#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 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 17: X17 Matlock – Chesterfield – Sheffield – Barnsley
Now on its second generation of glitzy Gold-specification buses, Stagecoach Yorkshire’s X17 is today’s winner on #AYearOfBuses. Stagecoach Yorkshire’s X17 is home to a brand new fleet of Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMCs, its second generation of Gold buses for the route. Buses run every 30 mins between Chesterfield and Sheffield, with extensions to Matlock, Meadowhall and Barnsley, […]