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It wasn’t just the concessionary fares that finished them as your link clearly states. First Bus competition (Over bussing)and Council cuts also played their part. A career in politics awaits you as a master of spin

127 Loughborough to Shepshed. Mixture of City, villages and Towns. 126 is evening only Leicester,Loughborough to Coalville with extra village and towns after Shepshed. This is NOT stunning scenery but quite a mix.

NX are not helped by their exposure in Spain with Alsa.

I think Bald Rick has given some great reasons as to why you can’t look at this reopening in isolation. For a reopening to be a success, it requires direct trains to Ely and Cambridge and the work at Ely has to be done before / at the same time as Wisbech. The Bill gets bigger but it is an...

Thing is, where do the people of Wisbech travel to the most? It has an excellent bus service east and west and March is one an hour. Would the locals prefer better roads in the Fens(although I’m aware the cost of building roads in the Fens is not cheap) rather than a railway line that may take...

Random ‘Alcohol and Drug’ testing is part of railway employment and is both for passenger and worker safety. It can take a lot longer than most people think, for alcohol to leave the system. There are loads of people who have drunk a fair bit the night before but who drive on the roads the next...

Where did you here this? Coopers Bar? The Globe? (Just opposite Central Station)Anderson has many detractors but I’ve never heard him say he hates buses. I agree he removed the Bus Lanes but the point that Bletchleyite has made is valid and a helpful input to the debate.

The more I think about a 'London Style' system for Liverpool, I can see as many pitfalls as positives, given the current funding crisis in LA's. I see the issues as follows: 95% of the expertise (my guess) in running buses lay with the Bus Companies. Merseytravel fills in the gaps by providing...

As a betting guy, I don’t think I’ll put any cash on that one. I think it’s an opening gambit and what we may see is some halfway house based on developing current partnerships. It would be great to see if they were allowed to, is get Arriva and Stagecoach on board , do away with unnecessary...

Not my experience in the 70/80’s. On the day that Garston Station was reopened and trains Garston to Kirkby were every 15 mins(I think) they introduced service 84 from Speke to Garston Station. At the same time, Route 500 which was limited stop,Speke to Kirkby, was pulled. Result, it was not a...

They don’t really give up their cars in great numbers, do they? but you make an interesting point.

I have to admit, that free bus travel in the whole of England is an extremely generous benefit. You can also argue that not all Seniors are in need of this benefit. The problems are though of a political nature in its introduction , running and even solutions. It was Ill thought through its...

MyTicket may have made an extreme financial position worse but there are other factors which lead to the downfall of Avon and Halton. They were both basketcases for a number of years previously which in the case of Halton, was probably kept going more for civic pride.

Stagecoach have dipped their toes into Widnes before on an express service Widnes to Liverpool. It’s gone now(last year). Are they really interested in a couple of services? I can’t see the logic really. Unless you’re looking at the Contracted Work ,as well.

In the old days, the impact of Merseytravel would have been negligible as they did not operate beyond the boundaries of Halton/ Warrington area. Indeed , I’d say that Merseytravel gave them much needed assistance.They chose routes into Liverpool that took in areas like Hough Green ,Halewood ...

A sad demise of what was Widnes Corporation Buses. They were always a small operation pre deregulation as Crosville had Runcorn and through services to Liverpool (via Halebank). In all honesty, I am surprised that they lasted as long as they did and the austerity measures imposed on Halton would...

I think an issue now is often the size of the pushchair. When my kids were under three in the 80’s, the general size of pushchairs was quite small and they were easily folded. They are really much bigger nowadays and are not all quick and easy to fold. Only common sense and polite requests can...

Bit of tongue in cheek,sadly wasted.

You would think that Sweden would be at the heart of flight shaming, but having just returned from Tenerife for a weeks holiday, there were the usual number of Swedes walking along the front of Los Cristianos. Not many volunteering for the Stockholm to Cadiz Rail journey plus ferry to Santa Cruz...

Whilst I’m sure that the Cadre of Retired Railway Officers may think they could provide some expertise, the current situation requires more than a sticking plaster. It first requires a Plan for the future operation of the Railway. In many industries( and indeed in office environments) time moves...