#AYearOfBuses 253: Hackney Central – Euston
Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is a London bus route with a difference – it has a song named after it! Arriva’s route 253 links Hackney Central, in east London, with Clapton, Finsbury Park, Camden Town and Euston. It’s the inspiration behind an album track on Just Jacks’s album, All Night Cinema, named ‘253’. By no […]
#AYearOfBuses 252: Tunbridge Wells – Heathfield
What has to be one of Kent and Sussex’s most spectacular bus routes features today on #AYearOfBuses – Stagecoach’s 252. The 252 runs from the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, to the parishes of Rotherfield, Mayfield, and the small, affluent town of Heathfield in East Sussex. It takes in a series of winding, […]
#AYearOfBuses 251: Platinum Birmingham – Cannock
We haven’t been to Birmingham for a while on #AYearOfBuses! Today, we’re taking a look at a recently-reintroduced link. Platinum is National Express West Midlands’ answer to Stagecoach’s Gold, Arriva’s Sapphire and all the rest of the ‘higher spec than normal’ bus routes designed to tempt commuters from their cars. Platinum X51 was recently introduced, […]
#AYearOfBuses 250: Manchester – Trafford Centre
Manchester’s main public transport link with the Trafford Centre is today’s winner on #AYearofBuses. Since the Trafford Centre opened in 1998, Stagecoach Manchester has run the 250 between the gargantuan shopping centre and Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens. It runs every 5-10 mins, via Old Trafford and the industrial mecca of Trafford Park. In recent years, it’s […]
#AYearOfBuses 249: Clapham Common – Anerley
Today’s day 249 on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re taking a look at a South London Arriva stalwart. The 249 began life in 1991, which believe it or not, is almost 30 years ago now! Initially running 6 days a week between Crystal Palace and Tooting Bec station, it now links Anerley Station, close to Crystal Palace, […]
#AYearOfBuses 248: Gold Coventry, Atherstone & Leicester
It’s another Stagecoach Gold route today on #AYearOfBuses, but it’s one quite unlike any of the others we’ve featured in this series! All of the Gold routes we’ve featured so far have featured a variety of Alexander Dennis-bodied double deckers kitted out with Stagecoach’s high-spec, luxurious interiors. Today’s is a little different – Midlands route […]
#AYearOfBuses 247: indigo 24/7 Nottingham – Derby
It’s been a while since we featured a trentbarton route on #AYearOfBuses – and seeing as today is day 247, we’ve got a treat for you. Indigo 24/7 (see what we did there?) runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week between Nottingham, Beeston and Long Eaton, with daytime and evening journeys continuing to […]
#AYearOfBuses 246: Gold X46 Northampton – Raunds
We haven’t featured one of Stagecoach’s Gold routes for a while on #AYearOfBuses, so today, we’re taking a trip to Northampton! Gold X46 links the market town of Raunds, Northamptonshire, with Rushden, Wellingborough, the Weston Favell shopping centre and the town of Northampton. Stagecoach invested £1.8million in nine Alexander Dennis Enviro400-bodied Scanias for the X46 […]
#AYearOfBuses 245: Altrincham – Trafford Centre
Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses links the Greater Manchester town of Altrincham with one of the UK’s largest indoor shopping centres. Arriva’s route 245 runs from the affluent suburb of Altrincham, in Trafford, Greater Manchester, with Sale, Stretford and the Trafford Centre. Running every 30 mins, it runs roughly parallel with the Metrolink between Altrincham and […]
#AYearOfBuses 244: Great Malvern – Worcester
It’s day 244 on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re taking a trip to The Malverns, in the heart of the Midlands. First Worcester’s 44 links Great Malvern with the cathedral city of Worcester via Malvern Link, using a fleet of branded, high spec Wright Streetdecks with buses running every 15 mins. Branded as ‘The Malverns’, the 44 […]