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Farnworth Bus Station

Basic, but it does the job

A bus stop under motorway regulations

Well, not really. But it sure looks like it.

Altrincham Interchange

The alphabetically first interchange in Manchester

Multimodal Manchester

Every transport hub in the Transport for Greater Manchester area

Consumer capitalism: now in ASMR

Discussing the bizarre phenomena of 'Amazon Finds' and 'Restock'

Further Sheffield bus numbering nonsense

OK, who let them loose with the suffix letters?

Site news: new colour scheme!

The bright white background is no more

Lyme Park is safe for now

National Trust withdraws its ridiculous planning application

Sheffield to Castleton bus nonsense

"Excuse me, does this bus go to Bradwell?" - "I have not the faintest clue."

How to create and set a custom ringtone for your iPhone

in just 17 simple steps

Screens, signs and Sheffield

Compilation of mildly interesting miscelleanea seen in the last few months of 2023

Diary of a parcel delivery

You see that little box? All you have to do is move it from there to there.

From the Bowstones now has an RSS feed

How delightfully retro

Musings about phone queues

Stop telling me about your website!

New class 196 DMUs for West Midlands Railway

An extensive discussion of the new fleet from a perspective as a passenger, including comparison with the closely-related class 195

What's new in DeutschTables v2.0

The re-implementation of much of the functionality should improve the user experience.

Manchester Metrolink's new Trafford Park Line

Finally, Manchester's flagship transport system serves Manchester's flagship shopping destination

Sipple Hydration - what were they thinking?

It sounds something straight out of capitalistic dystopian fiction. Simple taps become "hydration stations" and contain fully-fledged computers trying to upsell you at every opportunity. Unfortunately this is very much not fictional.

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