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Behind the scenes at Northern’s Customer Contact Centre Tuesday 14th October 2025 Knowing the frustrations I’ve experienced claiming Delay Repay over the years with Avanti West Coast and GWR, when I met up with Alex Hornby during the summer he kindly of…

Meeting the staff who determine Delay Repay.

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Britain’s Top Ten Quirky Bus Routes 2: West Ferry Point to Cape Wrath Saturday 11th October 2025 Now, this route really is a Bucket List Must Do. Except it’s probably one of Britain’s most challenging bus routes to take a ride on. The service only runs in…

It’s the second most unusual bus route to be found in Britain.

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New DLR trains – at last Thursday 9th October 2025 The two words “at last” have become all too familiar in a heading when it comes to blogging about new trains entering service in Britain, and these latest CAF …

Welcome to the B23s (in 2025).

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Compare and contrast: two new express bus routes Tuesday 7th October 2025 Both TfL and Brighton & Hove Bus Company introduced a new high profile express bus route last week. It was interesting to take a ride on both to compare and contrast. T…

Comparing and contrasting two new express bus routes.

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25 Places with two stations: 20A Epsom and 20B Ewell Saturday th October 2025 Here’s something a little different for this fortnightly series. A place which has two names with each enjoying the presence of two stations. As you can see from the …

A town with two stations that’s located right next to a town with two stations.

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Go-Ahead goes in for the kill in Kernow Thursday 2nd October 2025 There’s never a dull moment in Cornwall’s ever changing bus scene. In recent times we’ve seen……First Bus show no interest in its Cornish operations, running ageing second …

Developments in Cornwall.

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Seen Around Tuesday 30th September 2025 Another month end so here’s more miscellany I’ve spotted on my travels over the last few weeks but not blogged about. Gatwick Express takes over Eastbourne I…

Another month’s worth of miscellany.

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Recreating London’s country bus routes 464, 465 and 485 Saturday 27th September 2025 The London Transport Museum Friends held another country bus route recreating day on Tuesday and I was lucky enough to get a sought after ticket and take a ride on boar…

A wonderful day, full of nostalgia.

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Two very different route 11s: part 2 Thursday 25th September 2025 Welcome to another blog about another bus route numbered 11 and where we head to Nottingham. Interesting developments at award winning bus company Nottingham City Trans…

NCT’s expanded territory sees an extended route 11.

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Two very different route 11s: part 1 Tuesday 23rd September 2025 I topped off last week’s epic ride on ember’s route E11 by sampling two very contrasting bus routes also numbered 11. One in the glorious Cotswolds and the other in Nott…

It’s not often you find Eastern Counties and Southern Vectis operating in the Cotswolds.

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25 Places with two stations: 19 Worcester Saturday 20th September 2025 Worcester Shrub Hill looking north I didn’t originally have Worcester on my list for this series by dint of the 2020 opening of Worcestershire Parkway making it a three…

What a sauce.

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A wander from Warwickshire to Leicestershire Tuesday 16th September 2025 This post was going to be about my journey last Thursday on bus route LC6 which runs four times a day between Coalville and Hinckley Operated by Centrebus with one bus o…

An Enhanced Partnership (aka a route sharing deal) in action.

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Britain’s Top 10 Quirky Bus Routes: 3 Imberbus route 23A Saturday 13th September 2025 Imberbus 2024 Photo credit Steve Hutchings Obviously it just had to be in the Top 10 and very much deserves the coveted top three billing as an absolute sure fire examp…

Obviously Route 23A had to be in the Top 3 of Britain’s Quirky Bus Routes.

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A trilogy of new bus routes Thursday 11th September 2925 Catching up on last week’s developments with a look at three more new bus routes which began on 31st August/1st September…. First up is a new link between Leigh-on-Sea …

Taking a look at three new bus routes introduced last week.

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24 hours in mid Wales Tuesday 9th September 2025 As mentioned in recent blogs, last week saw a number of changes to bus routes in Powys, not least significant surgery to the TrawsCymru network through the county. Wherea…

Some strange goings on over in mid Wales.
New buses.
New route numbers.
New bus routes
Old timetables.
Old bus stop flags.
Old branding.

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Charting a bus to visit Chartwell Sunday 7th September 2025 Blog reader Natasha recently got in touch to suggest I visit Chartwell House in Kent and sample the options to travel there by bus. Situated down a country lane (called Ma…

Three ways to visit Chartwell House by bus.
But….
Know what day it is.
Or
Have an app ready.
Or not.
Or
Be prepared for a risky walk along a narrow country lane with blind bends.
Enjoy your visit.

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The all new Uxbridge to Amersham direct service Thursday 4th September 2025 Before today’s blog – thanks to blog reader and avid Metro reader, John, here’s a quick “you’re not going to believe this” from TfL a…

Changes in the Chilterns.

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Swindon’s £33 million new bus station Tuesday 2nd September 2025 This week sees a raft of bus services improvements with new Bus Service Improvement Plan funded routes in many areas as well as major changes to the TrawsCymru network an…

It truly is a transformation in Swindon.

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A Diamond, Golden and Ruby anniversary Sunday 31st August 2025 Sorry readers, it’s another one of those blogposts containing pure personal nostalgia. But, don’t worry, more normal topics return this coming week with lots hap…

What were you doing 60, 50 and 40 years ago this week?
Here’s what I was up to….

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Seen Around Saturday 30th August 2025 Welcome to another potpourri of miscellany not yet blogged about from the past month’s travels …. Andover’s no longer connected to Newbury I’d hope…

Another month full of miscellaneous meanderings.

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Total incompetence in Romford Friday 29th August 2025 Welcome to a Friday bonus BusAndTrainUser Verify blog special checking out unbelievable incompetence in the Romford area this week. The much respected and popular Diamond Ge…

Don’t miss today’s blogpost extra exposing total TfL incompetence in Romford.

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Total incompetence in Romford Friday 29th August 2025 Welcome to a Friday bonus BusAndTrainUser Verify blog special checking out unbelievable incompetence in the Romford area this week. The much respected and popular Diamond Ge…

Another bonus blog checking out unbelievable incompetence in Romford.

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A delightful day in Derbyshire Thursday 28th August 2025 I recently experienced an enjoyable round trip through the Derbyshire Dales and Peaks which I thought I’d share. Alighting from the train at Derby’s railway st…

Delightful Derbyshire bus riding.

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More PR activity at KGX this morning. Any ideas what it’s 100 days since?

Celebrating Swanley’s 100th anniversary in fine style Tuesday 26th August 2025 Photo courtesy London Transport Museum collection Go-bus held an open day and bus rally on Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of the former London Transport Country bus…

Swanley’s bus garage marks its 100th anniversary against all the odds.

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25 places with two stations: 17 Edenbridge Saturday 23rd August 2025 Welcome to the western fringe of Kent for this latest review of a town with two stations, and another fairly small town too with Edenbridge containing around 10,000 popula…

Taking a look at another location with two stations.

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Criss-crossing between London and Hertfordshire Tuesday 19th August 2025 The end of this month sees changes to two bus routes that cross London’s border with Hertfordshire so a small group of bus industry veterans recently joined me for an enjoy…

Exploring Herts-Greater London border territory.

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Fastrack quietly expands Tuesday 19th August 2025 Kent’s Thameside Fastrack quietly expanded at the weekend with the opening of a new section of bus only road extending westwards from the new Whitecliife development …

Fastrack gets a newly extended route along with Heavy Plant Crossing.

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Thanks Darryl

Book Review: Buses for London’s New Towns Sunday 17th February 2025 The third review in this weekly trilogy of recently purchased books is a must read for anyone interested in the minutia of how bus networks develop to serve an expanding N…

What connects…
CY, HH, SV and HA?

(And HF/WGC).

Answer:
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