot, it contributes significantly in one way or...