Buses Outside London
Most London double-deck buses have a separate entrance and exit.
This means that those leaving the bus, don’t get in the way of those getting in. It also makes it a lot easier for wheelchair access and those with children in buggies. I don’t travel on buses outside London very often, but find negotiating the obstacle course of suitcases and buggies to get to the front door somewhat tiresome. In Cambridge for example, I will walk if I can, rather than use the bus.
So if a double xit bus is so much better and as I think speeds up public transport, why do so many buses not have a centre exit.
Single Entrance/Edit Bus in Leeds
Here’s a bus from Leeds yesterday.
I suppose it’s all down to costs!
Walking Around Leeds
I took these pictures as I walked round the city before the match.
There was also a very comprehensive Henry Moore exhibition in the Art Gallery, which I wished I’d been able to explore fully.
A Day in Leeds
Yesterday, I went to Leeds to see Ipswich play at Elland Road. I took the train from King’s Cross at 8:10 and arrived in the city on time just after 10:30, three cups of free coffee later.
In my view Leeds is a much superior city to Manchester, as like Liverpool, it is fairly compact and you can get most places on foot from the train station.
The station now has improved and is now near to what I would call a destination station.
The last time I came, the roof was going up and now it is complete.
The New Roof at Leeds Station
Is this roof the only complete modern station covering to match the great Victorian structures at St. Pancras, King’s Cross, Raddington and Lime Street in Liverpool?
I met an old Metier colleague and her daughter in the city and after lunch, we went to the ground to see the match.
Leeds United have a reputaion for being unwelcoming, but this was the firast away seating that had a proper Welcome Sign.
Welcome Sign at Elland Road
It should also be said that they were very accommodating in adjusting the tickets, so that I could sit with my friends.
The match wasn’t the most exciting but Town deserved their point and it was good to see Kieron Dyer in an Ipswich shirt again.
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