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Thanks, that's a useful summary. It seems that a self-contained Barnstaple - Exeter St David's service operating reliably is of more value than a direct link to London.

Cambridge also has a smaller population, 124,000 as opposed to Oxford's 150,000. Although that doesn't in itself explain the discrepancy in bus provision (other factors have already been mentioned), it must be a factor.

Regular Christmas Day bus services stopped after 1979. After that some operators made attempts to run some services on a purely commercial basis, but they were not publicised properly (possibly because TfL and its predecessors refused to have anything to do with them) and did not continue due to...

OK while I am on a roll - Moreton station (Dorset) is over a mile from the village of the same name and is closer to the village of Crossways. Incidentally St Nicholas Church in Moreton has a unique claim to fame; its windows are entirely of etched glass, after the original stained glass was...

Stretching things a bit, but Torquay station is located in Chelston, which at the time it was built in 1859 was a separate parish.

And just up from there on the same line is Aldermaston, which is at a location known as Aldermaston Wharf (blame the Kennet & Avon for that one!) and some distance from the actual village.

Cow Lane Bridge (road)works are scheduled for completion next August. When the work is completed the road underneath will be a two-lane carriageway with headroom meeting the UK Standard Minimum Clearance (i.e. 16' 6" or 5.03m, or higher). I am pretty sure this will require lowering of the...

I'm pretty sure substitute buses are provided for landside* inter-terminal journeys on Christmas Day. * Airside journeys - i.e. where passengers change flights without actually entering the UK via Border Control - are by shuttle bus anyway.

There is a distinct possibility that Reading Buses will celebrate the start of its 702 with a "Green Line" vintage running day on Christmas Eve ... watch this space!

There are no route 700 or 701 journeys operating any more. It's only the 702 now and First has cancelled the whole lot.

One factor which doesn't seem to have been mentioned is changes to ticketing. Increasing numbers of leisure travellers now look for cheap(er) Advance tickets which tie them to a specific train, so can easily be "incentivised" not to travel at the very busiest times. Also the differential between...

They were. All 22 of the new Scania N250UD/ADL Enviro400 MMCs (17 in Hop 12 livery and the remaining 5 in standard Stagecoach colours although to the same internal specification) were lined up on Paignton seafront on the morning on Thursday 8th November, for a photographic and press launch - cue...

So no better than the present status quo then when it comes to travel between Barnstaple and London. I don't agree that it would be a waste. I am not talking about converting the whole Barnstaple line service to IEP, but of using units in marginal time to give an extra through facility.

A few posters have alluded that a direct Barnstaple - London service might be on a few wishlists, but the only suggestions I have seen are as an extension of the SWR London Waterloo - Exeter St David's service. If I were in Barnstaple I would want something better for my London service than a...

1950s Vintage Bus Hire have just announced they will be operating a free hourly 430 service between Putney Bridge and Roehampton Estates from 09.00 to 16.00 on Christmas Day. http://1950s-vintage-bus-hire.co.uk/christmas-430/

There are no trains between Slough and London Paddington on 24th and 27th December, so that could make the first few days of Reading Buses operation interesting ..... I cannot confirm this, but I have heard that the First B&TV Greenline Volvo B7TLs have already been earmarked for new homes, so...