#AYearOfBuses 212: MAX Newcastle – Middlesbrough
Ten days after our last Arriva MAX route featured, we’re taking a look at another! It’s MAX X12, linking Newcastle with Middlesbrough. Launched in 2015, Arriva’s Max X15 runs from Newcastle’s Eldon Square bus station, through nearby Gateshead, and then down to Chester-le-Street, Durham, Stockton and Middlesbrough. Along the way, MAX X12 stops in Sedgefield, […]
#AYearOfBuses 211: Hammersmith – Waterloo
Today on #AYearOfBuses, we’re bringing you some hardcore bus pornography courtesy of Travel London. London’s route 211 links the rather well-to-do areas of Hammersmith, Fulham and Sloane Square with Victoria, Westminster and Waterloo. It began life in 1993 with a batch of Plaxton Pointer-bodied Dennis Darts, which were replaced in 1998 by a batch of […]
#AYearOfBuses 210: North Walsham – Norwich
It’s the second scenic route we’ve featured from Norfolk-based independent, Sanders Coaches today on #AYearOfBuses – it’s day 210. Sanders route 210 takes the ‘scenic’ route – in both senses of the word – between Norwich, Swanton Abbott and North Walsham. There’s a faster, more direct route, the 55/X55 (also ran by Sanders), but the […]
Borders Buses make tracking their buses “as easy as ordering pizza”
Recent research conducted by Transport Focus got to the crux of the issues young people face when using the bus, and what factors deter them from bus travel in favour of other modes of transport. A young person quoted in the study said: “The best solution would be to have the electrical signs or an online […]
#AYearOfBuses 209: Gold S9 Wantage – Oxford
It’s been quite a while since we featured one of Stagecoach’s Gold routes here on #AYearOfBuses, so today, we’re fixing that with Oxford’s Gold S9. Stagecoach in Oxfordshire’s Gold S9 links Oxford with the historic market town of Wantage, birthplace of King Alfred the Great in 849. It’s one of an unusually high number of Gold-spec routes […]
#AYearOfBuses 208: Lewisham – Orpington
Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is – or was – a London bus route with a difference! Go-Ahead London General’s 208 began life in 1982, in the hands of a fleet of crew-operated AEC Routemasters replacing part of the discontinued route 94. The RMs were replaced two years later by crew-operated Leyland Titans, before it was […]
#AYearOfBuses 207: Greenline London – Legoland Windsor
Using a little more poetic licence, today is day 207 on #AYearOfBuses – so we’re taking a look at Greenline 702. Greenline 702 is one of the last bastions of the once-extensive Greenline network of express bus routes into London. Up until recently it was ran by First Beeline, until they pulled out (and indeed, […]
#AYearOfBuses 206: 602 Hatfield – Watford
Today’s day 206 on #AYearOfBuses – so what better day to take a look at Uno’s route 602? Uno’s 602 links the Hertfordshire town of Hatfield with St Albans, London Colney, Radlett and Watford. It’s one of Uno’s growing network of routes centered on Hatfield which probe into north London, offering connections at Bushey and […]
#AYearOfBuses 205: Paddington – Bow Church
Stagecoach London’s route 205 is today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses. The 205 came to life in 2002, replacing the former StationLink 1 route, an accessible route for those with disabilities previously operated by National Bus Company-owned Beeline. The 205 replaced SL1 as part of a package of improvements ahead of the introduction of London’s congestion charge. […]
#AYearOfBuses 204: Harrogate Electrics Pateley Bridge – Harrogate
Time for something a little different! Today’s day 204 on #AYearOfBuses, and if you take the ‘0’ from 204, you’re left with…24. We didn’t get the chance to feature The Harrogate Bus Company’s 24 on day 24 of #AYearOfBuses, but it’s a route that deserves its place here on our list. Silent and scenic in […]