#AYearOfBuses 78: Seatoller – Keswick
Located at the foot of the winding Honister Pass, stunning, scenic Seatoller is where we’re headed today on #AYearOfBuses. Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire’s 78 has to be one of the UK’s most scenic bus routes. From Keswick, in the heart of the Lakes, the route skirts around the southern tip of Derwent Water, snaking […]
#AYearOfBuses 76: X76 Glasgow – Kilmarnock
Once home to a small fleet of monstrous articulated coaches, we’re shining the spotlight on Stagecoach West Scotland’s X76 today on #AYearOfBuses. Once again, #AYearOfBuses takes us back to Scotland, where today, you’ll find a sparkling fleet of high spec, double decker Plaxton Panorama-bodied coaches running between Glasgow and Kilmarnock. They’re the first of Plaxton’s […]
#AYearOfBuses 74: X74 Glasgow – Dumfries
We’re taking a trip back to Scotland for day 74 on #AYearOfBuses – it’s Stagecoach’s award-winning interurban coach route, the X74. A fleet of ultra high-spec and strikingly-conspicuous Volvo B11RT/Plaxton Elite I coaches runs between Glasgow and Dumfries on the X74, taking a breathtakingly scenic route through western Scotland along the A74(M). They wear a […]
#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 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 64: Winchester – Alton
We’re heading to the city of Winchester for the first time today on #AYearOfBuses – it’s Stagecoach’s recently-upgraded 64. The 64 is Stagecoach South’s main route between Winchester, Alresford and Alton. It links Winchester city centre, Alresford, Ropley, Four Marks & Alton where it connects with South Western Railway services offering connections to London. In 2017, the […]
#AYearOfBuses 61: X61 Blackpool – Manchester – Preston
Today’s entry on #AYearOfBuses marks the sadly now-deceased, long-standing former Ribble route linking the city of Manchester with the seaside resort of Blackpool. Blackpool is the ‘go-to’ British seaside resort of choice for most Mancunians, and ever since the 1950s, the city had enjoyed a bus link with the town. The X61 was undoubtedly the […]
#AYearOfBuses 59: Preston – Blackburn
It’s a tale of two rivals today, as we take a look at Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’s interurban route connecting the city of Preston with Blackburn on #AYearOfBuses. The 59 is one of two main routes connecting the east Lancashire town of Blackburn with Preston, the other being Transdev’s Hotline 152. The 59 takes […]
#AYearOfBuses 57: Exeter – Exmouth
On day 57 of #AYearOfBuses, we’re staying put right here in Exeter! It’s the bigger brother of yesterday’s CONNexIONS 56 – Stagecoach Gold 57, linking Exeter with Exmouth. Only the second Stagecoach Gold route we’ve featured in this series, the 57 is Stagecoach South West’s luxury link between the city of Exeter, and the coastal […]
#AYearOfBuses 56: CONNexIONS Exeter – Exeter Airport
For day 56 on #AYearOfBuses, we’re checking out CONNexIONS, from Stagecoach. Upgraded in 2018, CONNexIONS 56 links Exeter St David’s with the city centre, the East Devon Enterprise Zone, Sky Park and Exeter Airport. Developed as a result of an innovative new partnership alongside East Devon District Council and Devon County Council, CONNexIONS aims to […]