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A local example is the stop at Blue Bell Hill Village (Keefe Close). The majority of buses now approach as part of a longer one-way loop working, so only serve the stop on the other side of the road, but anything terminating, or needing to travel broadly south (where the road has been closed off...

As public contracts, minimal data should be publicly available in any case under standard disclosures: this usually consists of the winning bidder, the number of bids received, the lowest and highest compliant bids received, and any reasoning for not going with lowest (e.g. route bundling). Some...

The Arriva website has a service update: Intalink also has an all-operator update with more information: Are you suggesting that the stops should be updated in the timetable/GPS tracking, rather than just handled as a temporary change/"service update"? I can see your argument for such a...

The Dartford Hub is not yet operational. (See bustimes tracking; the A service stops short at Dartford Station). That said, the works are ongoing at the present moment, and in the last month or so things at Acacia Hall have moved from a large hole in the ground to a resurfaced road with three...

We have been through these arguments multiple times in recent months on various threads, and I'm not entirely sure we need to repeat them all again! Especially given it is unlikely that anyone's mind will be changed by arguments which at times, are simply stating and restating what's best for...

Your post is a little confusing, but to unpack a few things: The 9 passed from First Essex to NIBS on Essex tender. I don't think it's known whether First chose not to bid, or were simply outbid by Stephensons/NIBS. Essex CC did not tender the commercial journeys First operated, so the service...

Indeed, they were significantly overhauled before entering service in Kent, and seem to be generally performing quite well. We don't jokingly refer to them as the resurrection team for nothing...

Afraid you're mistaken. Shires and Essex, and Kent and Sussex (later and Surrey, which it still is now despite not leaving Kent)

There have been a few suggestions online that this long-standing Oxfordshire operator (101 years, apparently) closed quietly on Friday (28th), following the retirement of the current proprietor. They were a very 'traditional' operator - Facebook page last updated in 2024, very little if any...

The question to be asked here is "are they still good bus territory?" And even if passenger numbers are reasonable, what is access like (e.g. parked cars?). I will admit I haven't used these routes (bit too far away from me for a random housing estate tour), but has anyone commenting done so, to...

In Kent, Nu-Venture and GoBus (formerly Go-Coach) still produce printed timetables for non-school services, as do Kent Country/Fastrack (although the latter are notoriously difficult to get hold of).

It's part of a new batch of vehicles currently in delivery to Stevenage. Rather like the 400s at Ware which were originally expected at Maidstone, part of this batch was expected at Gillingham (the other part was for Stevenage, now the totality). There should be 18 in total.

Arriva Kent and Surrey serve Park Wood, near Maidstone, on the 82, and Parkwood, near Rainham, on the 132.

I don't think what you're describing is quite dynamic pricing, where the price changes according to demand at that moment (E.g. Uber's surge price). The rainbow fares were a simpler version of that, making peak journeys expensive and some against the flow journeys significantly cheaper, to...

Quite! A vehicle has appeared with the same advert at Tunbridge Wells, too, which suggests a wider-ranging tie-up.

I'd disagree, and say they are the very opposite of pointless: they do the job they are designed to do, taking passengers where they want to go! For the benefit of others who don't live in the area, the 1 is the "main" service along that stretch. The 2 is a short working to Dockside, and...

It's very tempting to divide it up into a plain "those that do and those that don't", or worse, "all teenagers at the same", but I think there are three groups at play: - Those who just don't cause trouble - Those who wouldn't normally cause trouble, but egged on by peer pressure, summer...

https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/ceo-leaves-stagecoach-for-fa-board/

Is it still the case that there is no access to the Epping end of the Epping Ongar Railway? I think they've moved the platform since I last visited and it terminated at Coopersale. (note to self... EOR overdue a visit!)

It's not really clear from an outside picture, but could the window-covering part of the poster be contravision?