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Deutsche Bahn has very precise rules when it comes to announcements, there were complaints about long announcements years ago so it goes something like this: Departing station: 'Welcome on board this train and destination via the three main stations and then saying the next station. short mask...

Thats odd, 5 years ago I had problems using it, but I had no problems using it in that area two weeks ago as company names are no longer printed on the ticket, I did however fold back the qr code out of view when using it on the other companies as it's not compatible with scanning on other...

I visited Buckinghamshire recently to try the Arriva/Redline bus war on the High Wycombe-Aylesbury corridor. Both companies are using a random assortment of buses with Redline undercutting Arriva. The most absurd part of it is that you have Arriva running every 15 mins daytime on their 300...

Route 484 (Lewisham to Camberwell) now uses Electric BYD E200's, haven't tried them yet so will be interesting to see how they perform up the hills. More impressively Stagecoach South regularly use the glide park & ride BYD E200's on the 715 from Guildford to Kingston in order to comply with...

There is that, however, most countries in the EU are still battling with higher rates albeit now falling in most countries so we should see an improvement in time for the summer season. However, it does mean another washout for tourism and the aviation industry which can't really afford this. I...

Yes it was very problematic in the last semester of my second year when a 15-min presentation was turned into a 2500 word group report, it was a headache trying to organize meetings and make sure each group member knew exactly what they were doing, and despite the best efforts it still resulted...

Just the other week I was on the Stagecoach X19 from Barnsley to Doncaster. Coming into Doncaster we approach a pelican crossing and a child riding his bicycle doesn't look and is so very nearly run down, the bike hit the bus causing scratches, but thank goodness the child didn't. As a...

Travelled around on buses in Surrey W/Sussex today, was absolutely wonderful to get out and about and the drivers were all welcoming and no questions asked. I even found some open public toilets in Petersfield (Jokes aside a very pleasant market town!)

I've been impressed with South Western Railways' complete ignorance of pushing the 'essential travel only rule'. Instead, their slogan is 'travel with confidence' which is much more welcoming.

I think that is what people forget when they go on about shutting down all the borders and going for the New Zealand style approach. Calais is a 20 min train ride from Folkestone. It's hardly halfway across the globe!

At the London Bus Company we only really have one bus with a nickname: RT3062- Sawdust, this bus is mechanically tip-top as it was used by London Transport as a trainer for many years, the drivers love it as it has really light steering, but the reason for this is that the bodywork hasn't been...

I get why the government wants to go slow, last time we opened up with a bang going straight into the tiers system in December it resulted in disaster, exponential growth, then Christmas came along fueling this growth. This caused a terrible death toll so a repeat must be avoided. But now the...

This popped up on my Twitter feed today. Staying at home to protect the NHS but if you have a condition under this wide wide umbrella and you happen to get covid badly you don't get the same chance of survival as people that don't due to this terrible terrible policy. Truly 'saving lives' Be...

Indeed, I have been very supportive of this lockdown as let's face it. we opened up too much in the run-up to Christmas and are paying for it. However we cannot keep locking down, it's such a blunt tool, as you state it destroys livelihoods, education etc and not to mention the WHO advises...

I think it will end up in a situation where some countries like Spain, Italy, Croatia possibly France are so desperate for tourists that they open up. Not to mention the airlines will start making a lot of noise from around April onwards when they see their summer season at risk again.

I honestly don't think that will be possible at this stage. There may be an opportunity to do so over the summer, however, similar to last year. It's horrible for us that have family here and over on the continent. Europe needs to agree on a single coronavirus strategy rather than each country...

The 413 is said to be using other buses, whilst those Citaros are used on the RATP's newly won 117 along with two E200 MMC's off spare from the 283's.

I cannot imagine SNCF just letting them walk in like that.

Did a discovery ticket the other week, go coach are still cash only although they are getting new machines atm. End of September London Bus Company ran a few extra heritage buses on ensign's Southend 68 service and us conductors could only take fares in cash (issuing change) using a mix of...

The trouble is the restrictions can be removed and infections stay low with track and trace system. However, one oversight and an unlucky set of circumstances and bang a whole region has seen community transmission, two weeks later healthcare is overwhelmed and lockdown. I think quite highly of...