#AYearOfBuses 35: Bulwell – Nottingham
Day 35 takes us to Nottingham for a route steeped in history – and one of Nottingham City Transport’s longest routes. Orange Line 35 passes through or near no less than 12 of Nottingham’s Domesday communities, the site of a Roman Fort, and the world’s first known railway, built in 1603-4 to carry coal from Strelley […]
#AYearOfBuses 34: Leigh – Manchester
We’re heading to Manchester for day 34 on #AYearOfBuses to check in on an interesting battle between regular and guided buses. The 34 and X34 is a long-standing route connecting Manchester with Salford and Leigh, in the borough of Wigan. Over the years, it’s been run by a number of operators, including both First and […]
#AYearOfBuses 33: m3 Emersons Green – Bristol
Day 33 on #AYearOfBuses takes us to Bristol, and to the first route to open on the city’s new rapid transit network, Metrobus. Metrobus m3 was the first of three routes to begin running on the new, high-quality rapid bus operation in Bristol. Using a fleet of bespoke branded Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMCs, the route runs […]
#AYearOfBuses 32: 432 Liverpool – New Brighton
Welcome to February! For day 32 on #AYearOfBuses, we’re going underground. Arriva Merseyside’s route 432 links New Brighton on the Wirral peninsula with Liverpool, through the Wallasey Tunnel under the River Mersey. It’s home to a batch of ‘crossriver’ branded Volvo B5LHs with lowheight Wright double-decker bodywork, for maximum capacity whilst simultaneously avoiding becoming wedged in […]