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Does anyone know if it's compulsory to sit down on a bus if instructed to do so by the driver if there are spare seats available ?

Given the choice between a heritage DMU and a pacer which would you prefer as a means of commuting every day on ?

I'm looking for examples of bus or coach companies that treat their drivers well, don't work their drivers too hard and pay decently and I'm not joking - I'm sure they exist. I'm voting for Metroline - as they seem to be one of the highest paying bus conpanies in London. The night bus rota...

Can anyone tell me which uses less energy - a slower lower powered climb uphill or a full power climb to the summit which takes less time ?

Does anyone know where I can find the coach industry's market share of passengers on intercity routes such as London to Oxford, Birmingham, Bristol,Manchester etc ?

Can anyone tell me whether a passenger travelling from Gravesend to Ramsgate via Faversham is entitled to travel back from Ramsgate to Gravesend via Ashford International and Ebbsfleet? If this route is not allowed and the could the passenger be penalty fared on the train or simply charged an...

A few weeks ago I observed someone cycling alongside the train on the platform as it was departing. I later found out that person had been attempting to board. What had happened was that the passenger had been smoking at the entrance to the platform. The guard told him the train was leaving but...

Are timetables meant to be more relaxed on a Sunday? Has anyone found the opposite ? I personally seem to get less time on a Sunday (extra stops - same time allowed)

Have you ever been waiting on a platform for your slow all stations train to London which is 10 minutes late and then you see a London bound express blasting it's way through the platform and thought I really wish I was on that train ... ?

I was thinking of two routes where a coach and a train operate to and from the destination. The driver of a national express 007 from Victoria to Coach station would have to remember the following : (Victoria Coach station) 5 mph, 30 mph (all the way to the A2) then 50 mph, 60 mph, 70* mph...

If you are a bus driver or coach driver on scheduled work on a rota with set start and finishing times, can the company just put you on a different shift that day if they feel like it or do you have a right to start and finish at the times shown in the rota? I'm asking because my bus driver...

Most of the bigger bus companies such as Stagecoach and First have some sort of driver monitoring system such as Green Road or Ribas. I believe national express have some finish similar. Are the days of lively speeding buses long gone ? :( (My friend was caught doing 60 mph in a coach on a...

I was told yesterday by some bus driver friends that if a bus arrives late, it is expected to leave immediately so time can be made up and drivers using the toilet except on scheduled breaks will be placed on report. Is this normal practice ?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5219711/bus-spotters-abused-by-drivers.html Why is it bus photographers seem to get given the 'the finger' by bus drivers when snapping buses? I'm sure train drivers don't do the same to train photographers or do they ?

http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/10/14/spain-to-consider-seat-belts-following-fatal-train-crash/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Railco+%28rail.co%29 A ridiculous idea in my opinion.

I want to exclude the Pendolino and class 91+Mk4 sets as they need cab signalling to go faster than 125. So list includes Class 357 - 100 mph train on 75 mph route. Class 379 - 100 mph train on a 90 mph route (and only a small section of that) Class 90 push pull sets on Norwich-London -...

I would like to start this thread for anyone who has any questions about the art of actual train driving. There are a number of resident train drivers active on this forum including myself so if I (we) can answer questions I (we) will :)

I'm thinking of getting my C+E (the old Class 1 HGV) license. I have the category D manual entitlement. Does anyone know if I would have to take my Cat C test as well as the C+E? Also as I'm used to driving rigid coaches, is driving an articulated lorry very different ?

My colleague reckons guards don't like it if the driver sticks their head out of the window at station stops because it looks like they are being checked on. Is this true ? (I do it to get some fresh air) ....

I'm trying to find out the typical package offered to Bus operations managers for depots outside of London. Many thanks.