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We’re up to day 291 on #AYearOfBuses, and once more, we’re off to Go-Ahead territory. More specifically, Metrobus territory. The 291 is one of the...

#AYearOfBuses 290: Deal – Dover

17 Oct 2019

Day 290 on #AYearOfBuses takes us once more to Kent – to the major port of Dover, in fact! Though Stagecoach’s 90 links the former...

#AYearOfBuses 289: Potterspury – Milton Keynes

16 Oct 2019

Previously a Stagecoach route, today on #AYearOfBuses we’re taking a look at Milton Keynes’ 89. Previously a Stagecoach route, though no more. A winding, half-rural,...

#AYearOfBuses 288: Ipswich Reds Ipswich – Stowmarket

15 Oct 2019

Day 288 on #AYearOfBuses takes us to pastures new – we’re heading to Ipswich! First Eastern Counties’ 88 forms part of the Ipswich Reds frequent...

#AYearOfBuses 287: Barking – Rainham

14 Oct 2019

We’re staying in London….East London, in fact, for day 287 on #AYearOfBuses! Stagecoach’s 287 runs form Barking, right on the edge of East London (around...

#AYearOfBuses 286: Stratford – Romford

13 Oct 2019

Day 286 on #AYearOfBuses takes us to London once more, for a look at one of East London’s busiest bus routes. Running roughly parallel with...

#AYearOfBuses 285: Bangor – Llanberis

12 Oct 2019

Time for a change of scenery! We’re taking a trip to Snowdonia for day 285 on #AYearOfBuses. Gwynfor Coaches route 85 is a stunning, scenic...

#AYearOfBuses 284: red4 Bury – Ramsbottom

11 Oct 2019

It’s day 284 on #AYearOfBuses! We’re taking a look at a recently revitalised route from Rosso. Red 4 (previously known as the 484…which is why...

#AYearOfBuses 283: 383 Barnet – Woodside Park

10 Oct 2019

Given that #AYearOfBuses is only running until the end of 2019, there won’t be a day 383 – but we couldn’t leave out Uno’s only...

#AYearOfBuses 282: X82 Eldon Square – Throckley

09 Oct 2019

We’re heading back to Newcastle for day 282 on #AYearOfBuses! Stagecoach’s X82 runs from the city’s Eldon Square bus station to Throckley, where the main...

#AYearOfBuses 281: Hounslow – Tolworth

08 Oct 2019

Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is the holder of a very special award! London United’s 281 runs from Hounslow, in Outer London, heading due south to...

#AYearOfBuses 280: Preston – Skipton

07 Oct 2019

A recently-saved bus route linking Lancashire with North Yorkshire is today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses. Starting at Preston’s brutalist Grade-II listed bus station, the 280, from...

#AYearOfBuses 279: Gunnislake – Okehampton

06 Oct 2019

We’re taking a trip down to Devon for day 279 on #AYearOfBuses, for a look at a scenic summer Sundays-only bus route. After a three...

#AYearOfBuses 278: Ruislip – Heathrow Airport Central

05 Oct 2019

It’s a first for us today on #AYearOfBuses – today’s featured route doesn’t actually exist yet! 6 brand new ‘outer London’ bus routes are coming...

#AYearOfBuses 277: X77 Glasgow – Ayr

04 Oct 2019

It’s another scenic high-spec coach route from Stagecoach West Scotland for day 277 on #AYearOfBuses! Stagecoach’s X77 links the city of Glasgow with Prestwick Airport...

#AYearOfBuses 276: Tottenham Hale – Waterloo

03 Oct 2019

Today’s day 276 on #AYearOfBuses, and our featured bus route is one of the capital’s most famous. The 76 starts its journey from Tottenham Hale,...

#AYearOfBuses 275: Oxford – High Wycombe

02 Oct 2019

Red Roses’ scenic bus route through the Chiltern Hills is today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses! Linking Oxford with Wheatley, Stokenchurch and High Wycombe, the 275 takes...

#AYearOfBuses 274: Angel – Lancaster Gate

01 Oct 2019

We’re heading back to London today – it’s day 274 on #AYearOfBuses! The 274 is a compact, central London bus route which has grown considerably...

#AYearOfBuses 273: Bolton – Rawtenstall

30 Sep 2019

Today on #AYearOfBuses, we’re taking a look at a scenic bus route from Greater Manchester into the heart of Rossendale. Rosso’s route 273 runs once...

#AYearOfBuses 272: Sheffield – Castleton

29 Sep 2019

Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is a scenic bus route across Derbyshire…with a rather tight fit along the way! The 272 runs from Sheffield Hathersage, Bamford,...

#AYearOfBuses 271: Highgate Village – Moorgate

28 Sep 2019

We’re taking another trip to London today on #AYearOfBuses! Changed little since its inception in 1960, London’s route 271 links affluent commuters from Highgate Village...

#AYearOfBuses 270: East Grinstead – Brighton

27 Sep 2019

Go-Ahead’s smartly branded 270 is today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses. Metrobus 270 is an attraction-packed route, running from the town of East Grinstead, in Mid Sussex,...

#AYearOfBuses 269: Winchester – Fareham

26 Sep 2019

What has to be one of Hampshire’s most scenic bus routes is today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses. Stagecoach in Hampshire’s 69 starts its journey in the...

#AYearOfBuses 268: MAX Wakefield – Bradford

25 Sep 2019

It’s day 268 on #AYearOfBuses – and we’re taking a look at another of Arriva’s MAX routes in Yorkshire! MAX 268 is a beast of...

#AYearOfBuses 267: Discover D2 Bath – Frome

24 Sep 2019

Discover Bath, Wiltshire and Somerset with Discover, from First! It’s day 267 on #AYearOfBuses, and Discover D2 is today’s winner. The D2 is part of...

#AYearOfBuses 266: Dalesway Keighley – Skipton

23 Sep 2019

We’re taking a trip back to Yorkshire for the first time in a while here on #AYearOfBuses – proper Yorkshire! Dalesway, from The Keighley Bus...

#AYearOfBuses 265: X65 Lichfield – Tamworth

22 Sep 2019

From Cathedral to Castle…Arriva’s X65 has it all! It’s day 265 on #AYearOfBuses. Arriva Midland’s X65 runs from the cathedral city of Lichfield, nestled in...

#AYearOfBuses 264: Totnes – Exeter

21 Sep 2019

It’s time for a look at a recently-lost bus route today on #AYearOfBuses. Stagecoach’s scenic X64 previously ran all the way from the city of...

#AYearOfBuses 263: Sapphire Manchester – Altrincham

20 Sep 2019

We’re heading back to Manchester today on #AYearOfBuses for a look at another of the city’s core bus routes. Arriva’s 263 is a long-established route...

#AYearOfBuses 262: X62 Melrose – Edinburgh

19 Sep 2019

Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is a bus route with a difference – you can take your bike on board! Borders Buses X62 is the bus...

#AYearOfBuses 261: Goldline Express Belfast – Enniskillen

18 Sep 2019

In only our second venture over to Northern Ireland on #AYearOfBuses, we’re off to the capital to check out one of the city’s Goldine routes....

#AYearOfBuses 260: MAX Aylesbury – Milton Keynes

17 Sep 2019

We’re taking another trip through rural Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire today here on #AYearOfBuses – it’s Arriva’s MAX X60. We featured one of two MAX routes...

#AYearOfBuses 259: X59 Cardiff Gate – Cardiff

16 Sep 2019

We haven’t been to Wales for a while on #AYearOfBuses – so today, we’re headed to Cardiff! Or Cardiff Gate, to be exact. Cardiff Bus’...

#AYearOfBuses 258: X58 Rochdale – Halifax

15 Sep 2019

It’s time for a scenic stroll over the Moors today on #AYearOfBuses! Yorkshire Tiger’s X58 runs from Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, over the Rishworth Moors...

#AYearOfBuses 257: Stratford – Walthamstow Central

14 Sep 2019

We’re taking another trip to London today on #AYearOfBuses! Stagecoach London’s route 257 runs between Stratford, Leytonstone, Whipps Cross, Leyton and Walthamstow Central, with a...

#AYearOfBuses 256: Manchester – Flixton

13 Sep 2019

One of Manchester’s most important bus routes is our winner today on #AYearOfBuses – the 256. Stagecoach Manchester’s 256 runs from Flixton, in Trafford, with...

#AYearOfBuses 255: Hamilton – Glasgow

12 Sep 2019

We’re staying in Scotland for day 255 on #AYearOfBuses – it’s over to Glasgow for a look at First’s 255. First’s 255 is another mammoth...

#AYearOfBuses 254: X54 Dundee – Glenrothes

11 Sep 2019

We haven’t featured a Scottish interurban coach route on #AYearOfBuses for a while, so today, we’re taking a look at the X54. Stagecoach East Scotland’s...

#AYearOfBuses 253: Hackney Central – Euston

10 Sep 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 252: Tunbridge Wells – Heathfield

09 Sep 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 251: Platinum Birmingham – Cannock

08 Sep 2019

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’...

#AYearOfBuses 250: Manchester – Trafford Centre

07 Sep 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 249: Clapham Common – Anerley

06 Sep 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 248: Gold Coventry, Atherstone & Leicester

05 Sep 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 247: indigo 24/7 Nottingham – Derby

04 Sep 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 246: Gold X46 Northampton – Raunds

03 Sep 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 245: Altrincham – Trafford Centre

02 Sep 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 244: Great Malvern – Worcester

01 Sep 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 243: Edinburgh – Queensferry

31 Aug 2019

It’s day 243 on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re heading back to Scotland – well, Edinburgh, to be precise! Lothian spin-off Lothian Country’s route 43 and X43...

#AYearOfBuses 242: Aldgate – Homerton Hospital

30 Aug 2019

We’re heading back to London for day 242 on #AYearOfBuses, to take a look at one of east London’s frequent bus routes. Arriva London’s route...

#AYearOfBuses 241: Charcoal Line Bungay – Norwich

29 Aug 2019

Today on #AYearOfBuses, we’re taking a look at one of First’s routes which make up part of Network Norwich – Charcoal Line 41. Norwich is...

#AYearOfBuses 240: Lanarkshire Connect Wishaw – Glasgow

28 Aug 2019

Today on #AYearOfBuses, we’re heading back to Glasgow! We’re taking a look at First’s Lanarkshire Connect routes. Lanarkshire Connect 240 links the town of Wishaw...

#AYearOfBuses 239: Vantage Manchester – Atherton & Leigh

27 Aug 2019

Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is – well, we’re not going to lie – a real shoehorn. But we couldn’t finish this series without featuring Vantage,...

#AYearOfBuses 238: Sunderland – Houghton-le-Spring

26 Aug 2019

Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is a coastal route in the North East, which comes to you courtesy of…Go North East! Black Cats 238 links the...

#AYearOfBuses 237: Bolton – Manchester

25 Aug 2019

It’s day 237 on #AYearOfBuses, and today, we’re taking a look at the second route we’ve featured to link Manchester with the town of Bolton....

#AYearOfBuses 236: Ashton – Glossop

24 Aug 2019

Today’s day 236 on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re heading over to Tameside for a look at a route which will take you to the edge of...

#AYearOfBuses 235: X35 Falkirk – Glasgow

23 Aug 2019

It’s day 235 on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re taking a look at another Scottish express bus route! First’s X35 is a recent addition to the line...

#AYearOfBuses 234: Minnis Bay – Ramsgate

22 Aug 2019

We’re off to Margate! It’s day 234 on #AYearOfBuses, and today we’re taking a trip to the seaside. Stagecoach East Kent’s 34 links the secluded...

#AYearOfBuses 233: Woodstock – Burford

21 Aug 2019

Which end of the 233 will you visit? From charming Woodstock (no,not that one) through to Burford, Stagecoach in Oxfordshire’s 233 has something for everybody....

#AYearOfBuses 232: Hanley – Uttoxeter

20 Aug 2019

We are 232 days in on #AYearOfBuses…and it’s the first time we’ve featured a route from the Potteries! The city of Stoke-on-Trent is a sort...

#AYearOfBuses 231: Huddersfield – Wakefield

19 Aug 2019

We haven’t featured a Yorkshire Tiger route for quite a while on #AYearOfBuses, so for day 231, we’re taking a look at their erm…231! The...

#AYearOfBuses 230: Hammersmith – Westbourne Park

18 Aug 2019

It’s day 230 on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re taking a look at a London bus route which we never got the chance to feature all the...

#AYearOfBuses 229: #Heckspress Huddersfield – Leeds

17 Aug 2019

It’s day 229 here on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re taking a look at a grand Yorkshire connection which recently received a publicity boost. Arriva Yorkshire’s 229...

#AYearOfBuses 228: Tunbridge Wells – Crowborough

16 Aug 2019

It’s been quite a while since we featured a bus route from Kent here on #AYearOfBuses – so today, we’re putting things right! The 228,...

#AYearOfBuses 227: Bromley North – Crystal Palace

15 Aug 2019

Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is a London bus route which was, up until recently, home to a fleet of rare Stagecoach Citaros. Tracing its roots...

#AYearOfBuses 226: Merry Hill – Dudley

14 Aug 2019

Today, we’re heading back to the West Midlands on #AYearOfBuses, to take a look at one of many bus routes connecting surrounding towns with Merry...

#AYearOfBuses 225: Blackburn – Bolton

13 Aug 2019

Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is a long-established scenic bus route linking Lancashire with Greater Manchester. The 1, from The Blackburn Bus Company, is the southern...

#AYearOfBuses 224: Fowey – Mevagissey

12 Aug 2019

First Kernow has the honour of serving one of the most beautiful parts of Great Britatin – Cornwall – and today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is...

#AYearOfBuses 223: Erskine – Glasgow

11 Aug 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 222: Hounslow – Uxbridge

10 Aug 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 221: Edgware – Turnpike Lane

09 Aug 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 220: Doncaster – Cortonwood

08 Aug 2019

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,...

#AYearOfBuses 219: Manchester – Stalybridge

07 Aug 2019

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...

ADL supercharges double deckers with new Enviro400ER

07 Aug 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 218: Peak Line Sheffield – Bakewell

06 Aug 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 217: Matlock – Chatsworth

05 Aug 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 216: Manchester – Ashton

04 Aug 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 215: X15 Newport – Brynmawr

03 Aug 2019

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...

#AYearOfBuses 214: Highgate Village – Liverpool Street

02 Aug 2019

Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is one of London’s next routes to go fully-electric. London’s route 214 began life in 1961 as a replacement for trolleybus...

#AYearOfBuses 213: Canvey – Southend

01 Aug 2019

We’re taking a trip to somewhere new today on #AYearOfBuses – Canvey Island! First Essex’s route 21 links the reclaimed island in the Thames estuary,...

#AYearOfBuses 212: MAX Newcastle – Middlesbrough

31 Jul 2019

Ten days after our last Arriva MAX route featured, we’re taking a look at another! It’s MAX X12, linking Newcastle with Middlesbrough. Launched in 2015,...

#AYearOfBuses 211: Hammersmith – Waterloo

30 Jul 2019

Today on #AYearOfBuses, we’re bringing you some hardcore bus pornography courtesy of Travel London. London’s route 211 links the rather well-to-do areas of Hammersmith, Fulham...

#AYearOfBuses 210: North Walsham – Norwich

29 Jul 2019

It’s the second scenic route we’ve featured from Norfolk-based independent, Sanders Coaches today on #AYearOfBuses – it’s day 210. Sanders route 210 takes the ‘scenic’...

Borders Buses make tracking their buses “as easy as ordering pizza”

29 Jul 2019

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Recent research conducted by Transport Focus got to the crux of the issues young people face when using the bus, and what factors deter them...

#AYearOfBuses 209: Gold S9 Wantage – Oxford

28 Jul 2019

It’s been quite a while since we featured one of Stagecoach’s Gold routes here on #AYearOfBuses, so today, we’re fixing that with Oxford’s Gold S9....

#AYearOfBuses 208: Lewisham – Orpington

27 Jul 2019

Today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses is – or was – a London bus route with a difference! Go-Ahead London General’s 208 began life in 1982, in...

#AYearOfBuses 207: Greenline London – Legoland Windsor

26 Jul 2019

Using a little more poetic licence, today is day 207 on #AYearOfBuses – so we’re taking a look at Greenline 702. Greenline 702 is one...

#AYearOfBuses 206: 602 Hatfield – Watford

25 Jul 2019

Today’s day 206 on #AYearOfBuses – so what better day to take a look at Uno’s route 602? Uno’s 602 links the Hertfordshire town of...

#AYearOfBuses 205: Paddington – Bow Church

24 Jul 2019

Stagecoach London’s route 205 is today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses. The 205 came to life in 2002, replacing the former StationLink 1 route, an accessible route...

#AYearOfBuses 204: Harrogate Electrics Pateley Bridge – Harrogate

23 Jul 2019

Time for something a little different! Today’s day 204 on #AYearOfBuses, and if you take the ‘0’ from 204, you’re left with…24. We didn’t get...

#AYearOfBuses 203: Manchester – Stockport

22 Jul 2019

We’re heading back to Manchester for day 203 on #AYearOfBuses – today’s winner is the 203, linking the city with Reddish and Stockport. Stagecoach Manchester’s...

#AYearOfBuses 202: MAX Leeds – Huddersfield

21 Jul 2019

Today’s day 202 on #AYearOfBuses, and today, we’re taking a look at another of Arriva’s MAX routes in Yorkshire. Arriva’s MAX 202 connects West Yorkshire’s...

#AYearOfBuses 201: Bourne – Peterborough

20 Jul 2019

We’re heading back to Bourne today on #AYearOfBuses – it’s day 201! We featured Delaine’s route 101 exactly 100 days ago here on #AYearOfBuses. Whilst...

#AYearOfBuses 200: Skylink Edinburgh Airport – Ocean Terminal

19 Jul 2019

From Skyline 199 yesterday, to Skylink 200 today – Lothian’s route from Edinburgh Airport into the north of Edinburgh is our winner today on #AYearOfBuses....

#AYearOfBuses 199: Skyline Buxton – Manchester Airport

18 Jul 2019

There was only ever going to be one winner for day 199 on #AYearOfBuses – it’s the famous 199, connecting the Peak District with Stockport...

#AYearOfBuses 198: Minehead – Dulverton

17 Jul 2019

Here at Transport Designed, we love a quirky rural bus route – and today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses fits the bill perfectly. Accessible travel charity Atwest...

#AYearOfBuses 197: Llanelli – Carmarthen

16 Jul 2019

Today’s winner on day 197 of #AYearOfBuses is another picturesque bus route through the stunning Welsh countryside. First Cymru’s 197 links Carmarthen with Lllanelli, via...

#AYearOfBuses 196: Piccadilly – Manchester Airport

15 Jul 2019

We don’t often feature ‘lost’ bus routes here on #AYearOfBuses, but today we’re making an exception. Manchester’s route 196 is – or was – one...

#AYearOfBuses 195: Brentford – Charville Lane Estate

14 Jul 2019