Data Accuracy

The site administration team at trainbasher.com attempts to ensure data such as current operator (located in the categories), date of the latest photograph (located on the post date), any location, past operators, depot allocations or similar (located in the taxonomy section) is correct at the date of posting.

However, we cannot guarantee that this data is accurate as we are dependent on numerous sources.

Our sources are as follows:

  • BusView for historical and current vehicle information including past and previous VRM and operator data
  • Facebook comments plugin for information from fellow enthusiasts on information about vehicles.
  • Flickr.com for current locations of some vehicles.
  • Ukbuses.co.uk for some vehicle/operator information including past and previous VRM and current operator data,.
  • Bustimes.org for some vehicle/operator information including past and previous VRM and current operator data, livery icons and title backgrounds, as well as details of where independent operators are based depending on the NUTS statistical regions of the United Kingdom.

Photographs of buses may not correspond with the current operator which they are categorised in. This is due to the way our system works – we aim to categorise them based on their current operator details provided by our sources. The taxonomy section on each individual post contains past details of where we have photographed them, along with previous operators we have photographed them with.

We plan to add additional functions and information as and when they become on this site.

Some of our information is collected manually with some information collected automatically. with any automated service, we have some limitations that are placed upon us by our data sources. Most of these do not cause an issue but we list the limits that we are constrained by below for your information.

We use systems which are intended as a representation of different buses on an ‘after the fact’ basis. We are wholly reliant on manual input on the above listed sources, and therefore are unable to provide guarantees on the information provided. All content on this site is provided in good faith.

If you have any questions about data accuracy on this site, please email data@trainbasher.com