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I'm aware that the escalators at Birmingham Airport got removed a few years back and have been replaced with several large lifts. However I'd be interested to find out, is staircase access now available as an alternative to using the lifts? Looking online I've only found mixed things about...

Did anyone on here attend a school where Sports/Games sessions involved traveling off site by bus/coach? I personally experienced this for 2 years between 1997 and 1999 when I attended an Independent school in Winterbourne and on Monday afternoons we travelled to Yate Leisure Centre for...

Has anyone ever been on a bus or coach journeys where a passenger has brought an amusing item on board (or transported an amusing item themselves)? I've travelled on buses a number of times with joblots of VHS tapes, audio tapes or vinyl records which I've brought from places like Facebook...

Following on from my previous thread about buses to National Trust Properties and the thread about buses serving prisons, I thought it would be interesting to discuss public transport routes past and present that have served amusement parks. Thinking particularly in terms of the main ones like...

I'd be interested to find out which of the various National Trust properties are accessible by bus? Tyntesfield House in North Somerset (where I work) is served by X6 between Bristol and Clevedon from the main entrance and X9 between Bristol and Nailsea from the bottom entrance whilst Prior...

Am currently on a Flixbus coach where the driver has specifically requested that nobody sits in the first row of seats meaning I am being required to sit next to another passenger in the second row despite there being 4 empty seats right there. This is not the first time I've been on a Flixbus...

Know we've had a similar thread before but given the various enhancements to services that have taken place recently as a result of BSIP funding and other alterations to public transport networks what are some of the largest areas without Sunday bus service provision? Yeovil, Sandbach...

Can anyone think of any examples of direct journeys which are only available in the evenings and/or on Sundays? For example when the normal daytime routes are merged? Two I can think of are 17 from Southmead to Keynsham which terminates in Keynsham Town Centre on Monday to Saturday but on...

Today (Saturday 5th April) marks 5 years since both National Express and Megabus fully suspended services in light of the Covid 19 situation. Thankfully NX are now back to full health but in a number of cases the pre-Covid network of routes never returned after initially being suspended in...

Given it is now 5 years since Covid 19 officially became a Pandemic I thought it would be interesting to discuss how the bus (and coach) industry has fared in that time. Obviously the restrictions that were put in resulted in a decline in passenger numbers and in the aftermath there were...

I know we've had this thread before but quite a while ago. Does anyone have any overriding memories of school (or college or university) trips that they went on- particularly the bus and coach related aspect? I (like most others) liked the back seat of the coach and so that was always part and...

I have been aware of and/or I am friends with a number of enthusiasts who identify with being on the spectrum themselves and I have full respect for these people. However I have more than once felt that people view my own interest in buses and coaches as a sign of being on the spectrum and more...

The City Bus Manager game now has a number of Scenario options including one which is set in 2014 where you have to try and turn around the fortunes of Baker Bus. This scenario comes with a few pre set routes which are X75 Newcastle to Hanley, 94 Bidulph to Newcastle and 95 Bidulph to Hanley...

I'd be interested to find out, why do some operators choose to run their buses in service to/from the depot (or the area where the depot is located) at the start and end of the day whereas others run light from the depot at the start of service and back there at the end of the day? If an...

Given the news that Sandbach, Congleton and Macclesfield will soon be getting a Sunday service once again following the reinstatement of Service 38, I'd be interested to know whether there have been other areas which have benefitted from the return of a Sunday service in recent years and in such...

Are there many examples of routes which are normally allocated lower capacity vehicles (e.g. single deckers) during the main part of the day when the services is busier but then use larger capacity vehicles (e.g. double deckers) in the evenings and/or on Sundays when usage is lower? First...

I'd be interested to find out some examples of bus routes that cannot use double decker vehicles due to the fact that the route involves passing under a low bridge or due to something like a weight limit on a road. I know this applies to the X8 Bristol to Nailsea route, the 273 route between...

Something I've always been curious about. I've been aware of several instances where services have been withdrawn and in the months leading up to the withdrawal the service has been reduced in frequency and/or had its route altered so it serves fewer places. For example it was noticeable that...

Have you ever had the experience of travelling on the very first or very last journey on a bus service after its introduction or before its withdrawal? Back in October 2022 I rode the very first journey on the short lived 47 between Bristol and Yate. It was about 0530 in the morning and raining...

Has anyone on here ever had a disappointing bus or coach trip? For example one where you travelled on a particular route and were disappointed by the vehicle, had to suffer a busy journey, a delayed journey or difficult passengers? I didn't really enjoy the old 265 route between Bath and...