#AYearOfBuses 223: Erskine – Glasgow
We’re 223 days in on #AYearOfBuses and we haven’t yet featured a McGills route! Well today, that’s about to change. McGills route 23, and its sister X23 – the ‘fast one’ – connect Erskine, Inchinnan (where there’s a McGills depot), Renfrew and Braehead with Glasgow city centre. There’s an even faster version too, the XP23, running […]
#AYearOfBuses 222: Hounslow – Uxbridge
We’re sticking with London today on #AYearOfBuses, to take a look at a route which featured some of Britain’s earliest low floor buses. Back in 1994, London Buses procured two batches of Wright Pathfinder bodied low floor buses. 38 were on Dennis Lance chassis and went to Centrewest (which took 14 for route 222), Metroline […]
#AYearOfBuses 221: Edgware – Turnpike Lane
We’re taking a trip back to London today on #AYearOfBuses, to take a look at a popular north London bus route. Introduced in 1961 to replace two trolleybus routes, the 221 is a winding North London bus route linking the busy suburb of Edgware with Mill Hill, North Finchley, Friern Barnet, Wood Green and Turnpike […]
#AYearOfBuses 220: Doncaster – Cortonwood
We’re checking out somewhere new today on #AYearOfBuses – it’s day 220! Stagecoach Yorkshire’s 220 is a particularly interesting route. Connecting Doncaster with Conisbrough, Mexborough, Wath upon Dearne and Cortonwood, it follows a route roughly aligned with the River Don across South Yorkshire. Along the way, you can see Conisbrough Castle, a partially restored medieval […]
#AYearOfBuses 219: Manchester – Stalybridge
Three days ago, we featured one of two routes linking Manchester with Ashton on #AYearOfBuses, and today, we’re taking a look at the second. Stagecoach Manchester’s 219 links Manchester city centre with Openshaw, Guide Bridge and Ashton, running along Ashton Old Road (sister route 216, which we featured a few days ago, runs along Ashton […]
ADL supercharges double deckers with new Enviro400ER
ADL has announced that it is expanding the UK’s widest range of low and zero emission buses with the new Enviro400ER Electric Range hybrid double decker. Developed with BAE Systems, the Enviro400ER offers geofenced zero emission capability, making it an ideal solution for pollution hotspots in towns and cities Based on the series hybrid technology […]
#AYearOfBuses 218: Peak Line Sheffield – Bakewell
We’re staying in Derbyshire today on #AYearOfBuses – there’s another fantastic route which visits Chatsworth House to see. Peak Line 218, from TM Travel, received an upgrade in 2015 whilst the company was undergoing something of a Wellglade-inspired renaissance. It gained a fleet of attractive Wright-bodied Scania L94UBs, specially liveried in a dark blue and […]
#AYearOfBuses 217: Matlock – Chatsworth
It’s day 217 here on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re taking a scenic stroll through the heart of Derbyshire with Yourbus. The 217 is a Derbyshire County Council-contracted route, linking Chatsworth, in the heart of the Peak District, with Darley Dale and Matlock. At the northern end of the 217 is Chatsworth House, the seat of the Duke […]
#AYearOfBuses 216: Manchester – Ashton
Today on #AYearOfBuses, we’re taking a look at one of two core bus routes linking Manchester with the Tameside town of Ashton. Stagecoach Manchester’s 216 links Manchester city centre with Clayton, Droylsden and Ashton-under-Lyne, running along the Ashton New Road out of the city towards Tameside. It’s one of two direct routes (if you discount […]
#AYearOfBuses 215: X15 Newport – Brynmawr
Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses takes a scenic route through south Wales to Wales’ highest town! At 1,250 to 1,500 feet above sea level at the head of the South Wales Valleys, Brynmawr claims to be Wales’ highest town. It was once the site of a huge coal mine, and nearby Blaenavon is now home to […]