WHILE other little boys enjoy climbing trees and watching cartoons, five-year- old Aidan George is never happier than when he is poring over bus and train timetables.

Drawing on his near encyclopaedic knowledge, the pint-sized enthusiast from Portswood, Southampton, can tell passengers where different vehicles go and the quickest route home.

His love of public transport started at the age of four with Thomas the Tank Engine and grew as he started to point out buses to his mum and say where they were going.

When the Daily Echo put him to the test, the Portswood Primary School pupil was able to reel off a raft of route information.

On hearing about Aidan’s obsession from his mum Liz, bus giant Bluestar treated the youngster to a tour of their Eastleigh headquarters so he could see where the magic happened and sit in the driver’s seat.