#AYearOfBuses 91: the nines Derby – Mansfield
It’s another route with a quirky numbering scheme courtesy of Trent Barton for today on #AYearOfBuses – welcome to the nines. Trent Barton invested £2.5m in a fleet of new, British-built Alexander Dennis Enviro200MMCs for the Mickleover and nines routes in 2017. Numbered 9.1 and 9.3, the nines link Derby and Mansfield, with Ripley, Alfreton […]
#AYearOfBuses 1: m1 Poole – Bournemouth – Castlepoint
To be honest, there are no shortage of routes with the number 1 around the UK – most of our towns’ and cities’ bus networks start with 1, and there are plenty of interurban routes sharing the number too. But there’s one particular ‘1’ which quite simply stands miles apart from the crowd. Morebus m1 […]
5 crazy inventions from the bus industry which didn’t quite catch on
The bus industry has come up with some of the craziest inventions the world has ever seen. There’s no doubt about it. It’s an industry leading the way in vehicle design and innovation, but wow, the bus industry has come up with some absolute clangers over the years. We set out to catalogue some of […]