Saturday 27th February 2021 The Government’s new-look-cautious irreversible-one-way-road approach to unlocking means the ‘stay-at-home’ message will be eased, subject to data, “data not dates”, in four weeks (at the earliest) … Continue Reading Week 8: Irreversible
Monday 7th December 2020 The order was announced in a fanfare of publicity on 4th March: “Europe’s most frequent coach service set to get even better with 34 new coaches … Continue Reading £13 million down the tube
Tuesday 29th September 2020 It was disappointing to hear Stagecoach has split its Oxford to Cambridge route X5 in Bedford. The X5 is the well established bus equivalent of East-West … Continue Reading Separate Beds
Tuesday 22nd September 2020 According to its website, the Marketing Lounge Partnership (MLP) is“one of the UK’s only combined incentive, loyalty, partnership and CRM agencies” which struck me as odd. … Continue Reading Stagecoach Rewards reviewed
Thursday 13th August 2020 I had high hopes for fflecsi (it’s Welsh for flex) – the Welsh version of DRT (Demand Responsive Transport). Transport for Wales (TfW) are replacing existing … Continue Reading fflecsi – the Welsh DRT
Monday 2nd March 2020 Stagecoach rolled out its high profile £16.5 million investment in 32 BYD ADL Enviro400EV double deckers yesterday so I popped up to Manchester today to take … Continue Reading Manchester miscellany
Tuesday 25th February 2020 After Friday’s Tees teaser I spotted the new ‘Tees flex’ app became available to download over the weekend so armed with that and the zonal maps … Continue Reading Testing the flex in Tees flex
Friday 21st February 2020 (updaated Saturday 22nd February) The latest Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) scheme gets going on Monday so I thought I’d prepare travel plans and be ready to … Continue Reading A Tease on Tees
Wednesday 19th February 2020 I took a ride on the Cambridge Busway earlier today to look at Stagecoach’s latest vehicles purchased specifically to increase capacity to meet growing demand on … Continue Reading Big Bus Busway and electri-citi 6
Thursday 6th February 2020 One of the benefits of being a member of the Chartered Institute of Transport is being able to attend its extensive programme of fascinating meetings and … Continue Reading Hammersmith in control (and more on that Stagecoach rebrand)
Wednesday 5th February 2020 I’ve yet to see a bus in what is officially dubbed the “people-powered new look” actually out on the road so these initial comments come with … Continue Reading That Stagecoach rebrand
Friday 31st January 2020 Bordon and Whitehill are two linked communities in East Hampshire situated midway between Alton on the A31 and Hindhead on the A3 and south of Farnham. … Continue Reading Is this really going to be a Healthy New Town?
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
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
Wednesday 4th December 2019 The recent announcement by Oxford Bus of the withdrawal of their long standing X90 coach route between Oxford and London in a month’s time on 4th … Continue Reading The soon to be ex X90
Wednesday 6th November 2019 Today’s been an auspicious day for me. It’s not my birthday but by dint of political chicanery back in 2010, my postcode and date-of-birth numbers have … Continue Reading My new found freedom from fares
Tuesday 29th October 2019 It’s good to see Stagecoach introducing another new commercial inter-urban bus route with the Group’s Yorkshire company trailblazing a brand new service between Chesterfield and Nottingham … Continue Reading Stagecoach’s new Designer X1
Monday 2nd September 2019 I’ve ridden round Birmingham (on both NatEx’s inner and outer circular bus routes); round Leicester with Centrebus; round Coventry before that city’s circular route (neatly numbered … Continue Reading Ninety round Glasgow
Monday 22nd July 2019 You have to hand it to Stagecoach. Whenever they give a new commercial service a go, they don’t hold back. Their South West Falcon introduced in … Continue Reading On the M2 on the M2 … and a 301
Saturday 6th July 2019 I thought it was high time I ticked off more bus routes on my lengthy ‘to do’ list compiled from the many suggestions kindly passed on … Continue Reading A spectacular bus ride to Widicombe in the Moor
Thursday 6th June 2019 It may not rank as high as the West Highland Line, the Kyle of Lochalsh Line or the Far North Line in the great Scottish Scenic … Continue Reading A day in Stranraer and The Rhins
Friday 31st May 2019 There’s been a welcome resurgence in the traditional open top bus market (as opposed to high profile City Sightseeing) over the last few years with long … Continue Reading Topless in Hastings
Saturday 25th May 2019 The city of Kingston upon Hull got its share of fame in 2017 with its designation as UK City of Culture leading to all kinds of … Continue Reading A paragon of virtue
Tuesday 30th April 2019 My Funday in Furness yesterday exploring three small islands off England’s north west coast came sandwiched between two other great travelling days. I travelled up the … Continue Reading Cumbrian travels between LNER and Virgin
Monday 29th April 2019 Today’s been a fascinating day visiting three tiny islands off England’s north west coast alongside Barrow in Furness. Until a few months ago when planning this … Continue Reading Funday in Furness
Sunday 10th March 2019 It’s always a pleasure to visit the Garden of England. My journeys on two days last week included visits to both ends of Kent – to Dover … Continue Reading A great Deal in Kent
Monday 7th January 2019 It’s all happening in Guildford this week. Stagecoach South introduced a fleet of nine ADL Enviro 200EV electric buses on the Guildford Park and Ride services … Continue Reading Battle for Bellfields begins as Guildford goes electric
There’s a great bus ride to be had in that part of England where Lancashire meets Cumbria meets North Yorkshire. I recently took a circular trip from Lancaster (Lancashire) taking in … Continue Reading Three Counties Circular
