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What is the furthest distance that you can get in other countries in 2026 using just local buses. So by this i mean no Flixbus or Greyhound or National Express or Megabus or Eurolines or any similar style operations. Only routes that are operated by local bus services. There was a similar...

I recently noticed that East Sussex and Surrey have no local bus routes (i am not sure if they ever have in the past but i would be interested if anyone knows) despite bordering each other and having a direct road between them. So it got me curious and i was wondering what other examples...

Just seen this post on Twitter that alleges Heathrow Airport have a cloned number plate on one of their buses: https://twitter.com/i/status/2049428474968842345 Full quote of the Twitter post linked above about this issue: ANPR photos of the bus with the cloned number plates: Plus a photo...

Falmer has two bus stops which have both oddly been given incorrect ATCO and NAPTAN codes. Science Park Road on Eastern Ring Road (brimjpg) (149000006073) Served By Night N25 Science Park Road on Southern Ring Road (bripdta) (149000009023) Served By Day 25 These two bus stop have BHCC...

The class 222s have now been formed in six different lengths as they have been formed in 4/5/6/7/8/9 coach formations. They built 143 carriages which have been reformed four separate times which has resulted in five different lots of formations and a total of six different unit lengths used in...

Could it be possible to covert the Birkbeck line to be a joint double track tram and train line? Currently it is two separate single track lines. One for the trains. One for the trams. This reduces the maxiumum frequency for both trains and trams. Both the trains and trams could run more...

One very strange ticketing oddity that i recently noticed is that West Midlands concessionary bus passes (ENCTS) are randomly valid to Hednesford (which is far outside of the West Midlands borders) but not to Landywood and Cannock which are intermediate stations. Does anyone know what their...

New Jersey Transit are increasing their prices to an extortionate USD100.00 return during the football world cup to go from New York City to the Meadowlands Metlife football stadium just 6 miles away on the other side of the river! I thought that was an error when i read it. This is the biggest...

The recent thread in the main part of the forum about guards getting commission for ticket sales has had me wondering whether any other countries do this? Or is this solely one of those unique British railway things? In the UK our guards get a commission for selling tickets onboard. It is...

Do those ZIFA ticket stampers still exist? I remember back in the 2000s almost every guard seemed to have one but they seemed to start dissapearing in the 2010s and i have not seen one in over ten years. Most guards these days just look at your ticket and if they do mark it then it is just a...

Why does every local authority these days seem to want bus franchising now instead of municipal operators? What is the benefit of chosing bus franchising instead of just setting up a municipal operator to run all buses? All of the following areas are either franchised or are having franchising...

How many free bus routes still exist in the UK in 2026 today. There was a thread a couple of years ago about these but it seems that these are getting even rarer now. So many have been now withdrawn. At one point almost every town seemed to have a free bus running around the centre. I am only...

I am trying to create a list of all the 24/7 bus services that operate outside of the London area. London has a massive amount but they are very rare elsewhere although they have been increasing recently. I am interested in any route or corridor that has a full 24/7 bus service. This means...

Which independent bus operator has the most amount of bus depots? Obviously the big group operators always have lots of depots but it is rare for small independent bus operators to have more than one depot. Compass Bus are a small independent and now have four depots and this is by far the...

Millbrook is electrified but has zero electric trains booked to call. The entire timetable in both directions and on all days of the week is diesel trains. Is this the only one on the network? Can anyone think of any other electrified stations with zero electric trains booked to call?

There are a lot of changes to bus services in East Sussex from next month: https://www.herstmonceuxparish.org.uk/uploads/202604-wealden-district-changes-to-bus-services.doc Currently i can only find the Wealden document. They always produce five documents (Eastbourne / Hastings / Lewes /...

What is the furthest distance that you could travel for free? So from end to end travelling on buses or trains or other public transport that is free? I am only talking about public transport that is free for all. So not free travel for pensioners and disabled and other similar offers. There...

From next month (8th of April) the Passport Office are increasing the extortionate passport fees yet again. Passport Office Article: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-fees-for-passport-applications BBC News Article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx7x7wy1e2o The new prices are...

I can not find a thread for these so i thought it was worth starting one to discuss the construction and delivery and introduction of these units. It looks like the new Grand Central IET units have been given the Class 820 classification very recently...

Does anyone know if any UK bus operator has operator ever offered SMS tickets in any point in the past? This method is very popular in Mainland European countries. France and Belgium in particular use it extensively in almost all towns and cities and have done so for years. Some of the Eastern...