#AYearOfBuses 211: Hammersmith – Waterloo
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 and Sloane Square with Victoria, Westminster and Waterloo. It began life in 1993 with a batch of Plaxton Pointer-bodied Dennis Darts, which were replaced in 1998 by a batch of […]
#AYearOfBuses 207: Greenline London – Legoland Windsor
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 of the last bastions of the once-extensive Greenline network of express bus routes into London. Up until recently it was ran by First Beeline, until they pulled out (and indeed, […]
#AYearOfBuses 204: Harrogate Electrics Pateley Bridge – Harrogate
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 the chance to feature The Harrogate Bus Company’s 24 on day 24 of #AYearOfBuses, but it’s a route that deserves its place here on our list. Silent and scenic in […]
#AYearOfBuses 164: Rochdale – Accrington
We’re using some creative license today on #AYearOfBuses – but it’s allowed, seeing as we’re using it to feature a cracker of a route! In 2018, Transdev Blazefield bought the former council-owned bus company, Rosso. A series of swift improvements starting with a host of revitalised buses and new brands followed soon after the takeover, […]
#AYearOfBuses 141: Sutton – Nottingham
We’re staying in the Midlands today on #AYearOfBuses – popping over the border from Derbyshire into Nottinghamshire. Trent Barton’s 141 is an often-overlooked but absolutely delightful bus route, linking Nottingham with Bestwood, Hucknall, Ravenshead, Linby and Sutton in Ashfield. It’s changed very little over the past 30 years or so (aside from being shortened – […]
#AYearOfBuses 134: North Finchley – Tottenham Court Road
Today’s feature here on #AYearOfBuses has a strong accolade – it’ll be the first route in London to be run purely by all-electric Optare Metrodecker EVs. 31 of Optare’s double decker battery-electric buses are on order for Metroline’s Potters Bar garage, part of an order for 68 electric buses for the 134 and 43 (Friern […]
#AYearOfBuses 90: Fosseway Flyer Newark – Nottingham
Founded in 1989, Marshall’s of Sutton-on-Trent are a small, family-run independent bus and coach company, and today on #AYearOfBuses, we’re taking a look at their Fosseway Flyer. The Marshall family have lived in Sutton on Trent for over 200 years, and by tradition were basket makers. It’s a little known fact, reflected in their company […]
#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, […]
5 modern British bus designs that have stood the test of time
There are plenty of articles out there which gleefully and rightfully celebrate the glorious lines of the Metro-Cammell bodied Leyland Titan PD2, but here at Transport Designed, we unashamedly prefer something a little less…prehistoric. Enter five of our favourite bus designs from the late 1990s and early 2000s. Before the inevitable barrage of comments about […]
Mainline bursts into Burnley with a Big Bus Bash
30 brand new buses have relaunched Transdev’s flagship route through the heart of Burnley & Pendle. Yes, you read that correctly. 30 new buses have exploded onto the scene in Lancashire. In one swoop, Transdev Blazefield has replaced an entire fleet with a brand new one. Overnight. The new vehicles, built in the North of England by […]