Journeys around Britain by bus and train
Tuesday 21st January 2020 It’s interesting to compare three recent launches of buses and brands in the last couple of weeks. Highest profile was Blackburn Bus Company’s launch last weekend … Continue Reading Three contrasting upgrades
Friday 17th Janurary 2020 Last month’s timetable change saw a greatly improved train service for Harrogate with LNER introducing direct trains to and from London Kings Cross every two hours; … Continue Reading Revolutionising the Harrogate experience
Monday 13th January 2020 Ride sharing’s been around since the first horse bus began plying it’s way but the modern incarnation envisages using a website or app to book a … Continue Reading By Tandem to Rushden Lakes
Friday 10th January 2020 I took a couple of train journeys today to catch up on two recent rail industry developments. First up was SWR’s newly refurbished Class 442 trains … Continue Reading Two different train journeys
Wednesday 8th January 2020 Abellio run Greater Anglia committed to introducing a completely new train fleet of 1,043 carriages across its network in its successful nine year franchise bid which … Continue Reading New 745s on the Great Eastern main line
Monday 6th January 2020 Universities are good business for bus companies. Many towns and cities benefit from having a network of attractive frequencies and buses running late into the night … Continue Reading Warwick Uni’s bus battle hots up
Thursday 2nd January 2020 I looked enviously at Paddington’s departure board this morning seeing the 09:15 departure to Bristol Temple Meads, with its attractive non-stop 68 minute run to Bristol … Continue Reading Wired to Cardiff and Snap back
Wednesday 1st January 2020 Head to head competition between First Essex and Go-Ahead owned Hedingham between Colchester and Clacton-on-Sea comes to an end on Saturday. First Essex closed its Clacton-on-Sea … Continue Reading Will Clacton be all at sea?
Tuesday 31st December 2019 Go-Ahead owned Carousel extended its High Wycombe to Uxbridge route 102 on to Heathrow Airport on Sunday; I took a ride yesterday to try it out. … Continue Reading When a bus route becomes a coach route
Did you miss the BusAndTrainUser Quiz of the Year? Take a look via the link above before sneaking a peak at the answers below….. 1 What comes fourth in the … Continue Reading 2019 Quiz answers
Saturday 21st December 2019 A very warm welcome once again to my annual round up and review of what was in, who was out and the events that may have … Continue Reading 2019 Review, Awards and Quiz of the Year
Thursday 19th December 2019 Following Monday’s disappointment at missing out on the inaugural GWR Paddington to Bristol Parkway non-stop journey at 09:15 after the journey was cancelled following a signal … Continue Reading Bristol Fast to Birmingham Metro
Wednesday 18th December 2019 There’s never a good time to have a complete signal failure at East Croydon but for the power to go down just as the evening peak … Continue Reading Power failure empowers staff
Tuesday 17th December 2019 A second new station on Britain’s rail network opened on Sunday (in addition to Warrington West which I visited yesterday). This one’s at Robroyston, located north … Continue Reading Robroyston reopens after 63 years
Monday 16th December 2019 One of two brand new stations opened for business on the rail network yesterday, Warrington West; so I took a ride there today to take a … Continue Reading Bristol Fast to Warrington West
Tuesday 10th December 2019 It may be a bit pricey – at £8 (and only for six months validity too); it may be hard to find – usually only available … Continue Reading Book Review: GWR Guide to Services
