Whats everyones view on a Blog facebook page?
Thinking about doing one for people to post questions/comments/spots etc… Wondering if it would work better than a forum
Thoughts please people!!
Whats everyones view on a Blog facebook page?
Thinking about doing one for people to post questions/comments/spots etc… Wondering if it would work better than a forum
Thoughts please people!!
The first Arriva Branding at MK started today on Route 5/5A




Changes to Arriva Milton Keynes bus services from 23rd October 2011
Service 1
Some Off Peak journeys to and from Lavendon will not serve Emberton and will use Drift Way in Olney. Some journeys will now terminate at Olney. Revised Timetable
Service 3
Sunday journeys will use Standing way between Kingston Centre and Monkston and will not serve Grove Way/Open University. Revised Timetable
Service 4
Journeys at School Opening & Closing times will divert from Two Mile Ash, Using Great Monks Street between TMA and Hodge Lea, and also Divert via Field Lane, Greenleys. Revised Timetable
Service 5/5A
Services will now Terminate at Wolverton Agora. It will no longer be possible to transfer between services, eg. New Bradwell to Stony Stratford. Through fares will also no longer be available. No change to Timetable.
Service 2
Arriva will now be operating the full Westcroft – Newport Pagnell route on Sundays, With extension to Renny Lodge. Revised Timetable
Service 7
Arriva will now be operating the full Wolverton – Bletchley route on Sundays, Revised Timetable
It’s been a rather odd sort of day today.
It’s not every day you are asked to drive a film crew around town in a bus.
The gadget show came to MK to test Noise Cancelling Headphones, and what better was to do it than on a noisy bus!
The day was spent driving round the City Centre while they filmed various bits, Which even included a guy playing the bagpipes.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA70B-BGRHg
Never did I imagine one day that I’d be driving round in a bus with a man playing the bagpipes at full volume!!
Been a great day!
I’ve started to notice that I’m getting more and more visitors looking for timetables for buses in Milton Keynes, Even though the MK Council and Arriva sites have them all available and rank much higher on google when searching.
At the moment, I just copy over the MKC page and link to that, I’m starting to wonder if it would be in my interest to tap into this generated traffic, Which then may in turn be worth a few quid with an advert or two. (I’m not talking about plastering the site with banner ads, and I certainly didn’t create this blog to make money, But something that covers the cost of hosting wouldn’t be too bad.)
This blog has always been about me and my job with a bit of Public Transport information thrown in alongside, I’ve toyed with the idea of creating a blog within a blog for the Information section, But don’t think I would have the time to keep it fresh and upto date.
Is there anyone out there that is ofay with WordPress that would be interested in helping with that side of things? Someone that could put up bus news etc? Nothing confirmed yet, Just thinking out aloud really but would be interesting to see if there is any interest.
hummmmmmmmm………
Development of Station square started on Monday and will are buses moved out onto Elder Gate until next March.
More details at http://www.Milton-Keynes.gov.uk/station-square
Personally, I’m not sure how this layout is going to work as there doesn’t seem to be any layover space for buses on stand, Unless a couple of the extra stops are setup as stands instead…
This is the current view, Lets see what it looks like in March 2012
The Foo Fighters play Milton Keynes Bowl this Saturday (2nd July). If you are coming by public transport, Then you need to know that Thames Valley Police do not allow any buses to drop off at the Bowl itself. Buses and coaches are normally directed to the Old Bus Station, Oppisite the Central Rail Station. You then need to walk along Cycle route 51 to the bowl, It is well signposted, and usually heavily supervised along its entire route.

Route 51 Highlighted in Red
If you are arriving by National Express coach, You will most likely be dropped off at Milton Keynes Coachway. From here you can catch the Service 300 to the Central Rail Station, But please remember the last bus back in the evening is 2258, and that the bus will obviously only have a limited amount of space.
If you are travelling by Rail, Walking Route 51 starts right outside the station. Turn right as soon as you exit the station, Walk untill you get to the end of the building and turn right onto the footbridge across the railway line, Then follow the Route 51 signs from there. When returning at the end of the concert, London Midland normally operate a queuing system outside the station. Please bear in mind that the last “all stations” train is at 2311, and the last “fast” train to London is at 2346. The train company have been known at the last minute to provide extra services, But nothing is currently available on their website.