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National Express is revising a number of services from April 12, with an interesting couple of additions to non-London 'cross country' options. Gloucester hasn't had a service to Birmingham or Bristol since before the pandemic, I don't think, only London services. The 161 is curious, as NX did...

Previous threads have mulled over the restrictions, in recent years, on short-distance travel on National Express coach routes. Services had relevant sections de-registered as local bus routes and fares were not available. It enabled stops to be skipped if there were no bookings, particularly...

More timetable changes on the National Express coach network from March 30th. Services 481/484 between Suffolk, Essex and London are revised and streamlined. Service 541 and seasonal service 543 are withdrawn in the Lake District. That means all of the following are wiped off the NX coach...

http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/live-train-crashes-with-land-rover-on-tracks-lines-into-gloucester-closed/story-30118443-detail/story.html Line between Swindon and Gloucester shut after train (1336 London Paddington to Cheltenham) hits car on level crossing (St Mary's crossing near...

Alarming (or possibly alarmist) story spotted here on the joint website of the Gloucester Citizen and Stroud Life newspapers referring to an alleged incident on Friday evening, but does anyone know any more? the 1G60 1742 London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa eventually arrived Cheltenham 32mins...

Posted a few minutes ago by the website associated with Gloucestershire Echo newspaper http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/trains-delays-after-reports-of-shots-fired-at-cheltenham-train-station/story-29548954-detail/story.html Potentially the latest example of dangerous summer school holiday...

Plans for a major revamp at Cheltenham Spa station aincluding two bay platforms have stalled, the Gloucestershire Echo reports at http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Cheltenham-Spa-Train-Station-new-platform-scheme/story-20551316-detail/story.html The paper's political reporter adds...

A report scheduled to be published by MPs tomorrow (Tuesday, October 29) is expected to warn that the £3.55 billion Thameslink rail project might not be delivered on time. The House of Commons’ public accounts committee questioned the Department for Transport’s handling of the north-south...

This is to update on changes on the Sutton Coldfield to Lichfield corridor, and follows Centro/Staffordshire County Council's premature publicity for new operators replacing journeys on reduced/curtailed Arriva 112 (altered back on April 28). Central Buses officially begins hourly 92...

This destination is still available according to brfares.com and for a CDR from Smethwick Galton Bridge it's only £1.30 more than to the railhead, Ruabon. But I can find no reference to such a bus link or through fare at nationalrail.co.uk or arrivatrainswales.co.uk. The last printed Rail...

Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere but I've only just noticed, the electronic download of the complete timetable, as separate or single PDFs, appears to be available at last on the Network Rail website http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/3828.aspx - for what it's worth. No doubt...

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but I think the decision was only published yesterday afternoon. The OFT has decided that comeptition issues are not sufficient to refer Arriva's acquisition of Liyell Ltd (trading as Midland) to the Competition Commission. See...

R H Transport of Witney, Oxfordshire, is to cease trading at the end of today. Temporary replacements for most but not all services until the weekend have been announced by Oxfordshire County Council http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/news/2012/oct/rh-transport-affected-school-buses

From a press release released this afternoon by the Taxpayers' Alliance. The full text of the letter to Mr McLoughlin is as follows I should add that I have no connection with the Taxpayers Alliance or DfT but merely pass on this item of news for information and no doubt to have it duly...

Apologies if anyone has already mentioned this, but I've just come across this via a Worcestershire County Council press release. http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/communications/news/2012/september/concessionary-train-fares.aspx Anyone know of other trial locations where such an additional...

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but this is from http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/news/regional-newspaper-office-to-become-bus-depot/ today A regional daily newspaper has begun the search for new offices after a bus company agreed to purchase its current base. The...

Purely from a passenger perspective, I would just like to say well done to all the Bus, Tube and DLR staff I saw during my travels during the main London Marathon period yesterday for doing their best to ensure people continued to move, safely, through the system as efficiently as possible. I...

And if so, how much? I'm puzzled, because I have had two different answers so far from ticket clerks. I wish to excess the RETURN half ONLY of the following (on a Sunday, when no time restrictions apply to either product): From super off-peak return, Smethwick Galton Bridge to London...

According to this report, passengers helped clear a fallen tree from the Shakespeare Line in Warwickshire when it halted their train 'because Network Rail was busy'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-16422955 I would love to know how true this is. if so, a victory...

Train companies that fail to provide proper information for passengers will face action from rail regulators, the Office of Rail Regulation said today. It proposes that under new licence obligations, train companies, station operators and Network Rail will have to offer "appropriate, timely...