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The first lines opened, Haymarket - Tynemouth and Haymarket - Bankfoot had a few stations less than today. there was no stations at Kingston Park, Palmersville or Northumberland Park. Something like a 4 or 5 minute dash from Benton to Shiremoor alongside the British Rail freights heading to/from...

For the Hong Kong variants you simply could not beat a ride on one on the old KMB route 70 with the 2 + 3 seating upstairs. Front seat on the 3- side so the wide open front sliding window giving you the outdoor feeling. thrashing up Nathan Road, through Lion Rock then barrelling down into Tai...

Having a look at Flightradar24, E170 G-LCYE made the trip from Norwich to Macon in Georgia USA with stops at Reykjavik, Goose Bay and Bangor. Longest sector 3h53m (1520 miles) from Reykjavik to Bangor. G-LCYE Flightradar24 data

Indeed they were, please see below. (image shows a Eurostar timetable for through services from Scotland and Manchester to Paris)

No I will not fly one. Too many bodges to bodge the bodge for me. No thanks.

https://images.app.goo.gl/GcsF7XK6TDXvd3Jw6 I forgot, some of these made it out to here to the far east too. I can just imagine the state of the bodies in this humidity in the summer. Picture shows a Scania 111 in Hong Kong for CMB.

I worked at Tyner and Wear PTE from 1982 and unfortunately got to know the Metropolitans quite well. The rear end bodywork was their downfall with many having to have basically a whole new framework fitted to stop the upper deck rear collapsing. Mechanically they were brilliant to drive...

I wouldn't say HK has or had large numbers, probably about 22 or 23 Volgrens. Singapore had a few more, maybe 50 or so. The 2 Volgrens that Citybus had in HK were an MAN and a Scania, the 20-odd KMB were Volvo chassis. I can speak from first hand experience that the 2 Citybus versions were good...

Not quite £500 but I booked a flight with Virgin Atlantic some years ago from HK to UK and booked it early as I thought I'd get a better deal. Some time later, maybe 3 months before departure I saw the same flight advertised for about 40% less (probably £300). I wrote in and asked if I could...

Ooh, do these buses have a foot switch for the door open/close control also ?

The E200MMC doors are, as with most systems on the bus, controlled via multiplex using a central computer and several nodes. (Don't know if these ones are Actia or Continental). The driver will simply request the doors are opened and provided all of the programmed conditions are met then the...

It always surprises me how busy these short flights can be with connecting passengers.

I don't have the '99 TT but have the summer '98 one if that is of any use. I can look at the GNER services later if there is any specific data you'd like to know. The fastest I can see in the summer '98 TT is 3h 24 mins from Inverness to Edinburgh via Perth and Kirkcaldy, dep Inverness 10:35...

Soundhound has this as 'All Messed Up' by The Amity Affliction, and it does sound somewhat like it. I wont post a link to it as there is another rather more naughty title but its on YouTube, (18+)

The 737 MAX is one aircraft type I'll go out of my way to avoid flying on for some years to come, (once the world starts moving again of course).

Quite a strange diversion too, looking at the playback on FR24 it went straight from Casablanca to Liverpool once it passed the north coast of Spain, never got anywhere near Brussels. Belgium shut ? It took off again after about 3 hours in Liverpool...

"If you want me to be a goner, get me an LP by Des O'Connor" So said Eric Morecambe during one of Des's many appearances on the show. Des was a real showman, not the best singer by his own admission, but a great host and all round nice guy. RIP Desperate, the world is a less funny place today...

I grew up in Lemington about 1½ miles from this rail bridge and went over it many times by rail, always gave me the shivers when crossing it. There were all sorts of stories about it over the years such as being on the verge of falling down, its the pipes holding the bridge up not the bridge...

Another B757 lover here, mainly because it was the first plane I ever flew on. Newcastle - Corfu with British Caledonian (in Oct '92 ??...not sure) and loved it. Had a few BA B757 on the Newcastle - Heathrow shuttles way back when, loved the sound of those engines. Giddyup !! The B737 just...

19 Jan 1984, 17½ years old and passed first time. Mark III Ford Escort which was a dream to drive, my dad had a Chrysler Alpine at the time and I cannot think of a worse car before or since. They say the Alpine broke the mould, I hope the mould was smashed, ground up and burned. Horrible motor...