#AYearOfBuses 31: York – Easingwold – Helmsley

31X

That’s it! 31 January. That’s one whole month of #AYearOfBuses. And today, we’re heading into deepest rural North Yorkshire for a proper treat. Run by Transdev’s York-based subsidiary, York & Country, the 31X heads north out of the historic city of York, out towards some of the most historic and beautiful landscapes to be found anywhere […]

#AYearOfBuses 30: Cardiff – Newport

Newport bus

We’re almost one month down on #AYearOfBuses, and today, we’re headed to the Welsh capital, Cardiff. Cardiff Bus and Newport Bus, both council-owned municipal operators, jointly run the 30, which links the two Welsh cities. The 30 holds the title of being the last such jointly-run route by two municipal operators in Britain. Running in […]

Increasing customer confidence in buses with live tracking

Passenger Splash

Since its launch, our RTI service Live Buses has proven to be a huge success for Reading Buses, Yellow Buses and Blackpool Transport. With more deployments to come in 2019, we thought it would be useful to provide a little more insight into what Live Buses does and how it can inspire confidence in the […]

#AYearOfBuses29: The Regency Route

Regency

Connecting two Regency towns in the south of England, Brighton & Hove’s Regency Route is our pick for day 29 on #AYearOfBuses. Wearing a striking purple and gold livery, double deckers run every 30 mins on the original Regency Route, the 29, between Brighton and Tunbridge Wells, and every 10 mins as route 28 to […]

#AYearOfBuses 28: X28 Machynlleth – Aberystwyth

X28

Day 28 on #AYearOfBuses takes us to mid-Wales for the first time, for Lloyds’ Coaches Cambrian Coastliner. Lloyd’s X28 runs from Machynlleth to Aberystwyth, linking the two Welsh towns with a journey time of around one hour. The small, family-run independent firm uses two high-spec ADL Enviro 400s on the route, offering fantastic views of […]

In pictures: every single HST livery, ever

Intercity swallow

Sir Kenneth Grange’s masterpiece, the Intercity 125 High Speed Train, is now in its twilight years. It looks like the end is nigh for the British Class 43 ‘Intercity 125’ HST, with their replacements, the Hitachi SuperExpress ‘IEP’, now entering service in droves. Built between 1975 and 1982, the Intercity 125 ‘HST’ trains are officially […]

Take a ride on Great Northern’s Class 717 preview train

Class 717

GTR Great Northern’s rather ghostly-looking Class 717 EMUs are now hitting the rails. 25 six-car units are being built, and they’ve now started to enter limited service, running out of London’s Moorgate station. Youtuber citytransportinfo uploaded this video, exploring one of the new Class 717 trains during a ride between Moorgate and Gordon Hill stations […]

#AYearOfBuses 27: X27 Bathgate – Edinburgh

Lothian X27

We’re heading to Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh, for day 27 on #AYearOfBuses – it’s Lothian Country’s X27.  Introduced in August 2018, Lothian Country’s X27 (and its sister, the X28) marked further expansion of the Edinburgh city operator into West Lothian, putting the operator squarely in competition with First. Lothian resurrected the Lothian Country brand in 2017 […]

#AYearOfBuses 26: X26 Heathrow Central – West Croydon

X26

Day 26 on #AYearOfBuses takes us back to the capital, for London’s longest bus route. At a distance of almost 24 miles, the X26 has the honour of being crowned London’s longest bus route. On its way from Heathrow to West Croydon, it takes in suburbs of south London including Teddington (home of the world […]

Passenger customer story: Nottingham City Transport

NCT

Nottingham City Transport discusses the phenomenal year in which it launched 53 biogas buses and won multiple awards, and reveals how the expertise and dedication of Passenger helped the municipally owned team modernise a service with a 140-year heritage. At the time of writing this story, Nottingham City Transport (NCT) was closing out what had […]

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