How early should you get to the bus stop?
What a timetable time actually means, and how much margin to leave at different kinds of stop.
Journey planning
Working out which bus to catch, when to leave, and what to do when a journey needs more than one bus.
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Finding your nearest bus stop in an unfamiliar place
How to find the right stop when you do not know the area, and how to be sure it goes your way.
Planning a journey that needs two buses
How to build a connection that survives a late first bus, and what to check at each end.
How to check the last bus home
The checks worth doing before you rely on a late bus, and the mistakes that strand people.
Checking bus times when you have no mobile signal
What still works offline, what does not, and what to note down before you lose reception.
What to do when your bus doesn't turn up
How to tell whether a bus is late, cancelled or already gone, and what to do next.
What the destination on the front of the bus is telling you
Short workings, via points and why the display may not match the timetable you looked up.
How to get from Durham to Newcastle by bus
Which buses run between Durham and Newcastle, how long the journey takes, and where to catch them — including the night bus.