<![CDATA[Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them]]>Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them

1. Civic Center, San Francisco to MacArthur, Oakland

Fun fact: BART uses the broad gauge, same as Indian Railways (another train system I know super well)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway

EDIT: adding prices as a record. This was $4.80

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/6294cc65-593a-48c2-b4e3-fbaa1f753d53/taking-a-series-of-trains-buses-and-fun-facts-about-themRSS for NodeWed, 15 Apr 2026 04:48:24 GMTTue, 24 Mar 2026 14:24:30 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:20:43 GMT]]>@skinnylatte can u lie tho? 😀

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RonJeffries/statuses/116381322022300043https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RonJeffries/statuses/116381322022300043Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:20:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:41:52 GMT]]>@skinnylatte yes love a big bus and wow I may have taken that line once or twice long ago. I miss London.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glammr.us/users/buxuyaojieguo/statuses/116380697423360136https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glammr.us/users/buxuyaojieguo/statuses/116380697423360136Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:41:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:27:15 GMT]]>@MedeaVanamonde @skinnylatte Baby got efficient public transit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116380639930184055https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116380639930184055Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:27:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:20:20 GMT]]>@skinnylatte and you cannot lie?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/MedeaVanamonde/statuses/116380612705541838https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/MedeaVanamonde/statuses/116380612705541838Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:20:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:18:53 GMT]]>@skinnylatte did you see the Toot Bus yet?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/internetsdairy/statuses/116380607026245907https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/internetsdairy/statuses/116380607026245907Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:18:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:10:41 GMT]]>@skinnylatte double decker buses are so much fun! Definitely a highlight of any London trip!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/wylan/statuses/116380574798379865https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/wylan/statuses/116380574798379865Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:10:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:10:40 GMT]]>@skinnylatte And it's a hybrid!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/djtoebeans/statuses/116380574689617394https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/djtoebeans/statuses/116380574689617394Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:10:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:08:15 GMT]]>I like big buses

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116380565178782550https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116380565178782550Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:08:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:49:18 GMT]]>@skinnylatte It can be a hit of miss. I once took the bus from Oxford Circus to Walthamstow for pleasure and it took me 1.5 hours NOT to get there because I walked the last mile (bus stopped and waited to even out the time table for the third time).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://queer.cool/users/ohjames/statuses/116378839179817779https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://queer.cool/users/ohjames/statuses/116378839179817779Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:49:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:40:58 GMT]]>@skinnylatte Welcome! *waves from south of the river*

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/phronetic/statuses/116376211174805854https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/phronetic/statuses/116376211174805854Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:40:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:31:44 GMT]]>@mario @skinnylatte Singapore’s MRT is also mostly very deep underground, at least around the more central parts; it often took us ages to get down to the platform from ground level and back up the other end. (Especially as we had the kids with us.) So we reached the same conclusion about buses being more efficient for shorter distances. (3-4 MRT stops)
In London, it’s more of a mixed bag; the older cut-and-cover lines are super quick to hop on and off.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/pmdj/statuses/116376174895896030https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/pmdj/statuses/116376174895896030Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:31:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:24 GMT]]>@staticnz @timrichards @skinnylatte the depot is fantastic and well worth the trip out. I was lucky enough to visit a couple of times circa 2009. So good.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/paulmison/statuses/116376051710881087https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/paulmison/statuses/116376051710881087Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:54:48 GMT]]>@skinnylatte when I lived in London I would always tell visitors to use the buses, rather than the tube. It's the only way to connect the city, if you just teleport from tube station to tube station London ends up incomprehensible and fragmented.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.paperposts.me/ap/users/116121234503131534/statuses/116376029666744587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.paperposts.me/ap/users/116121234503131534/statuses/116376029666744587Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:54:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:32:23 GMT]]>@skinnylatte I agree up to a point, especially for shorter distances. Long journeys are far faster by tube though.

And I agree about Singapore, I naturally tend to gravitate towards metro/undergound, but in Singapore I realised there are lots of places that are actually quicker and easier to get to by bus (it probably helped that there was a bus stop right outside the place we stayed at 😁).

And Singapore buses have AC, which London ones are mostly lacking...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neko.cat/users/mario/statuses/116375469685643712https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neko.cat/users/mario/statuses/116375469685643712Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:32:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:32:10 GMT]]>@skinnylatte https://media.tenor.com/pY3bfJN0JZUAAAAM/demolition-man-three-seashells.gif

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toolsforthought.social/users/billseitz/statuses/116375468785023104https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toolsforthought.social/users/billseitz/statuses/116375468785023104Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:32:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:30:35 GMT]]>@skinnylatte https://media.tenor.com/-Fgm8qfZ19oAAAAM/windex-big-fat-greek-wedding.gif

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toolsforthought.social/users/billseitz/statuses/116375462570101314https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toolsforthought.social/users/billseitz/statuses/116375462570101314Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:30:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:29:57 GMT]]>@skinnylatte a growing number of our busses are electric, too, which has been a huge quality-of-life improvement.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/torgo/statuses/116375460117344866https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/torgo/statuses/116375460117344866Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:29:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:25:47 GMT]]>I really like cities that are best by bus. I love the Tube, but London buses are very familiar to me (mostly coz we’ve got similar buses and bus routes in Singapore / Hong Kong). For local travel I prefer buses, most places.

Buses don’t have to suck (they’re so good in places where they’re good!)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116375443695480545https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116375443695480545Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:25:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:35:42 GMT]]>@timrichards @skinnylatte plus you’ve perfectly timed your visit for the infrequent depot open days https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/depot-open-days/icons-london

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/staticnz/statuses/116374538989837435https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/staticnz/statuses/116374538989837435Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:35:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:34:18 GMT]]>@skinnylatte one of my fav things about living here now - trains everywhere 😃

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/staticnz/statuses/116374533491888862https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/staticnz/statuses/116374533491888862Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:34:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:20:15 GMT]]>@skinnylatte brings back memories of living in Brighton and travelling on those trains 🙂 Hope you enjoy your trip 🦊 🦡

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/badgermind/statuses/116374478201793352https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/badgermind/statuses/116374478201793352Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:20:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:35:17 GMT]]>@RolloTreadway
Awesome! I remember a lot of chatter about it but wasn't aware that anything actually happened.
@skinnylatte

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scholar.social/users/mplouffe/statuses/116374065462107647https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scholar.social/users/mplouffe/statuses/116374065462107647Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:35:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:30:19 GMT]]>@skinnylatte I've given up on trying to understand trains and the different operators in the UK 🙈

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115697810479916296/statuses/116374045934266992https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115697810479916296/statuses/116374045934266992Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:30:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:14:45 GMT]]>@mplouffe @skinnylatte It will be. The law was passed in the autumn of 2024. It'll just take until September next year for all the existing private contracts to expire.

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