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One board missing on the X1 as well as many of the usual suspects. Most days only one of two boards running on the 563. 20/21 two of 3 boards running and other gaps. Surely the traffic commissioner should be taking action soon!

Very substantial cutbacks from 30/31 October in Yorkshire (inc Chesterfield). Many frequent routes cut back by 1bph, including Sundays, a number of routes reduced from every 30 minutes to hourly. The SL/SL1A cut back from 5bph to 3bph now just meeting some of the trams at Middlewood. X10 reduced...

Spent last week in Cornwall including walking some chunks of the South West coast path in glorious sunshine. Managed three one-way bus trips though: 1) Hannafore to Polperro (Go Cornwall 72) 2) St Ives to the Trenwith car park (Royal 2) 3) Mevagissey to Gorran Haven (Gorran and District...

I quite agree that someone who cares can probably make much more of this than Arriva have. There are some good routes here and (assuming the 479 is tendered) nothing that looks awful. Judging by BusTimes and errors and omissions excepted it looks like the current Guildford fleet is: 10 Citaros...

Stagecoach's South Lancashire page says that Preston and Chorley will be on strike on different days:

It's in a high risk flood area, can't see that being approved!

This is not at all surprising. Stagecoach would be the obvious party to be interested in the decent routes, but at the moment with National Express, strikes, driver shortages etc on their in tray this may not be the time for them to be doing anything. And I understand their Peasmarsh depot is...

I don't think the PTE will have made it up, I assume Hulleys found extra resources and kept running through to the airport - or were told they were not allowed to make the change at such short notice. It has gone from SYT's website now and I'm not sure it was ever on Hulley's website. I agree...

Agreed Transdev aren't helping themselves, but it is not entirely within their control. For example delays in PSV tests are not within their control. The need for extra tests was due, in part, to drivers leaving due to Brexit and not being replaced. Covid restrained demand for a while and now...

On Tuesday Travel South Yorkshire was advising that the X57 was cut back to 6 journeys each way between Sheffield and Manchester City Centre only with the timetable below...

The problems aren't entirely within their control. At least in part the shortage of drivers is due to a complacent government that cannot bear to acknowledge B****t as having any negative effects at all and therefore finds it very difficult to actually address them. But what is in their control...

The 313 was always a London Country route through from St Albans to Enfield. It ran hourly during the day with hourly peak extras between Potters Bar and Enfield. It was run by RFs from St Albans. At this time the 84 bypassed Potters Bar so the 313 was the only route between St Albans and...

Yes, Stevenage did have Nationals, just not many, and I think the first ones were soon swapped out to King Alfred in exchange for the MSs, as these seven were the only ones NBC had anywhere. And yes they came through from Hatfield on the 300/303. But in terms of departures per hour - and in...

St Albans had a 'bus garage forecourt'. It was used for terminating services from the south and east, mainly run by the St Albans garage but also short journeys on the 321 (which never had a St Albans allocation). Now I think they just do a U turn at the roundabout at the top of St Peters Street...

Mmmm. Just looked at Team Pennine. In some places I think the position looks slightly better than it was but still some big gaps. 20/21 - only 1 of 3 boards running this morning and nothing since lunchtime! 526/574 - only 2 of 3 boards running 546/561/562 - only 3 of 4 boards running 319 - only...

So my trip last Friday was in the South Essex area. An area I had not been to for some time and not a particularly attractive area - but it worked logistically for me and it appeared that the sun would last longer there than in most places, which I think it did. I know this is the Arriva thread...

A very interesting write up from The Grand Wazoo with his take on Hertfordshire and Harlow and Arriva's operations in that area. This is my original home territory and I was exploring this on London Country RTs and RFs from the late 1960s. I haven't actually travelled so much on the buses in...

I would assume that means no to both, ie neither!