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I operate a SME (non transport), whilst not subject to to franchising, its quite hard to keep going. I work with another SME who is again non transport and they are having to change their product because of lack of sales. Despite being seperate businesses, we share the same premises to keep...

Personally I'd convert the remaining two car class 150's to four car hybrids (in 150/1 [52], 150/2 [57], 150/2 [52], 150/1 [57] formation), with the remaining two car class 158's being converted into three car hybrids and used this way until they're ready to go in the bin / be replaced / be...

I think that if the Stocksbridge Supertram Link service was brought back, it should be extended from Middlewood to Dunford Bridge & Crow Edge, thus giving Midhopestones, Langsett and Flouch some sort of bus service that can link into the Supertram network. Basically a mixture of the old SYPTE...

Isn't Transport for Wales having a clear out? Northern could always take on more class 150's and 158's and properly beef up the existing services with the spin of extra seats. Someone mentioned Bradford to Manchester Airport services - there's no requirement as Bradford already has direct...

The 572 was Halifax to Southwram (pronounced as South-ow-ram) shorts. I wonder if the old M60 (Halifax to Trafford Centre) service would count? You could include Kirklees > High Peak - use to have a year round Sunday service (the 61A Huddersfield / Holmfirth to Buxton before getting the chop...

I've noticed it myself and it irritates me, hate to think how the usual Friday/Saturday night revellers deal with this as there's one beggar/druggie who'll stands there and effs and blinds when someone doesn't give him any spare change - what's spare change these days? Get them suited, booted...

I would have thought that in the event of Blackpool Transport being taken over, it'd be an employee buyout and ran in similar stance to that of the pre-Stagecoach days of Preston Bus. How does this work when crossing the national boundary between Scotland and England, given that both countries...

In regards to the minibus routes - an improvemment to the 900/901/902 services should be, revert back to hourly and have a completely revised timetable to enable addtional peak hour journeys in either direction (a 0610, 0710 and an 0810 from Huddersfield and an 0710, 0810, 0910 and 1830 from...

Nearest I would have thought would be Torre. Is that a single platform, I haven't been down to Torbay for good five years? Other than that the nearest is Newton Abbot, which would make sense as buses to Torbay pass the station front, would be more problematic at Paignton due to the bus station...

When First lost the contract it went to Tyrer, who made a total balls of the services before they had the contract revoked in 2012. First took it back on a temporary basis before TLC won the contract and have ran the services since. The other reason as to why the services are, in your view, "a...

I don't suppose a couple of "borrowed" temporary stops could be plonked at the unmarked Eccup stops, a couple of South Yorkshire ones will do since they're often springing up in West Yorkshire.

Were going to mention Brighouse. Huddersfield could count as Deighton is currently closed. Sowerby Bridge*, Halifax and Mirfield - possibly. Wakefield Westgate and Kirkgate, interesting to see if these will count. Sheffield (but then you've also got Meadowhall). York? Westbury has already...

I wouldn't say no to Northern gaining some class 377's which have the pantographs (3775xx?). From my observations so far with the upgrade is that the infamous Batley bump has gone, the site of the new Ravensthorpe railway station is gradually being levelled out and Mirfield platform 3 has seen...

Could the Todmorden outstation be converted to a full sized none franchised depot? As in some extra land is bought for a few spare buses, maintainance and fuel facilities.

You would have thought so but the Holmfirth centric nature of the route probably didn't help, as one would have had to try and get to Holmfirth by AI bus operator in the dire hope that they didn't miss their connection. I think that South Pennine could have asked the University of Huddersfield...

As for Leeds Festival - I still think its wasteful having a shuttle service between Bramham Park and Seacroft, when Wetherby is a lot closer (its got a Morrisons) and it'd make a lot more sense to have shuttle buses running between Leeds and Wetherby via Bramham Park Festival site, thus meaning...

I remember when back in the UniLink days when you had the 28 & 29 (which ran Adel to Clarence Dock), 92 (The Tannery at Kirkstall) and 95 (Leeds to Boddington Hall), it seemed that combined with the services 1 & 6 to Holt Park and the 97 (as it was) to Yeadon, it felt that Headingley or what my...

I knew of a couple of people (a young couple) who lived in Netherthong and one (their mate) in Brockholes who were going to set up a Peak District version of Dalesbus but focusing mostly on bus links from West Yorkshire, sadly the one of the people involved pulled out and the whole project...

It was good whilst it lasted, as its been ten years since the Summer weekend (read as late May to August bank holiday) 951 Huddersfield to Glossop service last ran. Really the Peak District routes (both the 87 to Castleton and the 351 Glossop) should have operated on weekends from Huddersfield...

The reason the Leeds Supertram system wasn't built was because it never really went anywhere, had it been planned to go from lets say Birstall to Otley via Headingley and Birstall to Wetherby via Roundhay then it would have been green lit and built purely because its giving Birstall, Otley and...