#AYearOfBuses 314: Russell Square – Putney Heath
It’s day 314 on #AYearOfBuses, so let’s rewind 300 days and take a look at a bus route we didn’t get chance to cover the first time round. London’s bus route 14 can trace its roots all the way back to 1949, when it started running between Hornsey Rise and Putney. Today, the 14 is […]
#AYearOfBuses 313: Stockport – Manchester Airport
Today on #AYearOfBuses, we’re taking a look at one of Manchester Airport’s many bus links to the suburbs of Greater Manchester. Stagecoach’s 313 links the town of Stockport, which lies on the border between Greater Manchester and Cheshire, with Adswood, Cheadle Hulme and Manchester Airport. It’s an extremely important urban bus route, connecting commuters from […]
#AYearOfBuses 312: South Croydon – Norwood Junction
It’s day 312 on #AYearOfBuses, and following on from yesterday, we’re staying in London – but heading a little further south! Arriva London South’s route 312 wears the badge of honour of being London’s first bus route to be operated exclusively by fully-electric buses. Late in 2015, a small fleet of seven single deck Optare […]
#AYearOfBuses 311: Fulham Broadway – Liverpool Street
It’s day 311 on #AYearOfBuses – and there’s no way we could NOT feature one of London’s oldest and most famous bus routes in our list. Starting its life in 1906 courtesy of the London General Omnibus Company, the 11 – though it’s chopped and changed a few times since then – is one of […]
#AYearOfBuses 310: Folkestone – Ashford
Once more on #AYearOfBuses, we’re heading back to East Kent – we’re taking a look at Stagecoach’s route 10. Criss-crossing its way across Kent, the 10 runs from the coastal town of Folkestone, famous for its shipping port and harbour, to Hythe and Ashford. It’s a particularly scenic route for this part of the world, […]
#AYearOfBuses 309: Balmaha – Alexandria or Bonhill
We’re taking a trip through some of Scotland’s most beautiful scenery today on #AYearOfBuses – day 309 takes us to the eastern shore of Loch Lomond. Run by the tiny Scottish independent, Garelochhead Coaches of Helensburgh, the 309 is an extremely picturesque route skirting the shores of Loch Lomond. It runs from the single road […]
#AYearOfBuses 308: Newcastle – Blyth
It’s day 308 on #AYearOfBuses, and that’s the perfect opportunity for us to take a look at one of the North East’s most scenic bus routes. Previously branded as the North East’s ‘Coastliner’, the 308 takes a picturesque adventure up the east coast, from Newcastle city centre to the coastal town of Whitley Bay, and […]
#AYearOfBuses 307: Greenline Bracknell – Heathrow T5
Exactly 100 days ago, we featured Greenline 702 on #AYearOfBuses – now, it’s time to take a look at the second of Reading’s express routes. Greenline 703 is the younger sister of Reading Buses’ Greenline 702, running between Bracknell, Legoland Windsor, Slough and London Heathrow’s Terminal 5. Greenline 703 replaced part of the 702 to […]
#AYearOfBuses 306: Watford – Borehamwood
It’s day 306 on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re heading to the country – London Country, in fact! Sullivan Buses recently acquired five Alexander Dennis Enviro200s, new to Go-Ahead London, and has painted four of them in a green livery modelled on London Transport’s ‘Country’ colour scheme for route 306, which it runs from Watford to Bushey, […]
#AYearOfBuses 305: 503 Huddersfield – Halifax
It’s been a while since we featured a First route on #AYearOfBuses – so today, we’re taking a look at West Yorkshire’s 503. The 503, alongside sister route the 501, come together every 10 mins to create a vital bus route linking the minster town of Halifax with nearby Huddersfield. Once part of West Yorkshire’s […]