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    2019 in Rail - Your Hopes, Fears and Predictions

    Hopes: - Something happens to improve Northern & resolve all the current issues - Grayling gets the boot - (more of a local one for me) M-Cards start doing Day tickets for the trains,as like you can get Bus Daysavers & Weekly train M-Cards on the smartcard - Transpennine improve with the...
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    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    Huddersfield are getting some of the 04-reg Wright Geminis to replace ALX400s,with 32471& 32467 being the first 2 to move
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    Furthest distance you can travel entirely on one bus operator?

    Not sure about Pwllheli (as i dont think services 3/3B connect with any Arriva services from Portmadog or Blaenau Ffestiniog) but it is possible from Caernarfon 5/5C/X5 Caernarfon - Llandudno 12 Llandudno - Rhyl X51 Rhyl - Wrexham 2/A Wrexham - Oswestry 70 or 576 Oswestry - Shrewsbury X5...
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    TRIVIA:- Food related bus destinations.

    In the West Midlands you can go to either BirmingHam or WolverHampton,then go to Bournville,then off Portway for a drink
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    Ways to improve the First Glasgow Network

    Having visited Glasgow fairly frequently over the last few years,the route numbering system could do with a few tweaks (ironicly cleaning up the messy bits of Simplicity) I Also thing First could do more to fight back against Mcgills,not just on the main Paisley Rd Corridor but also on some...
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    Competition heats up between Transdev and Connexions

    4 Vehicles are needing to run the Cityzap (50-55 min End to End at a Half hour Frequency),843 takes just over an hour so would require another vehicle if they replaced CZ with extra Coastliners. I`m guessing adding Tadcaster would not be enough to pay for the 5th vehicle. If they did not serve...
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    [Trivia] Frequent Or Long Bus Services That Don’t Cross (Passenger) Railway Lines

    First WY : Leeds 7/A/S - Every 5 Mins M-Sat combined along Scott Hall Rd,they run alongside the tracks at Leeds Rail Stn but never cross over or under them Halifax 521/2/3 - 12 Times an hour combined (7/8 Mins on 521,30 Mins each on 522/3) M-Sat Bradford 640/1 - Every 10 Mins combined M-Sat...
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    First Greater Glasgow

    One slight difference/upgrade is that these have USB Ports,whilst (AFAIK) the 65 plates dont,but i do agree with you on the other points you made,but at the same time it can make things abit complicated from an operational point. Take Leeds where once they arrive,they will have 3 batchs of...
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    Glasgow to Braehead route, extortionate

    Glasgow to Braehead is around 7miles,so in Manchester it be about £3.50 Single or £4.50 Dayrider (so around the same price),if you open it up to more areas it does look to be a standard price for the distance: Holmfirth to Huddersfield (just under 7 miles) £3 Single,£4.20 All Day (or much...
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    Trivia: Towns with the most number of bus operators serving it

    Does Megabus still serve York? If it does then that would be a full set,with Transdev & First having depots in the City,Arriva operating from Selby & Go Ahead owned EYMS from Hull & Pocklington
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    Trivia: Towns with the most number of bus operators serving it

    In the GM County Bolton & Leigh are the top 2,with 7 operators (8 if you include Tyrers on school services & football shuttles) Bolton: Diamond NW Stagecoach (Wigan & Chorley/Preston Depots) First Manchester Cumfybus Transdev (Rosso & Blackburn) Vision Bus Arriva Leigh: Arriva (St Helens &...
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    [Fantasy] How Would You Start A Bus War In <Insert City Here>?

    I Agree it would be difficult to try & regain lost passengers,but over time i do think by providing a reliable service & not chopping & changing it fairly frequently (i think both Tiger & First have been guilty of this over the years) then people would start to trust & use the services (as a...
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    [Fantasy] How Would You Start A Bus War In <Insert City Here>?

    I`d start up in Halifax,looking at providing links not currently on offer but could become popular - Service 502 Halifax - Illingworth - Bradshaw - Denholme - Cullingworth - Harden - Long Lee - Keighley Re-introducing this link that seems to be brought up every year or 2,plus would provide...
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    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    I Thought it was to do with Lightweight vs Heavy weight chassis,with only Scania & Volvo being the only Chassis to take guidewheels in the UK. Arriva tried fitting them to the Tempos for routes 163/166 back in 2009 but after numerous problems over the first couple of week,took the routes off the...

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