#AYearOfBuses 46: X46 Hull – Beverley – York
East Yorkshire’s X46, connecting Hull with Beverley and the City of York, is today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses. With a journey time of around two hours, the X46 is one of East Yorkshire’s flagship routes, run by a fleet of MCV EvoSeti-bodied Volvo B5TL double deckers connecting two of Yorkshire’s biggest cities every hour, every day. The […]
#AYearOfBuses 45: Guildford – Park Barn
Day 45 on #AYearOfBuses takes us to Guildford, where there’s a war quietly raging. Safeguard of Guildford have been running buses in and around the town for over 90 years, and the long-established circulars 4 & 5 (Guildford – Aldershot Road – Park Barn) are their flagship routes. Running every 10-15 mins through the daytime, the […]
#AYearOfBuses 44: Holt – Sheringham – Norwich
It’s day 44 on #AYearOfBuses, and for the first time, we’re heading to Norfolk! With a fleet of 55 buses and 32 coaches, Sanders Coaches is a family run independent based in north Norfolk. Running seven days a week, one of their most scenic routes is the 44, which runs from the village of Holt, to […]
#AYearOfBuses 43: X43 Skipton – Burnley – Manchester
Another long-established interurban route, The Witchway, from The Burnley Bus Company, is today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses. With a long and distinguished history traceable all the way back to 1948, the X43 is one of Lancashire’s most important bus routes. Today, it’s run by Transdev’s The Burnley Bus Company, connecting Skipton with Colne, Nelson, Burnley and […]
#AYearOfBuses 42: Manchester – East Didsbury – Stockport
Providing the backbone for one of Europe’s busiest bus corridors, the 42 is quite simply THE staple food of the Mancunian bus diet. The 42 runs from Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens bus station, through the heart of the universities and out towards Fallowfield, East Didsbury and Stockport, in the south of the city. With a bus […]
#AYearOfBuses 41: Red Express Accrington – Ramsbottom – Manchester
We’re heading to the opposite side of Transdev territory for today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses – it’s The Blackburn Bus Company’s Red Express. Red Express is one of The Blackburn Bus Company’s flagship interurban routes. Using a fleet of smartly branded high-spec double deckers, it connects Accrington with Ramsbottom and Manchester, up to every 30 mins […]
#AYearOfBuses 40: Coastliner 840 Leeds – York – Whitby
Today on #AYearOfBuses, it’s a biggie. We’re heading back to North Yorkshire for Coastliner’s 840 – officially Britain’s Most Scenic Bus Route. In May 2018, Coastliner’s 840 (Leeds – York – Whitby) took the title amongst hundreds of entries to be crowned with the title of Britain’s Most Scenic Bus Route. And…rightly so. Crossing the […]
#AYearOfBuses 39: River Rapids Oxford – Reading
It’s day 39 on #AYearOfBuses, and today, we’re heading to Oxford and Reading to take a splash on Thames Travel’s River Rapids. Go-Ahead owned Thames Travel’s X39 (and its siblings, the X38, X40 and NX40) connect Oxford, Wallingford and Henley-on-Thames with Reading, with buses running every 20 mins throughout the day, and as late as […]
#AYearOfBuses 38: X38 Burton – Derby
For day 38 on #AYearOfBuses, we’re heading to the Midlands! Trent Barton and Arriva jointly run the X38, connecting the city of Derby with nearby Burton-upon-Trent. Both operators run similarly-liveried buses – Trent Barton’s refreshed Volvo B7RLEs wearing a two-tone turquoise livery with a large stylised ‘X’, with Arriva’s carrying some slightly more subtle branding. […]
#AYearOfBuses 37: Peckham – Putney Heath
We’re heading back to London for day 37 on #AYearOfBuses, and it’s for the capital’s first (proposed) Opportunity Charged route. The 37 connects Putney Heath with Clapham and Peckham in South London, and it’s home to London’s only rapid ‘OppCharge’-capable buses. Two experimental Volvo B5LHCs with Wright SRM bodywork arrived in August 2018 for the […]