randyrippley
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I thought Cumbria sponsor part of the routes because some go via Kirkby Lonsdale
I presume you are only after local bus routes and not routes operated by coaches like National Express or Megabus or Flixbus etc.
Ten years ago i would say it was probably either the 700 from Brighton to Portsmouth or the 100/101/102 from Hastings to Dover but these have all been split up now so they are no longer very long. So who knows what it is these days. I am not sure on the exact answer.
Why do bus routes split like that, when its the same driver and bus, with through fares? It all seems rather pointlessThe 102 Rye to Dover goes via Dungeness now so it's still around 45 miles long. It is ostensibly 2 services as it splits at Lydd Army Camp but its always the same bus and driver going through. There's quite often groups of Pensioners doing the round England on a pass trip!
Obviously not as long as some of the up north services you mention
I’ve explained it twice in This thread already, see post 4 and 17.Why do bus routes split like that, when its the same driver and bus, with through fares? It all seems rather pointless
Good lord I'd forgotten all about that, just after dereg in 1986 I remember, just refreshed the memory with a look at the '86 TT.We used to have a Blyth to Hexham through service, X25\ X26\601\602, 5 hours and 4 different routes, much of it in relative countryside, twas bliss.
But why advertise it to the public as such, when its a through bus?I’ve explained it twice in This thread already, see post 4 and 17.
But why advertise it to the public as such, when its a through bus?
Because that’s what the legislation surrounding maximum 50km RoutesBut why advertise it to the public as such, when its a through bus?
Some services could be:
56 Lincoln to Skegness via Horncastle
There is also a Pocklington -Ripon - Grassington Dalesbus. But thats only 65 miles.There's one bus each way on Summer Sundays between Preston, Lancashire, and Richmond, Yorkshire, approximately 87½ miles. It's the 830 service, run by Northern DalesBus.
And even now, Buxton is only 3 times per day Mon-Fri only. D&G have kept cutting it back.There used to be a Keele University - Newcastle-under-Lyme - Hanley - Buxton - Bakewell - Sheffield service running at weekends, can't remember if it ran during the week. It gradually got shorter and shorter, now it's just between Hanley and Buxton, change for Sheffield.
It was the X18 run by First ran all week, generally around every 2 hours. When the Sheffield to Buxton section was replaced by the 218 there was a garunteed connection at Buxton with the 118. 218 now only runs between Sheffield & Bakewell run by TM Travel.There used to be a Keele University - Newcastle-under-Lyme - Hanley - Buxton - Bakewell - Sheffield service running at weekends, can't remember if it ran during the week. It gradually got shorter and shorter, now it's just between Hanley and Buxton, change for Sheffield.
Another longish one was between Hanley and Chester, then it got cut to having to change at Crewe.
It's run by Kirby Lonsdale Coach Hire. It's called the Northern Dalesman.There's one bus each way on Summer Sundays between Preston, Lancashire, and Richmond, Yorkshire, approximately 87½ miles. It's the 830 service, run by Northern DalesBus.
There used to be a Keele University - Newcastle-under-Lyme - Hanley - Buxton - Bakewell - Sheffield service running at weekends, can't remember if it ran during the week. It gradually got shorter and shorter, now it's just between Hanley and Buxton, change for Sheffield.
Another longish one was between Hanley and Chester, then it got cut to having to change at Crewe.
You can still buy tickets off the driver, however it is more expensive to do it that way rather than book in advance, and you are banking on the coach not being fully bookedNo National Express service is now registered as a local bus (all deregistered earlier this year) so journeys under 15 miles aren't possible. I'm also not sure if you can pay on board these days, unlike all the other examples mentioned.
X4 Northampton to Peterborough via Wellingborough, Kettering, Corby and Oudle. Almost 90 km long!
I'd also add the Red route of the New Forest Tour down in Hampshire & Dorset, which is about 70 km long.
Stagecoach’s summer only X8 from Chorley to Keswick is a mere 93 miles or so.
That’s correct, Stagecoach Exeter run them, and take their breaks in Bristol.They used to break at the airport which was rather problematic dud to delays but I think now they get their break in Bristol due to increased turn round times. Certainly all my recent trips have. It is solely run from Plymouth as far as I'm aware and one driver does one round trip per day.
So quite a bit shorter than some we've had?
The X4 is, of course, registered in 2 sections, split at Corby.
If you add up the 4 sections it's registered in.
LUYMun said:There used to be the 30 that ran from Farnborough to Basingstoke, which included about five double-runs AFAIK: one to serve RAF Odiham, one to loop Zebon Copse and Church Crookham, one to serve Fleet Rail Station, one to loop at Minley Estate and one to serve Farnborough Rail Station, not helped with an interworking route 31 beyond to Frimley Park Hospital (had we left the EU sooner that section may as well be part of the 30!).
It was introduced by Stagecoach during the time they held the Fleet Buzz subsidiary in 2013 to partially replace their route 200/100/10 (renumbered over time in that order), which too ran from Basingstoke albeit to Camberley a few miles north, in unison with algamating Fleet Buzz's existing routes out of Farnborough and Fleet. During this course of time, alongside the step-entrance Varios and low-floor single-decker ex-London castaways, a few of their Leyland/Volvo Olympians began running on this route, mainly acting as backup (translating Stagecoach English to Standard English, "backup" meant it was regular thanks to the Buzz vehicles unable to start up in the morning).
It was withdrawn in 2015 - partly because of Hampshire County Council budget cuts; partly because South West Trains had a quicker, more frequent service from Farnborough to Basingstoke; and partly because the staff disliked its huge length. The withdrawal was also the amalgamation of Fleet Buzz into Stagecoach South, and to this present day the 13 (Basingstoke - Haslemere) and 10 (Farnborough - Church Crookham) replace about two thirds of the 30 but never shall the twain meet.