Not unless they age their passengers in kilometres

I’ve a Devon and Cornwall railcard and a Family railcard.

I don’t know the discounts but both have paid for themselves several time over  in savings.

Monday was very quiet too,

Was a funny weekend, with Friday and Saturday full loads and Sunday and Monday lots of fresh air transported

Stagecoach Devon was a Sunday service on Friday (and today).

Every service I drove was well loaded (50+ on a double decker) on Friday

Sunday reminded me of being back in lockdown it was so quiet!

I was caught up in this last august, delayed in Milan by 25 hours.

EasyJet paid me all my expenses within 5 working days, but no compensation eligible as it was outside of their control.

Do we know which airline made the faulty flight plan?

I used national express recently. £15 each way. Only about an hour or so longer than the train.

Flixbus available from £2.99.

I regularly pick up flights from Bristol with EasyJet / ryanair for sub £50 return. The falcon coach from Plymouth is quicker than going to Bristol by train and then getting the airport bus back, and less than a third of the price, guaranteed seats. And clean comfortable coaches

I’ve barely used the train in the last 12 months having made 50+ return journeys in the previous year, the train is too expensive, very uncompetitively priced, and very unreliable. The road options yes they sometimes get stuck in traffic, but I’ve never had one cancelled or not turn up

Aren’t they contactless, oyster or travel card only?

The ticket machine has an inspector print out, it prints the last 4 digits of cards that have Been tapped in on that journey.

The only inspector in Cornwall was made redundant shortly after covid, left the business and no replacement since.

Biggest issue for revenue dodging I see on the buses is overriding. Passenger has a town zone ticket and rides far beyond the boundary. And using kids m tickets, as drivers were instructed to trust the passenger when they use a child’s ticket. Some are clearly not of child age

One train an hour last night in each direction suggests there has been someone at the crossings at some times

No these weren’t the scheduled ones. Those are at 0500 Greenslades, and 0530 stagecoach.

Stagecoach supplied a double decker for a 0625am all stations to Exeter and a 0640 non stop to Exeter this morning.
Doesn’t appear to be many other road vehicles although I imagine some might appear once school runs are out of the way.

It’s a bridge connecting farm land either side of the track. Private use by the farmer. He’s clearly allowed it to overgrow from the roots. I’d say demolish and tough luck farmer you should have looked after it

Why is it safe in one direction but not the other?

5. Sounds like it’s come from a car driver who lacks patience. As a bus driver elsewhere a percentage of car drivers seem to have the mentality they must be in front of the bus at any cost. The amount of times I see cars recklessly overtake or obstruct passage along a bus lane by straddling the line is unbelievable
Highway Code 223 stipulates you should give way to buses, coaches and trams, another item many car drivers fail to do.