Thursday 11th January 2024 London’s most bizarre bus route There wasn’t a cake and a candle to mark its first birthday, but there was definitely a celebratory atmosphere among the passengers and driver on board London’s most bizarre bus route yesterday morning. The one journey a week Rail Replacement bus service for Chiltern Railways between... Continue Reading →
Thursday 15th June 2023 I blogged about the West Ealing to West Ruislip ‘ghost bus’ when it began back in January. Readers may recall Arriva owned Chiltern Railways' rail replacement division awarded the contract to operate this useless single bus journey a week on a Wednesday morning to Diamond South East for an initial three... Continue Reading →
Thursday 8th December 2022 Yesterday saw the final outing for Chiltern Railways' quirky anomalous once-a week journey between West Ealing and West Ruislip. It’s been what's called a ‘Parliamentary Train’ to retain driver route knowledge on the former Great Western line out of Paddington that parallels London Underground’s Central line between Hanger Lane, Greenford and... Continue Reading →
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