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Go on, I'll bite...:lol: Pay and conditions is a very emotive subject at our garage. You could argue the city drivers should be on less as they're not going anywhere sitting in traffic all day. Obviously that's a completely ridiculous suggestion and a bus driver should be paid the same whether...

Not very. There are one or two regular faces that use the 141 but most of the time you can drive straight through and not see anyone. The 140 does a better trade to Roslin than the 141 to the Bush.

I think I would say I don't get enough sleep, even though I am asleep for between 7 and 8 hours each night, I often find myself waking up to go to work still tired, and will be yawning and feeling groggy for a good hour or so afterwards. Thankfully my shifts at work all start between 06:30 and...

I believe there are vacancies everywhere except Livingston, but don't quote me on that! You get the odd "red" bus driver that won't wave at the "green" buses as we pass but on the whole everyone's been quite pleasant with me :lol:

Well done on taking the plunge! Have you any precious experience driving in Edinburgh or with large vehicles? Even something like a transit van would be beneficial, but by no means essential. What garage would you like to go to? The first thing you'll do is sit the short psychometric test...

Thanks for the suggestions. I assume that with a return ticket to Shoeburyness or wherever I'd be ok to break the journey?

As the title may suggest, I'm looking for ideas as to how to tackle the c2c network (primarily for ticking off the stations). I'm aware there aren't any day rangers for the area, so how am I best going about it? How have other people cleared c2c? Answers on a postcard please...

Bus drivers are required to have a minimum 30 minute break from driving after 5 and a half hours. Normally (at my company) the break starts as soon as the driver gets off the bus and finishes when they get on their next bus. Nine times out of ten, a driver will be on a different bus after...

I just don't think it's necessary to be honest. The 33 for example on travels in the "country" area for 10 minutes each way between Danderhall and Millerhill. Same with the 15 from Bush to Hillend and the 45 up to QMU. Personally I'd argue that everywhere in Edinburgh should be £1.80. If its...

So that's the 3, 15, 26, 29, 30, 31, 33, 37, 44, 45, 47, 48 and 49 all moving over to ECB operation, with nothing becomning Lothian Country as nothing else runs into West Lothian?

It's the control room at Central garage normally. It's definitely a disciplinary, going against company policy and all that.

ScotRail manage the facilities at Glasgow Queen Street, and they charge for use of station toilets at their larger stations (such as Aberdeen etc). Edinburgh is a Network Rail managed station, and they abolished toilet charges a few years ago. There's also plenty of food options in the Princes...

Apart from the one direct Fife to Glasgow train a day, which was removed way back at the start of Covid, there's always been a change necessary to get to Glasgow so there's nothing new there. Fife also hasn't had a direct Aberdeen train for a few years since the Edinburgh to Dundee/Arbroath...

ECB are only two buses down from the pre-pandemic PVR. One bus cut from the 113 when it stopped going to Granton, and one cut from the 139 when that went to hourly all day about a year ago. Also, slight correction, it was 7 deckers as 20794 was there as well.

It was indeed a good day in Merseyside. Not sure I'd do the overnight coach if I was travelling solo as it was 2+2 seating and quite busy. He did seem impressed with Avanti's offering, maybe he was just glad to be on his way :lol:

Let's see how long this lasts! :lol: My (probably part time) return to trip reporting kicks off with a round up of last month's activities. October started with a trip down to London with my partner, as the NFL were back to playing three games a year in the UK after a Covid-related break. Our...

Lovely, thank you.

Good afternoon, does anyone know if 68009 or 68014 are currently active on the Chiltern sets at the moment? I shall be in the area tomorrow and would like to know what I'd be better off doing. Cheers!

Yes, everything from Drumseugh is going along Melville Street, and everything from Randolph Crescent is going round Charlotte Square. Part of the problem tonight was the junction from Charlotte Square onto Queensferry Street (past Ryan's bar) was blocked by traffic so nothing could move in...

I have no idea what's wrong but it was actual gridlock down there earlier. My best guess is that the temp lights at the Dean Bridge didn't co-ordinate with the junction at Melville Street, too much traffic got through heading to the city, blocking the road, so nothing coming from the city got...