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Once I had witnessed a driver who refused to move from the bus stop when some mum didn't want to fold the buggy in the peak time for a wheelchair user (one of then Slough's Citaros with airport luggage racks which only had one space for the buggy/wheelchair) and I guess that's either down to...

Even if there is the only way to extend their range at the lowest possible cost is not to have them on or ordering them without heaters as @Mikw had mentioned - and we all know what is the practice with the biggest operators. As cheap as possible. As a trivia in countires with more harsh winters...

No A/C, no heating - good grief. First it was to conserve fuel, now to conserve batteries - sad that despite these technology innovations UK passengers are set for the same substandard of bus travel due to the way the transport network is organised with private companies reducing running costs...

Looks like Carousel's 103 can be treated as a serious competition for X74 then, as the 21:05 103 from Slough to Wycombe remains unaffected. What I never understand about First is what's the point of running an empty bus every 30mins throughout the day rather than boosting frequencies at peak...

Exactly, most of the time people plan in advance to go to the airport, they know they have to be at least 2-3 hours before takeoff.

Slough to High Wycombe - X74 Slough to Uxbridge - 3 Both of these towns have railway (or tube) stations but there isn't direct connection between them unless going through London. To some extent we can also add route 103 that starts at Windsor to Wycombe via Slough and Beaconsfield, but there...

Growing up in Poland I can't seem to forget about Ikaruses, especially about my favourite model which was Ikarus 280.26 with a manual gearbox. Up until late 90s, sometimes early 2000s these were in majority in most large Polish towns including Warsaw where at some point these were almost 100% of...

As far as I can remember some of these do not have the heaters running along the saloon like the previous buses used to have, you can only feel slight breeze from around the steps near second axle area through a vent which feels more like a little space heater. I'll take a picture next time I am...

You're lucky if you still see buses with heaters actually. As far as I can remember eg. First's Streetlites & Enviros do not have them - in addition the condensation on single glazing makes them smell of damp in winter, absolutely horrible.

In a largerly secular country UK had become I rather see the law relaxed further than restricted and let the business owners decide. If they feel need to open - go on, if not don't. Personally I currently do not work on Sunday, but I used to work in the past and somewhat largely benefited from...

Wasn't the whole principle to bring in occasional passengers for whom a £3.50 single for a 2 mile journey down the road was a significant entry barrier? Seasonal ticket still represents more-less the same value as before so nothing changed for the regulars. Back to the main thread - I think it...

Maybe the issue wouldn't be as servere if First (or bascially any other company) would consider having couple of smaller buses (or even minibuses) on their depos for the sake of late evening and night journeys? There isn't a point in running a double decker bus throughout the whole day and night...

Out of interest - do you think there will be a way for people to claim some sort of replacement car right now while the recovery works are ongoing? Of course they won't be sure for at least couple of days if not weeks if their car had been lost in fire, its badly damaged or just sits there...

I'd say that in this situation the display is not showing actual arrivals and departures based on GPS-tracking but on hard embed timetable that's programmed into the system.

I doubt any of them are operator specific, at least from within the main groups in the UK however if we were to follow that way wouldnt be first one be from Stagecoach?

That's how it should be everywhere, well done for them. I wish this approach would be taken elsewhere in the country sooner or later. Just about time to understand that public transport is as essential to people as a school, hospital or fire station and it shouldn't be an activity purelry run...

Sure. The best example is widespread converting of ex-London dual door buses for provincial use by removing the middle doors and adding extra seats.

First question I'd ask if the 20+ hours journey is worth it in the era of £20-30 flights to Europe? Other than that why not, they seem to be operating since I remember and have a good reputation among these who prefer to ride on a coach. I wouldn't expect miracles from seating for so many hours...

Couldn't find a topic about them, however a lot of changes from the 27th August - among the highlights extension of route 41 from Great Missenden to Old Amersham and Amersham, comeback of route 583 (I guess they won Bucks County Council tender to operate the route), extension of route 103 from...

One example with such chassis is former ''Arriva's Bus Of The Future'', LF02 PVA - decent bus, although last time when I had a ride on it it sounded like it was about to fall apart. The luggage shelves and 2+1 seating was a bit way over the top, but it was a concept bus in the end :) 6200 LF02...