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Let's just say, the last time he wanted a bridge to be built it cost the taxpayer the best part of £50million and we still got no bridge.

The 'shuttle' is no more. The 3tph between Central and Metrocentre are all part of longer routes (Middlesbrough-Hexham, Morpeth-Carlisle and Newcastle-Carlisle). There are two main problems with the train service: Changing from Metro/bus to rail in Newcastle. This can be a faff, so a direct...

Yes and no. In some areas, you could get Multi-ride tickets for use on the flat-fare routes; e.g. the W-prefix routes centred on Wood Green or the E-prefix routes centred on Ealing. The number of journeys on the card varied over time, presumably to keep a 'sensible' price for the whole ticket...

The twp fonts share a similar style, but they're not the same. Compare the r in 'Northern' with those in 'Arriva', they are quite different. Image shows the Northern by Arriva logo.

Gosh, yes. I'd forgotten about them. Were they only available for outer London boroughs? Here's a poster for the Kingston version from 1988: Image is a poster from 1988, advertising the Kingston Area Bus Pass costing £2.80 a week. Source: LT Museum

I don't think @Snow1964 was referring to buses running early, but to the 'maintenance of headway'. Bus controllers in London will aim to keep an even, regular service and prevent bus bunching. This might mean holding a bus for a minute or two to help prevent it from catching up with the one in...

I can't say I've seen one 'on every train', but such notices are ubiquitous at LU (and some TOC) stations in the summer - along with advice to carry a bottle of water. This is an example tweeted out by SWR. Source: https://twitter.com/SW_Help/status/1153702568012464129 Image shows advice from...

To be pedantic, the Travelcard is older than the Capitalcard. The Travelcard was launched in 1983 and was an LTE/LRT product allowing travel on buses, tubes (and sections of BR with dual availability, such as Kings Cross-Finsbury Park). The Capitalcard came along in 1985 and included travel on...

Who is that aimed at?

Cider is a very popular drink in Ireland...

From the Piccadilly line working timetable (WTT 58), it is every five minutes - but in that direction only. In the opposite direction, it's every ten minutes - with a similar frequency going around the loop to Terminal 4, pausing and then continuing on to T2&3 and back to Central London...

Indeed, although I did see it mooted on this site that this wasn't a long-term increase and that the current 3tph as far as Hexham would revert back to 2tph in the long term. As an aside, you now have a situation where the 2Nxx trains generally provide the fast Newcastle-Carlisle service. With...

Thenkfully, the 1973 stock was built specifically with larger than normal 'stand-back' spaces at the doors. And additional mixed-use spaces (with bumrest) were created when the stock was refurbished in the late 1990s, when the transverse seating was also removed.

You've listed these as two separate services, but (as the map shows) it was planned to be one through service: Middlesbrough to Carlisle via Durham & Newcastle. Northern have simply combined the Morpeth to Metrocentre service with a Newcastle to Carlisle service and removed the...

It would surprise me immensely. Bear in mind, as previously discussed, a) we already have a Great Northern operating on the network and b) there's very little overlap between the areas covered by Northern and the historic GNR. The vast majority of the historic GNR's territory is now served by...

Yes. There are no time restrictions for using ENCTS passes on TfL buses. (And not just London Freedom Passes, but any ENCTS pass.) (Herts CC ENCTS passholders don't have any time restrictions on the use of their passes either. So a Herts CC ENCTS passholder could catch any bus at Watford before...

Exactly. Banks have recently tightened up on this too, introducing 'Strong Customer Authentication' (as mandated by the second EU Payment Services Directive). After five contactless transactions (or transactions totalling around £100, whichever comes first) you'll need to use Chip & PIN to...

Tomato, tomato. The travelling public doesn't care about semantics or legal minutiae. As far as they are concerned, the company operating their trains (or Train Operating Company, if you will) is called Great Northern. That's what the livery says, that's what the timetable says and that's what...

Thames Trains did something similar on their Turbos - albeit under a previous set of regulations. Have the rules changed that much? Image shows a Class 166 in Thames Trains livery, showing green 'sweeps' across the doors. Oxford Thames Turbo 166 class 2000 The original uploader was Snow storm...