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You are right. I hadn't looked carefully (nor has BusTimes, that shows some journeys that don't exist). There is no 11.40 Weymouth to Poundbury nor 12.23 return. Also there is no 16.40 Weymouth to Poundbury but there is a 17.23 return, looks like it works off school route B2. That's shocking...

This takes you to the Network One explorer which is £10.90 and covers all operators in the region including to Teesside and Carlisle. I used this a couple of weeks ago on Arriva and other operators and it is very good value. I think there is an Arriva only one as the driver of the Arriva bus I...

I see there have been more changes, sorry reductions, with the 1 going to every 15 minutes and the 10 to every 20 minutes, the X54 is now just four journeys. X51 and X53 still two hourly. These are from 4 September. They are on the News and Service Updates part of the website but lower down than...

I always thought that the timetable for the X1 was hugely ambitious with inadequate recovery and turnround time. I think they have done the right thing to pull it if they aren't sure they have the resources - yes it was short notice but they've been open and honest about it in a way which I...

Arriva North East show on their website some changes from 26 September - and timetables available. In Northumbria they are formally extending the 2 in Morpeth through to Kirkhill, which has been happening anyway for some time but called the X16. Between Morpeth and Newcastle there are now three...

Aren't some of these tendered services operated for Metro? I can't see them being happy with lots of missing buses on an hourly contracted service while they are running a competing 262 in Huddersfield. The situation is very hard and the bus companies have to have some sympathy for the driver...

Thanks for your comments. Perhaps I was too focused at Blyth as, to make best use of my time, I had 'visited' online reasonably thoroughly wandering around on Google Maps so I knew where I wanted to go - and these would probably have been the best bits. The Market Square has had money spent on...

There have been some other changes that have sneaked under the radar (or at least mine). The East Yorkshire website proudly announces a new service X28 from Scarborough to Helmsley. But what has actually happened to the 128 is that alternate journeys (numbered X28) have been speeded up by...

What a shambles - again! Looking at the Arriva version of the timetable there are a number of almost duplicated journeys, eg 06.25 and 06.30 off Llandudno, also 10.00 and 10.05, then two at 15.30 off Caernarfon. Needless to say these are not real. I noted on the Arriva thread the apparent gap...

My second trip in the North East last week was predominantly on Arriva buses. All were probably rather routine journeys and routes for many compared to the previous day’s exotic 888! I started the trip in Cramlington, easy to access from the main road network north of Newcastle. I then got the...

From my trip last week: Durham Alston Hartside Pass x 2 Penrith Carlisle x2 Brampton Haltwhistle Hadrians Wall x2 sorry, no buses!

Yes exactly that, just as I was leaving on an X84 at 5.20 heading out towards the bypass.

I don’t think either Haltwhistle or Allenheads could possibly be the centre of England , I think Meriden claims that honour! I went to Allenheads just 3 years ago, I took a taxi (pre-booked!) from there to St John’s Chapel. Bellingham sounds great but difficult to make a round trip. I saw a...

You have everyone's respect for the efforts being put in to keep services running and we entirely accept the compromises you have to make in the current climate, which we have seen in similar actions by other companies.

Ah, well found. The Twitter link at the bottom of the Adventures By Bus page works. The Twitter link at the bottom of the Atlantic Coaster page works, but the one in the middle of the Atlantic Coaster page (under 'When do we run') does not - there is a colon missing (took me several checks to...

I was about to reply to a post about the Atlantic Coaster but it has disappeared! There is nothing on the First Kernow or Adventures By Bus (ABB) websites about a reduction in the service. The ABB site gives a Twitter feed link but that gives an error message. Looking at Bus Times, it looks...

I have only found details on Staffordshire's website but it does appear that the 108 and 109 have been reinstated; the 108 to Ashbourne with D&G and the 109 to Macclesfield with Aimees. Both were running from yesterday and were shown on Staffordshire council's website - one of the few counties...

I have been wanting to head to the North East of England for some time and finally the weather Gods shined favourably on me this week. So on Monday afternoon I headed north and spent the night near Sedgefield. I have written this in the Go Ahead thread as the majority of journeys were with them...

It still looks pretty poor out in Team Pennine land if BusTimes is to be believed. In my analysis of yesterday I overlooked the 22; this half hourly service, the only bus to this corner of Halifax, had gaps of 3 hours in the morning and 3½ hours in the afternoon. Today, with the 324 scrapped...

Ah, I think that would be me! Yes, I did enjoy the delights of the Wright Brothers 888 on Tuesday from Hexham to Penrith. I will post a fuller report on the Go Ahead thread in due course as I used this operator for more journeys than any other (unless we can have a 'trips out' thread). I thought...