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Inspired by posts on another thread regarding regular passengers and knowing where they get on/off, I thought I'd start a thread to compare what we're expected to know by our employers. My background is in a typical family coach operator who did school services, plus private hires and...

So I was on this train today, which arrived at Adwick at 0706. Except it didn't. It stopped at the end of the platform waiting for the signal to clear and let it into the station, however it seems it was reported as having arrived. It wasn't until 0714 that it arrived, after a VTEC in the...

Seriously (perhaps too much so!) considering trying to get a crown vic as a car this summer, very much in love with the look of the machine and I watch too many cop shows so I have a fondness for the NYPD livery! Question is...has anyone got any experience with these? I understand finding...

Hi All, Received advice on here a while ago that purchasing a Retford to Loughbrough ticket saved me a fair bit travelling between Doncaster and Loughborough as the off peak was valid any time after 04.29. I haven't travelled that way for a few weeks now but this morning I tried to buy...

It's a well known fact that in the transport industry we have shifts and shift patterns a bit worse than many. A new driver commented to me the other day that he was appalled to have worked 50 whole hours this week! (Upon investigation at least 20 of those were sat doing nothing waiting for a...

Is it me or do many fast services from Sheffield make good time all the way through until they reach Hexthorpe then stand waiting for a platform outside Doncaster station for sometimes up to 10 minutes? Even stopping services do it sometimes and it isn't necesarily just those trains running...

So I've done my first solo driving job a few weeks back, having previously only driven an old B10m with only my instructor as passenger. Everyone I know outside the industry says I've been chucked in at the deep end but I don't think it was too bad! 05.30 Start Clean & prep 16 seat (nearly...

Hello all, I am unlucky enough to use these trains fairly regularly and have always wondered why there is one set of doors in the buffet car that are only used to get the trolley on and off? I often catch the train at Loughborough and there is simply not enough time booked for the number...

Inspired by the strangest thing you've seen/heard on a bus thread, I thought I'd ask...what is the things thats gone most wrong or the worst thing you've seen happen on a bus/coach. For me, it would be a few weeks ago when I was an Interchange Supervisor (responsible for 3 inbound coaches...

So I'm off to the industry's leading trade show this Thursday - tickets are free but it is definable a trade show rather than something for enthusiasts! http://eurobusexpo.co.uk/ Anyone else attending?

So my question is...are there any routes in the UK where you could reasonably travel between two stations where in both directions you would pass (at least) 2 other stations in the same order? For example: . A . . . BC . . . D You may be able to go A>D on the route ABCD...

Hello, am I right in thinking that this ticket: http://www.brfares.com/#faredetail?orig=RET&dest=LBO&rlc=YNG&tkt=SVR Is valid pretty much whenever? Or does it mean that it is valid from 04.29 as far as Sheffield when a peak ticket would be required? Thanks in advance! ECML

So, I'm bringing up what will, for many, be a all too relevant topic. Noise at night! I suspect I would mind so much if I lived next to a motorway, or near an airport, but my fellow students really get to me. They don't have to sing in the kitchen at 1am! There is no benefit to doing so...

Hello, I took my bus licence recently as some of you will know and whilst training I was photo'ed driving in Hull Paragon Interchange bus park at least twice(by 2 different people I think). I think it would make a nice memento to have a photo of me driving the training bus, so here's why I...

So my employer's pocket has suddenly lost weight as I convinced him to pay for my bus driving (Cat. d.) course! My long term aspirations certainly don't involve being a bus driver but being able to drive a bus is necessary, if that makes sense. I thought I'd post a little...

At some point this afternoon the jungle express (light rail/narrow gauge) train derailed. It was treated as a major incident with numerous emergency services vehicles in attendance, ambulances were still arriving at least 2 hours after the derailment. It looked to be a disabled accessible...

Van derived minibuses are common and they don't warrant an explanation of surprise normally! :lol: However I've found a lorry derived coach, not even a coach on a lorry chassis, I guess this is basically a big welfare bus? Makes you wonder what advantages this has compared to either a coach with...

Hi all, I'm in the process of applying and training for my bus driving licence. Any tips for me? :)

So watching a train arrive into platform 6 at Doncaster, while one left from platform 4 I noticed how close they were before they switched lines. For a good few seconds they were approaching at speed, which to a driver powerless to steer must have been a weird feeling. So including or aside...

This doesn't really fit in the Traction forum, because it's about electrification. This doesn't really fit in the Infrastructure forum, because it's about EMU cascades. Hopefully it's ok here! So I've been thinking, the line between Sheffield & Doncaster has been mentioned of a 'missing...