Thursday 10th April 2025 Last Saturday I had the pleasure and privilege of speaking at the annual South East Bus Festival held at the Kent County Showground at Detling near Maidstone. What a lovely day it was with thousands of visitors wandering around the large display of buses, old and new, enjoying glorious sunshine as... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 30th April 2024 Another month end. Another motley collection of miscellaneous matters and some good news to begin with ….. £920,000 fence reopens Cambridge busway The northbound Cambridge busway between Addenbrooke’s Spur Road and Cambridge railway station finally reopened on 30th March having closed in February 2022 due to safety concerns arising from two... Continue Reading →
Sunday 31st March 2024 Welcome to March's month-end miscellany. Odds and sods that have caught my eye while travelling around over the last 31 days but not enough for a full blown blog. Latest Greater London Bus Map The excellent news to kick off this month's miscellany is Mike Harris has updated his Greater London... Continue Reading →
Thursday 29th February 2024 Welcome to the BusAndTrainUser month end round up of noteworthy sitings spotted on my travels over the last few weeks. Sign language signs I was interested to see the replies and comments I received on X after posting photographs of the departures boards at Doncaster station where LNER are carrying out... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 30th January 2024 This month's Seen Around is a special miscellany garnered on a recent couple of days I spent in Glasgow where I was delighted to make a presentation to the McGills Group 'management team talk' Awayday held at Hampden Park Stadium, as you can see above. As usual, while in the City... Continue Reading →
Saturday 30th December 2023 Another month end; another miscellany round up. Misleading Thameslink Passengers Sunday 10th December saw yet another Sunday closure of the Thameslink core between London Bridge and St Pancras. On that day, as usual in such circumstances, southbound Thameslink trains either depart from the terminating platforms at London Bridge or the usual... Continue Reading →
Thursday 30th November 2023 The end of another month so time for a round up of observations garnered as I've travelled around over these past few weeks that may have merited an X but haven't been worthy of a full blown blog. Elizabeth in Control One of the benefits membership of the Chartered Institute of... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 31st October 2023 It's the end of another month so time for a recap of those things that caught my eye as I travelled around that may have made it into an X but didn't make it into a full blown blog. Travelcard reprieve Let's start with the excellent news that a compromise was... Continue Reading →
Saturday 30th September 2023 Another month's miscellaneous musings not worthy of a full blown blog from my travels in September including the lovely Helsby Junction signal box and still very much in use (above). Oxted delight I made an "integrated public transport journey" from train to bus in Oxted earlier in the month and was... Continue Reading →
Thursday 31st August 2023 Welcome to August’s potpourri of miscellany that's caught my eye during the month and hasn't warranted a full blown blog. Flying visit to the Bluebell It had been a long time coming - tickets went on sale in May 2022 for an originally planned visit in August that year, with mechanical... Continue Reading →
Thursday 3rd August 2023 It's time for another round up of items I've come across over the last month which haven't merited a full blown blog. No pride in trains in Brighton There’s been much comment locally about GTR’s decision to run no trains at all into Brighton this Saturday when the annual Pride festivities... Continue Reading →
Saturday 27th May 2023 Good customer service from First and Southern Firstly a couple of follow ups from last month's round up and bouquets and praise for both First Bus and Southern Rail's customer service teams. On that long wait at Crewe rail station on a route 3 due to what looked like an error... Continue Reading →
Saturday 29th April 2023 Another month's round up of notable sights spotted on recent travels. Hooray for a London bus map Many thanks once again to Mike Harris who has just published the latest up to date version of his Greater London Bus Map. It's edition no 40 and bang up to date including today's... Continue Reading →
Thursday 30th March 2023 Welcome to another monthly miscellany round up of what's caught my eye on travels during March. HS2 into Euston delayed until 2041 And I don’t mean just after twenty to nine. It’s 18 years away. I’m thinking I’ll be very lucky if I live that long to see the day trains... Continue Reading →
Thursday 18th January 2023 This month’s miscellany I spotted on recent travels. Coalville information I was in Coalville on Tuesday. It has two locations in the town centre where buses congregate - one called Marlborough Square and the other Memorial Square. It can be confusing for visitors but credit to Leicestershire County Council which has... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 27th December 2022 Another month; another potpourri of miscellany. Another great Ensignbus running day A big shout out to the Newman family (Peter, Steve and Ross) for organising another great running day based on Lakeside at the beginning of the month. It's proving to be one of the most popular events of its kind... Continue Reading →
Saturday 19th November 2022 Welcome to November's pot pourri of observational miscellany from recent travels around the country. Keighley leaflet heaven How lovely to visit Keighley bus station and find a great selection of colourful timetable booklets all designed to encourage travel around the bus network. The cleaning trolley could usefully find another home though,... Continue Reading →
This month's pot pourri of observational miscellany from recent travels. Not First Greater Anglia has invested in an impressive new fleet of trains including the rather nice Class 745 which offer first class seats on the Norwich to Liverpool Street service. A problem arises when one of these trains is unavailable and substituted by one... Continue Reading →
Saturday 10th September 2022 Another pot pourri of observational miscellany from recent travels. Models Firstly a shout out to Brian Jackson for his well earned retirement as proprietor of Morris Models, the fabulous model shop he's run in Lancing, West Sussex since taking over the business in 2004. Brian has decided it’s time to retire... Continue Reading →
Sunday 31st July 2022 Here are some more examples of good and bad practice I've spotted on recent travels. Arriving at Bridgwater rail station I had a vague idea of which direction to take to walk to the bus station but was reassured to see a prominent notice attached to a lamppost right outside the... Continue Reading →
Sunday 15th May 2022 I couldn't help but notice a few other things as I wandered around south east London and south Newham on my recent travels. Here's a few for your edification. Liverpool Street bus station You'd think the bus station alongside Liverpool Street station would be a prime spot to reach out to... Continue Reading →
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