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Tom Sharman's avatar

I enjoyed reading your piece Jess. But I did wonder how much of what you describe about transport is more village vs city than north vs south? Studham in Bedfordshire (I'd never previously heard of it either) features on Country Living's 'UK's 48 'poshest' villages to live in': https://www.countryliving.com/uk/homes-interiors/property/a42472447/poshest-villages-uk/ And it's about 35 miles from London's Leicester Square (which I've arbitrarily chosen as a destination). According to Google Maps the quickest you can expect to make the journey on public transport is 1 hour 43 minutes. And that involves 2 buses, 1 train, and 1 tube. If you're returning to Studham you'd need to leave Leicester Square by 3:23pm, otherwise you're struck for the night. I'd be surprised if there are many teenagers (or indeed adults) making that journey regularly.

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O L O Bunny🐰aka Kevin's avatar

Arlen, I cannot resist telling you about a news report in the May 2025 edition of Buses, which came through my letterbox a few days ago headed ‘West Yorks night bus success’ about First West Yorkshire’s bus route 72, which runs a very successful hourly overnight service between (yes, you have guessed it) Bradford and Leeds, carrying over 4,000 passengers a month.

Visit my favourite website, bustimes.org, to learn more about the route and even see where the buses are on a map and in real time. It may even go near Jess’s old home. I agree with you about Uber. I want to see little Uber ‘buggy’ buses in my part of suburban Nottingham (Beeston) and I suspect they have the potential to serve rural areas just as well, but that’s another story for another day.🐰

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