Leicester to Birmingham
12 Feb 2007 16:05:50 -0800
Why is there no bus service (i.e. limited-stop stage carriage) between
Leicester and Birmingham?
There must be a large demand for travel between the two, with many
companies having regional offices in Brum, 'Corps of Commissionaires'
and 'Securitas' are two that I know of, and it being a national hub
for variou ...
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Veolia in York?
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:27:38 +0000
Veolia appear to be taking over some routes in York from next week,
including the Top Line Travel 'circle' route (which I use on a
semi-regular basis, hence saw this change posted on one of the buses) and
a bunch of others (not sure if they're from Top Line or First).
Not heard of them before - anyone know ...
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Music on Buses
Fri, 9 Feb 2007 19:04:45 -0000
I Wander if anybody else has the same problem as me, whenever you travel on
a bus lately there always seems to be one loud idiot playing loud music from
a phone or other form of player without headphones, and everybody else seems
to put up with it without saying a word to them, this drives me insane and I
always ...
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Merseytravel to abolish child half fares
Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:31:22 +0000
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_headline=child-fare-ban-will-go-ahead%26method=full%26objectid=18598253%26siteid=50061-name_page.html
http://tinyurl.com/2npnm9 if that doesn't work.
Great idea, not, although they do have a point, can't see why the bus
companies can't subsidise ...
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London Buses - number of double deckers, single deckers & artics
9 Feb 2007 07:56:03 -0800
Does anyone how many buses operate on behalf of London Buses (or know
how I can find out)? And how many of these are double deckers, single
deckers and articulated buses respectively?
Thanks,
Dominic
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Re: Bus shelters and the smoking ban
Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:14:18 +0100
"Joyce Whitchurch" <joyce.whitchurch@btinternet.com> wrote
in message news:Fr2dnaqMeMZwBlTYnZ2dnUVZ8taknZ2d@bt.com
{snip}
> This may have come up already in Scotland of course -
> what happens there? Have there been fights at bus stops
> yet?
There'll be a fight if anyone tries to stop *me* smoking, I ...
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Bus shelters and the smoking ban
Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:29:11 +0000
The smoking ban, for England at any rate, is due to come into force on
1st July (see <http://www.smokefreeengland.co.uk/> for more details.
Now, what I'm wondering is this. How will the new law affect bus
shelters? (Or to be pedantic, bus passenger shelters - as Mr Alexander
once said, they've never built a ...
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More colours on Wearside
Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:35:32 +0000
Well, now the Durham - Arnison Centre Pink Panther has bitten the dust,
looks like there could be a new Pink Panther... Go Northern have stated
painting the service 21 buses (Bishop Auckland/Durham - Newcastle) pink
instead, and given them pink LEDs for the route number on the frond
destination screen.
Is ...
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TFL FINES, can anyone hlep me???
Tue, 6 Feb 2007 01:50:49 +0800
ok wonder if anyone can help this one....
Was on a (bendy) bus home had forgotten my wallet with my weekly
(unregistered) oyster travel card in it and got done by the police. So
annoying. But i gave him my address etc and told him I couldnt find my
wallet and must have left it at home with the oyster card i ...
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Engine stop solenoid(fuel cut off)
Fri, 2 Feb 2007 22:12:38 -0000
Hi I am looking to replace a Lucas/Cav engine stop solenoid, its a 263a type
31
This is a fuel cut off solenoid for an Atlantean
Does anybody know where I can get one from, or even parts for them?
I have been to a Lucas auto electrical branch and they say its obsolete.
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