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"We've got you" sounds to me like something that would be said to someone who had just fallen for a puerile April Fools day prank.

In 1969 I caught a bus from Burnley to Skipton. The bus was a coach seated Leyland Atlantean which I think had come through from Manchester. Burnley had its own municipal bus service jointly with neighbouring Colne and Nelson (BCN). When the conductor came round to collect the fares I found that...

A few years ago I took a summer holiday in a ski resort at the head of a valley in Austria. There was a local bus network to take people further up into the mountains. The routes all had 4 digit route numbers and I found that I had difficulty remembering which bus ran where. I am sure I would...

The service was run for many years with short Bristol LHs. I wonder how they would compare in size with the current Sprinters. A possible alternative could be the Enviro 100. That is 8.5m long and 2.35m wide with a wheelbase of 4.5m, front overhang of 2.4m and a rear overhang of 1.7m. (Source...

Cow and Snuffers in Cardiff is one that amuses me. There is a building bearing that name near the stop which I assume was a pub but it is now a dwelling.

In Exeter there is Gallows Corner.

Birmingham Corporation buses generally ran city to suburb but always showed the outer destination regardless of the direction of travel. The "To City/From City" signs were added at about the time as rear engined buses were being introduced to help people work out which way the buses were going...

My thoughts exactly. It was such a boring design. When it was launched it was claimed to be comparable with the wonderful Manchester Mancunian but it missed it by a mile.

The reason why lots of bus stations are now called "Interchanges" is down to the phenomenon of title inflation. Bus stations are seen as down market whereas an Interchange sounds altogether more posh. Whether reality lives up to the hype is another matter.

Agreed, a vast improvement and arguably better than the original Falcon livery which had too much dark grey on it for my liking.

Now that is good and much needed. The Falcon fleet has been looking very unloved.

The Kevin Lane books (NBC The Early years and NBC The Road to Privatisation) are largely pictorial with a brief historical overview so do not go into the detail being sought by the OP.

Devon Live has an article today about the electric buses for Exeter, Torquay and Barnstaple. The salient points are: Stagecoach has partnered with VEV to electrify the depots at Exeter, Torquay and Barnstaple. There will be 27 chargers at Torquay, with Exeter and Barnstaple adding another 21...

Don't forget Oxford where the entire city service fleet (including the open toppers) has been converted to electric buses. Most are Go-Ahead (Wrightbus) with some from Stagecoach (ADL).

I had the chance to sample the Belfast Glider BRT last month. This uses extensive bus lanes and full off-bus ticketing to speed up the journey. The BRT stops all have ticket machines and, of course, various passes are available for frequent users. As the drivers are not involved in fare...

It does track on the Megabus website but that doesn't give the vehicle detail that bustimes.org does. If we are to believe the Stagecoach SW fleetlist on Bustimes.org, none of the Elite i coaches has moved for several weeks apart from one that went to Plymouth on the Gold (or maybe it was just...

Citylink has operated into England before. This MCW Metroliner was working the Aberdeen to Plymouth service when it was photographed in Exeter in 1984. That would explain why the Falcon coaches no longer track on bustimes.org.

Ignoring all the “village” services which operate into Exeter, there are 3 lettered city services which are not operated by Stagecoach: G is operated by Greenslades and M, T & U by Dartline. Dartline also operate the Park and Ride service to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and a shuttle...

There ought to be a law against that.

Perhaps the road can be lowered a bit. Has there been any work done on installing the electric infrastructure at Matford depot?