In message , at
15:36:22 on Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Sam Wilson remarked:

The planner only recognises places served by trains (including LUL) and
long distance coaches, and mainly suggests travel only by these modes.

Not quite - if you travel from Edinburgh it starts at the bus station
even when the whole of the journey is by train.

Is the bus station (and hence Edinburgh) served by long distance
coaches? If so it meets my description.

Yes, but that's not the point.

Although most towns I looked at had a *choice* of Bus or Train station
(where both existed).

If you just give "edinburgh" as a starting point it chooses the bus
station.

Not really. It gives you a pick list of many places in Edinburgh, but
the bus station is just the first on the list.

This is the same as my #4 complaint: "Entering London gives London
Bridge (and a drop-down list of other places in London)". What it really
needs is the most generic "middle of $city" at the top of the pick list.

In all cases the journeys started with a walk from the bus station to
Waverley station or to Waverley Bridge where the airport buses run from
(no, they don't run from the bus station!).

It's expecting you to use the drop-down list for those starting points.
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Roland Perry