Re: Railway [was: Train] Station Parking

J. Chisholm wrote:

> Buses as an alternative are more problematic. In the early 70s I
> 'looked' at bus 'feeder' services to a station on GWML. Two days out of
> seven it failed to run.
> In Cambridge the evening hourly service to my village (we have one 'til
> afer 23:00) leaves 5 minutes before the 'fast' from KX arrives.

Reading an archived article in the local press earlier today, it
reported the local bus company (Harrogate) moving the last bus on one
route 10 minutes later so it connected with the last train from York,
because a large enough number of people had asked for it.

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