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I used the 1118 from Piccadilly to Sheffield this Sunday and they had an extra 3 carriages alongside the usual 3 for that stretch of the route, but not the full Manchester Airport to Cleethorpes. Would have been horrifically overcrowded otherwise, but was actually a comfortable journey, despite...

Yes please, the more the merrier! :) I've browsed through the book in Waterstone's. Does look good, but I was looking for something that features more of an overview of more routes. Couldn't find it, so decided to start the blog to cater for that niche.

Apologies for the shameless plug, but my new blog features scenic and useful bus routes from around the country. It will feature some obvious ones like the X53 Poole to Exeter but also some less obvious ones that still serve a useful purpose. http://gbbusroutes.blogspot.co.uk Comments welcome!

I wouldn't recommend the Hope Valley line as a way to get from Manchester to Sheffield on a Sunday morning. Manchester's ramblers head out into the Peak District at that time and there's only so many people that can fit onto a Pacer. We wanted to get the 1145 Hope Valley from Piccadilly on...

I've bought an Anytime Day Single from Cardiff Bay to Cheltenham Spa for next week, but my plans have changed and I now want to spend the day in Salisbury. According to trainscanbecheaper.info the ticket I already have is valid via Bristol Temple Meads, so I could in theory travel from...

Raynes Park is in zone 4. Anytime single on paper from Waterloo is £4.80 (£3.15 with a Disabled Railcard). Kingston is in zone 6. Peak single from zone 1 on Oyster using National Rail only is £5.70 (with or without a railcard on your Oyster). So the cheapest option is always a paper Anytime...

I used the Dutch Flyer last month and despite the T&Cs on Stena's website, the on board staff confirmed that break of journey is allowed. We broke our journey several times in the Netherlands and all the NS staff we encountered did not have a problem with this at all (presumably as long as we...

The Bayern Ticket is valid on the local buses from Füssen. They are operated by a Deutsche Bahn subsidiary, so definitely accept the tickets. Be aware though that the evening bus service is run by taxis (marked AST in the timetable) that you have to book in advance and pay extra for. A timetable...

Thanks for your helpful reply. Brentwood seems to get quite a raw deal out of Oyster. I'm really quite worried about being overcharged for Zone1-3 journeys on the same day that I make a single journey either to or from Brentwood. So much so, that I'm going to plan to either switch to paper...

Thanks for your advice, it's most useful. Can you please advise what an OSI is? Zone 3 to Brentwood is only 30p more than Zone 4 to Brentwood, so I think I'll probably touch out and then in again at Stratford. On the day after, I'll be starting off in Brentwood, travelling first to...

Now that Brentwood can be reached from London using Oyster, I'm wondering how the daily price caps work. I'm going to be travelling from Royal Albert (Zone 3) on a Sunday, first into and around Central London and then out to Brentwood at the end of the day. So which price cap applies to me...

One thing to watch out for, especially in the Northern PTE areas is that Plusbus tickets are only available with train tickets to or from certain stations within the zone. For example, travelling from Manchester/Rochdale into West Yorkshire, the first station at which Plusbus is available is...

Great to see a new ticket making it easier to get to and around the Peaks. I do wonder though why it's only valid with train tickets to one station on the Hope Valley Line. I'd have thought it would make sense to make it available with train tickets to Hope and Bamford stations as well as...

Some TfGM day tickets for groups that might help cut the cost are listed here: http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/tickets_day_family.cfm?submenuheader=1 Metrolink Family Saver is £6.20 on weekdays (after 0930) and £5 at weekends (all day) valid for up to two adults and three children...

It is a double decker. I'm currently based in Frankfurt and often see double decker TGVs at the Hauptbahnhof.

Will this affect Veolia's transport operations outside the UK too? Here in Frankfurt they run a bundle of bus routes on a franchise from the city council.

No buses will be running in Southampton on 1st January. Meanwhile in Eastleigh, just outside, Velvet will be running their routes A and C1 to a Sunday timetable. What really strange is that the A is normally run by First on Sundays and the C1 by Xelabus. Velvet only run them Mon-Sats, but...

I'm currently in Frankfurt for a few months with work and have learnt that split-ticketing can save quite a bit if most of your journey can be done in one state (Bundesland). For example, I wanted to have a day trip from Frankfurt to Koblenz. The single ticket for regional trains is €23.10...

All the national changes in one place might be a bit awkward to navigate. Each region ought to have a comprehensive local site with details of all services though. Southampton has one that covers all bus companies in the area: Southampton Bus Update

Here are two different examples of different bus companies running on the same route: The 42 in Manchester (Piccadilly to East Didsbury) is a commercial service run competitively by Stagecoach and Finglands. Stagecoach even run buses under two brands on this route: standard Stagecoach and...