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It is; thank you. Now corrected.

Rather like Strasbourg's Line D extends into [corrected] Kehl, Germany. International travel for €1.60! Another international journey you can do on local light rail for a few euros is on the San Sebastian/Donostia Metro, which terminates just over the French border at Hendaye/Hendaia.

Not to mention the Looe branch at Liskeard, it's almost like it has its own station.

That's not unlike Paris Gare d'Austerlitz where Métro Line 5 has a station under its roof. Talking of Paris, there is also the odd arrangement at Mirabeau on line 10, which only has a platform on the eastbound line, westbound trains passing through on an adjacent track which rises on an incline.

Yes, emerald 5 & 6 (Whitley), purple 17 (Wokingham Road - Tilehurst), claret 21* (Lower Earley) and yellow 26 (Calcot) all have 24-hour service now. Each route runs hourly every night, and the 17 and 21 have extra buses on Friday and Saturday nights until 02.30. Orange 13 (Woodley) also has...

I'm not offended at all; it's entirely my fault for getting it wrong as I didn't do my fact-checking! I will correct my original post.

The Harrow & Stanmore Railway was financed by [corrected] the businessman and hotelier Frederick Gordon to take guests to his stately home/hotel at Bentley Priory. Opened in 1890 and operated from the outset by the London North Western Railway, the two-mile line ran through what was then open...

There are early and late journeys on the 7 (and the 8) but they are not 24-hour services.

Slightly off-topic, but Stagecoach has revealed its new timetable for the Oxford Tube from Monday 6th January. It is quite clearly a response to the withdrawal of the X90. The PVR will increase from 25 to 31, to cater for the increase seven Van Hool Astromegas are being transferred in from...

Strictly speaking the 102 won't be a 24-hour route - there are no departures from Beaconsfield between 23.04 and 02.44 and no departures from Heathrow Airport between 00.10 and 03.50. Your comment about a "night bus" in that part of Bucks being one that runs after 6pm isn't far short of the...

In the days when London Country was part of the London Transport empire, there were a couple of instances where existing garages were closed and replaced by new facilities in the New Towns which were better sited to meet the growing demand. Hitchin (HN) closed on 27th April 1959, its...

The 158 ran from Watford Junction to Ruislip Lido until June 1966, when it swapped terminals with the 114 and was rerouted to Rayners Lane Station. The 158 was cut back to Harrow Weald in June 1970 and withdrawn completely in October 1971. The 114 originally ran between Edgware Station and...

>>> December 7th 2019 heralds the end of an era for the 140 at Heathrow having served Heathrow Central since 1955. <<< The 140 is being cut back to operate between Harrow Weald and Hayes & Harlington Station. However I feel it only fair to point out that there will be a new limited stop...

There was also a coach stop in the vicinity, known as "57 Pancras Road". Some services, e.g. the Whippet Coaches service to Huntingdon and Papworth commenced from there. In the pre-deregulation era there was also a "Kings Cross Coach Station" just off Caledonian Road, this was a proper...

In the 1970s it was quite common for a handful of conductors to remain after a garage or operator had officially gone over to 100% OMO, most London Country garages could field a few. Presumably these were staff who were either unwilling or unable to retrain as drivers, and did not want to take...

The Brixham Express fast ferry between Torquay and Brixham was a good idea, and the planned crossing time of 15 minutes beat the existing ferries (30 minutes) and the bus journey (40+ minutes) hands down. It was perhaps unfortunate that it parachuted itself into a period of intense rivalry...

Back-project that to the West Midlands - possibly even Stratford-upon-Avon - and you could be on to a winner.

I knew someone who worked in London and lived in Swindon. Guess how he knows that a taxi from Swansea to Swindon costs £350?

The only sensible use for a reinstated Dalston East Curve that I can see would be for future empty stock workings, if there was a change in stabling or maintenance arrangements.

They were, the whole Green Line and Country Bus network although they were not accepted on the 727 until the early 1970s if I recall correctly. I remember when London Country and United Counties began a joint service between Luton and Stevenage (44) following the collapse of the independent...