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The first half dozen Saturday morning journeys on First's service 66a in York (https://www.firstgroup.com/york/plan-journey/timetables/?day=2&source_id=2&service=66A&routeid=22080181&operator=29&print=pdf) have the code FLPR on the timetable. FLPR stands for "Operates via Field Lane when...

One justification given for a reduction in passenger numbers (or a reduction in growth of passenger numbers) is often given as the move to shorter working weeks for some commuters – people who previous worked 9-5 Monday to Friday moving to three/four day weeks, working from home on Fridays...

The standard Monday-Saturday daytime service pattern of the cross city 120 in Sheffield has four termini (First run Fulwood to Crystal Peaks, Stagecoach run Ranmoor to Halfway, so overlapping between Ranmoor and Crystal Peaks). So that’s four different off-peak termini for the same route number...

The last few months have seen the busy Castlefield Corridor around Manchester Oxford Road become a (bigger) bottleneck that causes delays and repercussions across much of northern England. A lot of this is tied into the complicated pattern of long distance services from Manchester Airport (and...

Which is the most frequent/ longest bus service in each area that doesn’t cross a passenger railway line? (by which I mean a currently open heavy rail line that sees scheduled passenger services Monday to Friday – I’m ignoring light rail, I’m not worrying about freight lines, I’m not counting...

The Transpennine Upgrades thread (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/transpennine-route-upgrade-and-electrification-cp6.88054/page-46) contained the following quote: Rather than disrupt that thread (or get into an argument about the rights and wrongs of Health And Safety), it got me thinking...

The news that both Stagecoach and First are applying for funding through the Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme - both for Manchester - has been discussed on the Forum recently. But today I saw the news that Lothian are officially admitting to replacing their "electric" double deckers with...

There's a lot of aspirations made by politicians (and would-be politicians), a lot of infrastructure suggestions, but few real commitments (maybe a commitment to a focus group to discuss a feasibility study to give the impression of showing support for something, but without a guarantee). So...

(just for fun) I was going to comment in the Lothian/ First/ West Lothian threads about how First could attack Lothian in Edinburgh, but (instead of getting too specific about that potential "bus war") I thought I'd expand it to a general comment... ...if you were starting a bus war in any...

One of the most frequently discussed topics on the “rail” parts of this Forum is the debate about “biggest place without a direct service to London”. Inevitably this gets into argument about the boundaries of places/ whether X is a suburb of Y (or a place in its own right)/ whether somewhere...

We obviously have a few fans of Crayola on the Forum... ...they've announced a competition to name their newest "blue" - https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/d3ga9y/crayola-newest-blue-crayon-200-years ... so, the for crayon enthusiasts amongst you, which historical/modern livery does that...

Based on my love of lower league Scottish football and public transport, it's probably no surprise that Facebook's targeted adverts suggested I may like a mobile phone case that resembles the classic 1987 St Mirren FC shirt - as sponsored by Clydeside Scottish...

Inspired by chatter in the First Group thread, which town/ city/ region do you think has fared best for bus passengers since a major group has pulled out? In some areas, the big company sold to another big company (e.g. First selling Wigan operations to Stagecoach, with vehicles and staff...

Since I don't want to take the "Why are foreign nationalised railways seen in a better light than British Rail?" thread (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/why-are-foreign-nationalised-railways-seen-in-a-better-light-than-british-rail.160593/) off topic, I thought I'd start a new one for...

Rather than take the FirstGroup thread off-course, I thought I'd start a thread specifically for Stagecoach, as they are under a lot of the same pressures as First, but Stagecoach cuts don't seem to attract the same level of attention. It's Barnsley's turn at the end of this month -...

Short version: Which lightly used station/line would make the best case for investing in? If you had to prioritise two with the best case – which would they be? Long version: Some optimistic threads remind me of Ray Liotta in Field Of Dreams, with the mantra of “If You Build It, He Will Come”...

fter kicking the habit for a year or two, I’m back browsing model railway stuff on eBay. Dangerous, I know… Looking at the plethora of ‘80s/’90s stock on there with a fresh pair of eyes, the InterCity liveried 37s look a bit “odd”. It’s only now that I realise that I don’t think I ever saw...

Simple question: are there any/many services that don’t stop at *any* stations that are managed by the TOC that operates the service? This can be either because the service stops at stations directly operated by Network Rail or because the service stops at stations operated by other TOCs...

Strathclyder's comment (in the First Group thread) about the batch of 53plate Geminis that were new to Halfway depot on the outskirts of Sheffield in 2003 (before it closed and services moved to Olive Grove) got me thinking about the oldest batches of Wrightbus Gemini bodied double deckers...