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The two-hourly service was still in place in March 2004 (Overground timetable book) but had been introduced by (or in) January 2006 (Staffordshire CC Newcastle timetable book). The licence cuts were implemented in May 2004 (324 to 160 but they had loads of spare, the real impact was much less)...

One problem with the 64 is that it is operated from one end of a two-hour journey. There is a lot of dead mileage from Shrewsbury to Market Drayton in there. The Staffordshire end ceased to be much use when it dropped to such a low frequency (between four and seven journeys depending on...

The 10% rule seems a tad unfair if you have a very small sample of decisions. I note from press coverage and comments by a local planning consultant (re Staffordshire Moorlands) that if you go down the direct to Planning Inspectorate route you; a) have no further right of appeal, and b) have to...

It shows up on the Traffic Commissioners’ local bus service registration data available via bustimes.org. Specifically: https://bustimes.org/registrations/PD1126532/17 It strikes me that, as an hourly service (or half-hourly if you go the long way round on the opposite timing) it's not really...

If single tickets were half the price of returns (or very close to) the need for a workaround / easement such as the above would not be necessary. Being gouged for two single tickets at 20p less than the price of the two return tickets, when doing a linear walk, irks me considerably. Good to see...

Yes, but will they use it, is it attractive to whizz between Old Oak Common and Birmingham Interchange to them bumble along at either end to reach your real destination. Are the time-savings of HS2 outweighed by the time-lost?

I would argue that it is too far in favour of the state. As per the motorways strategic policy versus specific routes I raised previously. So people who, in reality object to the strategic policy but missed their chance, throw everything they can think of into an objection. Casually...

What is the purpose of the interchange station? Are we/they building a quite large, quite expensive white elephant? Okay, the clue is in the name but interchanging from where to where? HS2 and beyond via the WCML connection (if ever built) will have direct services to London so no need to...

The processes are generally fine (anything can be tweaked slightly). It is the people running the process who aren't. Not all of them obviously but, taken as a whole, there is a problem with progressing things efficiently, effectively, in a timely manner, in this country. Due process is more...

Society has decided that land ownership, with some value speculators in the mix, is acceptable/desirable. Society has decided that some kind of totalitarian state with powers to just do whatever whenever however is not acceptable. I'm happy with that status quo, along with most of the other 8...

Is it about train connections or meeting a local need? Even if good connections were available into or from trains, at Penrith, Appleby or Kirkby Stephen (or all three) how many people would actually do that. At such a low frequency it will only ever 'fit where it touches'.

According to press reports, B & M are struggling. The model of deep discounters is just that, you accept longer queues (ie fewer tills, lower costs) in return for lower prices. Or, put the other way round, if you don't want to queue you have to pay a bit more to enable staff on stand-by which...

What you seem to be arguing is: NotaTrainspott down the road doesn't have a large flat screen TV, Bob up the road does have a large flat screen TV (perhaps two). I, the state, as some kind of societal arbitrator have decided that you can have Bob's TV. Just like that. No discussion, no...

Taxing the uplift in land values as a result of development was tried previously. It didn't work. Community Infrastructure Levy heads down that same route. Compulsory Purchase is a very specific process. As is being discussed regarding HS2 abandonment, if they don't build what they said they...

12 June was a sentencing hearing (at Inverness Sheriff Court (civil)) for the contempt case/s. The 1979 disposition includes a plan showing two large plots of land north and south of the railway. As copied to the internet it is neither use nor ornament for deciding the exact location of any...

Indirectly you hit the nail on the head. Remove the food source and you remove the pests - pigeons (flying rats), rats themselves and lovely squirrels (tree rats). If only the two legged pests would stop dropping food everywhere. Don't get me started on people leaving bread everywhere, crumbed...

In other locations imitation birds of prey have been placed high on a building, then later photographed with pigeons sat on them. Real birds of prey do the trick when brought in occasionally with a handler. Or you can install a speaker which broadcasts the sound of a bird of prey. There are...

I think there already is a cheaper solution. Well identified and volunteered. Please purchase one deckchair from B & M on expenses and sit on the roof, daily, shout when necessary. Ensure staff and public underneath are aware of your task and don't think you are up to no good. :lol:

Ember are a disrupter. a) Someone will buy out Ember to get them out of the picture. b) one or more of the companies affected by the disrupter will give up and leave the market. Whether Ember then carry on is another question. c) the money will run out / the venture funders will pull out...

31 to 21 was quite enough for me. On a normal day 21 would have been just a bit too cold. As the evening went on, 21 did become too cold but I wasn't able to adjust the settings so had to turn it off completely. I have stayed in a Premier Inn (Shrewsbury, mentioned up thread as needing...