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Hello all, Hopefully you might be able to help me. Sometime ago I went to Edinburgh for a day trip and just before I jumped my train back to London I saw a Class 68 and stock about to head out on a diagram. I cant remember where it was too but I know it took in Dunfermline among the way. Do...

Hi all, So yesterday I took my son out to discover where Lutterworth station once stood. The bridge itself is still there and you can clearly see where the old entrance from ground level use to be. We then talk a walk up the embankment to explore what we could of the old platform (which was...

Hi all So I’ve just dropped car off for a service and have no idea other than the bus station of where good might be to spot here Any suggestions? Here until 12ish

Hi all, I’m off to the bus display at Barking tomorrow (30th March) anyone been to this event before?. Is it any good? I understand there’s some for of a parade of routemasters? What kind of time does this happen or do they just keep taking trips out all day?

Hi all, Just trying to find out some info in the pacers. Trying to film a bunch of them before they go out of action. Just wondering if anyone can help me with some of the questions below please 1) Does GWR still have any pacers and where’s best to maximise seeing them? 2) I’m off to Cardiff...

Hi everyone, Tomorrow (Saturday 24th) I’m driving down to Worthing as the wife would like to visit family in the lead up to Xmas (despite it still only being November!!!) Anyway, I’ve managed to escape from the whole situation and have a couple of hours where I can go out spotting. Can anyone...

evening all, Tomorrow I actually find myself with that rarest of things.... spare time!!. So I’m heading to Peterborough (just for a couple of hours) to do some bus spotting. I know queensgate is a good spot for the buses but does anyone else have some other suggestions. Would like to take...

Hi all, Off for a jolly to Glasgow today (currently sat on 1s37 at Wigan) does anyone know if the 385 units are working yet and when/where I can spot them in Glasgow? Thanks

Hello everyone, Here is my first attempt at a bus transportation DVD. I’m a bus enthusiast myself and thought I would try and share some of my videos. I actually aim to produce and sell transport DVDs one day but I’m not pushing that here, I would just like to share my West Midlands buses clip...

hi guys, A few years ago I remember reading in this forum about how you could get strange tickets for just a small fraction of what they would usually cost, you would just have to go via somewhere, (for example, Kings cross to Leeds via Cambridge or something daft! about £3 Are there any such...

so today I was out and about and had bought an arriva bus ticket on my phone. That was all fine until my phone battery died!! By sheer luck my last bus home was done by a driver who remembers seeing me earlier and after I explained what had happened he let me on. It wouldn’t have been a big...

I notice that the buses section of topics is expending (Pleased to see, being a bus enthusiast myself!) i was wondering if we have any HGV enthusiasts as well? Im personally not massive into these but i have just treated myself to an Eddie spotting book, so maybe the bug will catch on?

It's coming up to the new year (Happy new year to everyone btw!) and usually virgin trains west coast offer some form of seat sale. Normally I've heard rumblings of a start date by now but nothing as yet. Anyone any the wiser on here??

Heading to London in the new year and ive been plenty of places for the borismasters in the past (Euston Road, Trafalguar Square, Marble Arch) was wondering if anyone had some other good spots around London, particularly in the east!. i like to take photos and video as well, so any pointers that...

Hello all, Just wondering, has anybody ever bought one of the Busflix DVD's?. If so, what was the quality like?, would you buy again?? Seen a few that would interest me but never seen their work before

Hi everyone, Yep me again I'm afraid!!!. I have about a 1 hour spare window during my schedule on Tuesday whilst in Nottingham and was wondering if anyone could suggest anywhere that I could maximise numbers. I was thinking market square as both tram lines seem to go through there, but...

Hi all, Going on a jolly to London tomorrow, some train spotting but mainly bus spotting. I have a few regular spots I'll be trying but wondered if anybody could suggest some more where they have maximised numbers in their experience. My usual ones are: Euston Road, Stratford bus...

Hi all, I'm in London for a jolly tomorrow and although mainly bus spotting, I was also hoping to see some new 700 units. Where best to go to maximise this though??. Farringdon?. Also, someone mentioned there are new units out of Liverpool Street, is this correct??? Thanks Alistair

Last year I went to Orlando on a family holiday and on one morning I took my lad for a few bus rides around the network (he loves buses so I was on to a winner!!) Whilst I went out and about I took a few numbers down thinking I'd add it to my collection of buses spotted Whilst I was over...

Hello all, I am off for a jolly next Wednesday and have decided on Newcastle to try out Im wondering if anyone here has any recent experience of the place and where best I would maximise my numbers (I have roughly 4 hours up there) Also, is anyone aware of a all in one ticket I can...