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Some weird bus omissions (and some other quirks) - but still worth using if you can- is Transport Direct (cookies essential) which has times for UK trains, coaches and many local buses and domestic flights. The bus routes shown on the maps are often unbelievable (somewhat cross country). NOTE: This website at present uses an obligatory session cookie (deleted on exit) but does not tell you. If you refuse the cookie the site will not function. No obligatory javascript and good alt tags. The use of the session cookie means you must do a new search only after using the "new search" button which resets the cookie. Treat all suggested journeys with consideration especially walking times.
For bus travel within a particular region (eg North West) you can obtain bus timetables with all stops listed, but if it says "no service" it may mean one of your locations is out of region! As usual session cookies are essential. Look at Traveline but try not to call their 0871 telephone number which is a premium call- as at 7/08 it cost 40p per minute from a phone box! Their 0871 number will connect you to your nearest travel office, but there are cheaper numbers to call to get through to that or any other office- key in traveline to the search page at saynoto0870 and call the cheaper 0870, 0845 or local number given. Check any special instructions.
Lancashire buses from Burnley & Pendle based from Burnley, including the magnificent Witch Way fleet. Lancashire United based from Blackburn. Easier bus timetables for Stagecoach Manchester
CARE- There are a lot of engineering rail closures especially at weekends - and none of the following sites are fully up to date as the track owner is not telling the operators in time. Treat all sources of information with doubt especially if your journey is more than a week in the future! Take plenty of food and drink as even a local one hour journey could end up taking four hours (discovered the hard way...).
To access the official data, no javascript or cookies required- Accessible UK Train Timetables which has the full official data (as up to date as exists for times, plus fares)- be sure to use "check for updates" or "bulletins" for the most recent information.
Using differing data sources- German Rail has UK train times also, text based interface, click on Train No for full details of where the train is coming from and going to. This data is not updated for short notice engineering works.
Enjoy reading Today's UK train delays-and Cleared incidents- note that the 2004 revamp of the site seems to have caused it to miss a lot of serious delays, or report them later. Local North West delays seem almost never to appear. Northern Rail have now ceased their own journey problem reporting entirely but a small relic can be found on this BBC travel web page.
UK Station Boards has the web equivalent of the tv monitors you
see at railway stations, giving arrivals and departures in the next few hours. Note the limited and experimental nature of the data. NOTE a train shows as NO REPORT until it passes a reporting point.
A map always comes in handy. There are many sources on the Net but I have found some awful errors with maps having no relationship to reality. One site which offers excellent UK maps is streetmap.co.uk
Photography is also art and you can view and purchase many
fine photographs from Freephoto.
Detroit Pub Co collection of old photos mostly of the USA.