#AYearOfBuses 73: Stoke Newington – Oxford Circus
Day 73 on #AYearOfBuses brings with it a look at a route which was once described by the Daily Telegraph as one of the best routes for ‘sightseeing on a shoestring’! TfL’s route 73 – having been recently shortened (again) – now runs between Stoke Newington and Oxford Circus in the heart of London’s West […]
LNER has announced the date its Azuma trains will launch on the ECML
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has announced its new Azuma trains will launch on Wednesday 15 May. The trains have been through rigorous testing with engineers and technical staff from Hitachi Rail, Network Rail and the Department for Transport to ensure they will meet the high standards LNER sets for outstanding customer service. LNER Managing […]
#AYearOfBuses 72: Hyperlink Leeds – Bradford
Before Elon Musk’s Hyperloop, there was Hyperlink – First’s attempt to create a rapid transit corridor between Leeds and Bradford. It’s day 72 on #AYearOfBuses. Now sadly dead and buried, Hyperlink launched between Leeds and Bradford in 2012 and was seen as a bus rapid transit-based replacement for the cancelled Leeds Supertram project – and for accommodating […]
#AYearOfBuses 71: Bower Ashton – Frenchay
It’s back to Bristol for day 71 on #AYearOfBuses to take a look at the bus linking two of the city’s biggest university campuses with the city centre. First’s 71 runs every 7-8 mins (alongside its sister route, the 70) between UWE’s Bower Ashton Campus in the south west of the city, through the city […]
#AYearOfBuses 70: Coastliner 700 Brighton – Portsmouth
Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is a real treat – we’re taking a look at Stagecoach’s Coastliner 700 on the South Coast. Stagecoach South runs a collection of routes under the Coastliner 700 brand on the South Coast, forming a network snaking from Brighton to Worthing, Littlehampton, Wick, Bognor and Portsmouth. Buses run up to every […]
#AYearOfBuses 69: Walthamstow Central – Canning Town
It’s day 69 on #AYearOfBuses, and today, courtesy of regular photo contributor Mark Lyons, we’re taking a look at another of TfL’s routes in the Capital. Tower Transit have three of these Alexander Dennis Enviro400VE double deckers for route 69, which were funded as part of the European Union’s Zero Emission Urban Bus System (ZeEUS). […]
#AYearOfBuses 68: Preston – Blackpool
Day 68 on #AYearOfBuses takes us back to Blackpool, for the second of Stagecoach’s routes connecting Preston with the seaside. Stagecoach Merseyside, Cheshire and South Lancashire now run the 68, which runs as part of a small network centred on the North West seaside resort of Blackpool. A former Ribble route, the 68 runs 7 […]
#AYearOfBuses 67: Manchester – Cadishead
Long-established First Manchester route 67 is today’s entry on #AYearOfBuses – and it’s another route which has seen some interesting changes over the years! The 67 takes the good folk of Cadishead, one of Salford’s outlying suburbs, into Shudehill bus station in the heart of Manchester. It loosely follows the route of the Manchester Ship […]
#AYearOfBuses 66: Superoute 66 Ipswich – Martlesham Heath
It’s day 66 on #AYearOfBuses, and today, we’re taking a look at Superoute 66 – Britain’s first ‘serious’ guided busway. Ipswich’s Superoute 66 (or just plain old ’66’, as it’s now known), was the first kerb-guided busway to open in the UK, if you don’t count Birmingham’s now-closed Tracline experiment. Opened in January 1995, Ipswich’s […]
#AYearOfBuses 65: Ealing Broadway – Chessington
We haven’t featured a London route for quite a while on #AYearOfBuses, so for day 65, we’re checking out another of the city’s long-established routes. London’s route 65 has been around for a while – since 1934, in fact. It’s changed very little in that time, taking people from Surrey and the outskirts of London […]