In article ,
Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at
12:25:23 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. I gave it a trip to Stevenage this coming Friday, arriving at
20:00. It offered two journeys by train and two (really one) by air.
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!).

Sam