#AYearOfBuses 229: #Heckspress Huddersfield – Leeds
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 links Huddersfield with Heckmondwike, Birstall and Leeds. Although officially a ‘MAX’ route, it gained a boost in frequency early in 2019, with some buses running only as far as ‘Hecky’, […]
#AYearOfBuses 202: MAX Leeds – Huddersfield
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 biggest city – Leeds – with the famous White Rose shopping centre, and nearby Dewsbury and Huddersfield, in the district of Kirklees. Built on the site of the former Morley […]
#AYearOfBuses 163: Sapphire Castleford – Leeds
It’s another Sapphire route today on #AYearOfBuses! We’re taking a look at Arriva’s 163, linking Leeds with Kippax, Garforth and Castleford. A former ‘Elite’ route using Leeds’ extensive network of guided busways, the 163 – along with its sister route, the 166 – links the suburbs east of Leeds with the city centre. It’s home […]
#AYearOfBuses 143: Coastliner Leeds – Scarborough
Today on #AYearOfBuses, we’re heading back into #CoastlinerCountry one more time! Coastliner’s 843 is the sister route to Britain’s Most Scenic Bus Route, the 840 (which we featured back on day 40 on #AYearOfBuses). The 840 may have won over the public vote, but the 843 is no less scenic! Upon leaving Malton for the […]
#AYearOfBuses 110: Sapphire Wakefield – Leeds
Arriva’s Sapphire brand is alive and well in West Yorkshire – and it’s day 110 on #AYearOfBuses. It’s Sapphire…but not as we know it. As Arriva’s refreshed brand has rolled out across the UK like a slow-motion tsunami, so too has it swept away what was at the time, a real mark of Best Impressions-created […]
#AYearOfBuses 97: Leeds – Guiseley
Introducing a new ‘quality’ brand for the city, First Leeds’ 97 is our focus for today, here on #AYearOfBuses. Part of a package of improvements for the city, First’s 97 joins the ‘LeedsCity’ network of routes running between Leeds, the University and Headingley, with the 97 itself continuing to the suburb of Guiseley. In 2018, […]
#AYearOfBuses 84: X84 Skipton – Leeds
It’s day 84 here on #AYearOfBuses, and today’s focus is on one of First in West Yorkshire’s most high-profile interurban routes. The X84 is First’s limited stop express route connecting Skipton with Otley and Leeds, featuring a fleet of high-spec purply-blue and gold-branded Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMCs. New in 2016, the bespoke fleet of double deckers […]
#AYearOfBuses 75: Flying Tiger Leeds – Leeds Bradford Airport
We’re jetting off to Leeds Bradford Airport today on #AYearOfBuses, for a look at Yorkshire Tiger’s Flying Tiger 757. Arriva launched their Flying Tiger brand in 2014, for routes to Leeds Bradford Airport from Leeds, Bradford and Harrogate. Rather cleverly, they use the route numbers 737, 747 and 757 – the focus of today’s article […]
#AYearOfBuses 72: Hyperlink Leeds – Bradford
Before Elon Musk’s Hyperloop, there was Hyperlink – First’s attempt to create a rapid transit corridor between Leeds and Bradford. It’s day 72 on #AYearOfBuses. Now sadly dead and buried, Hyperlink launched between Leeds and Bradford in 2012 and was seen as a bus rapid transit-based replacement for the cancelled Leeds Supertram project – and for accommodating […]
#AYearOfBuses 60: Aireline Keighley – Leeds
We’re 60 days in on #AYearOfBuses, and for the first of our routes in March, we’re taking a look at The Keighley Bus Company’s Aireline. With a fleet of shiny new Versas built at Optare’s factory in Yorkshire, Aireline is a proper local route, through and through. The buses hit the road in late 2017, […]