'another day on the buses'

This morning I drove the Bournemouth feeder bus – out of service to Bournemouth then two pick up points in Bournemouth, one in Ringwood and then on to Winchester where I hand the bus over. When it leaves Winchester the bus continues to London. The problem is this – passengers who book Bournemouth or Ringwood [...]

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This story , taken from the Daily Telegraph, does little for the reputation of the current owners of Stagecoach. Robin Gloag, who died in a road accident on December 5 aged 64, co-founded the Stagecoach transport empire in the early 1980s with his then wife Ann, a former nurse, and her younger brother Brian Souter, [...]

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I’ve just come across the Life of a National Express driver blog and it’s a great read. The driver, Chris, even appears to have to do Park and Ride stints like I do. The big difference is that he doesn’t rant and rave about them! I’ve added this blog to the ‘Blogs I Read’ links [...]

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Actually, it was Victoria Coach Station on Monday. I’d loaded the London to Brighton service and was pulling away 20 minutes late. I’d only gone about 20 metres and was headed for the exit when someone jumped in front of the bus just like the guy in Tiananmen Square. Picture the first tank as the [...]

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I guess I really shouldn’t be driving a megabus if students can wind me up because they are are largest single megabus passenger group. Normally I let it just roll over me, smile, say thank you and get on with things. However, two young male students managed to wind me up in Brighton yesterday. The [...]

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