#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 133: Braintree – Stansted Airport
Day 133 on #AYearOfBuses takes us to Essex, for a look at Arriva Kent Thameside’s recently-upgraded link to Stansted Airport. Previously part of the ‘sxconnect’ network (Essex Connect), the core of the 133 links the town of Braintree with Great Dunmow and Stansted, with a couple of buses a day running to and from Colchester […]
#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 […]
10 UK bus liveries we really, really love
If you saw our recent blog post ‘10 UK bus liveries we really, really miss’, you’re probably also aware of the tidal wave of ‘Hey, what about London and Country?!’ comments it generated. Part 2, however, is for another day – today, we’re focussing on the present. This was an incredibly difficult ‘top 10’ to […]
Sapphire: Arriva adds a touch of sparkle
Something shiny is about to hit the UK’s streets. Arriva UK will roll out its answer to Stagecoach’s Gold and First’s, ahem, “Gold service“ concepts from April 2013 in Chester, followed by further launches in the Midlands, Oxfordshire and the North East. You could be forgiven for thinking that Sapphire is a little short of […]