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First Digbeth cashpoint update: we’ll be waiting a while longer

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | 3 Comments

Back in December, Carl contacted National Express to see if a much-needed cashpoint would be installed in the new Birmingham Coach Station.  They answered that ‘there are plans for a cash machine to go in early 2010′, which made Digbeth … Continue reading →

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NYE Express #14: The ticket machines

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

The ticket machines are not cash machines – the coach station does not have those yet.  Unfortunately they look a lot like cash machines, which meant throughout the night revelers would run towards them like they were the holy grail, … Continue reading →

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NYE Express #13: Kurt

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

I got chatting to Kurt shortly before midnight about his book – it’s great to meet another Stephanie Meyer fan.  Seventeen year-old Kurt was on a mammoth train journey from Banbury to see his girlfriend in the Isle of Man, … Continue reading →

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NYE Express #12: Mark

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Mark a.k.a @cybrum, popped by the coach station quite early in the evening to keep me company before getting a Chinese takeaway on his way home. Mark lives in Smethwick and is a regular user of National Express its recent … Continue reading →

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NYE Express #11: Spider

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | 1 Comment

This is Spider.  Spider arrived at the coach station shortly after midnight looking to get a coach back to Coventry after dancing the night away at a Ska gig in Birmingham.  Unfortunately the coach driver felt he’d had a little … Continue reading →

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NYE Express #10: The ten past midnight arrival

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Here are some of the passengers who were in transit at the stroke of midnight, and arrived at the coach station ten minutes later to be welcomed by myself and Karen Strunks wishing them a Happy New Year.  I think … Continue reading →

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Getgood Link: Spending New Year at Birmingham’s shiny new Coach Station in Digbeth « Tourist Vs Traveller

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Spending New Year at Birmingham’s shiny new Coach Station in Digbeth « Tourist Vs Traveller – Fiona Cullinan joining the New Year ‘bus crew’ (as she calls it) has resulted in a nice little guide to all the delights Digbeth … Continue reading →

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NYE Express #9: Frank the Driver

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

This is Frank the National Express coach driver.  And this is the 9pm coach he drove to Stafford.

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NYE Express #8: Tomasz the Polish Breakdancer

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | 2 Comments

Tomasz is a Polish breakdancer originally from Warsaw, who was on his way back home to Richmond, London on the 3am coach.  I think he was traveling home after spending the festive season with his mother in Manchester and needed … Continue reading →

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NYE Express #7: Clubbing

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

A lot of people going through the coach station were on their way to or from a night of clubbing in the New Year.  These four had traveled by coach all the way from Essex to go to Gatecrasher.  They … Continue reading →

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