What number is this bus?

[sonic2009]

Forgive me enough to take a guess?

Go Ahead

 

[gnolife]

This bus starts at Piccadilly Gardens, and runs 6 trips for the full route in a week, in one direction only. There is a much more frequent service running both ways to a place along the route. It is operated by Stagecoach Manchester.

This is just making sure that the clue is visible.
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I'm going to give another clue. It departs from the Parker Street side of Piccailly Gardens
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The 6 trips referred to in the original clue bypass 1 bus station, and terminate at a different one. The bus station that is bypassed by these trips is the usual terminus for journeys of this route number

 

[221129]

Is it route 220 ?

 

[gnolife]

Not 220 - that doesn't go from Parker St. Parker St is buses towards Bolton, Wigan, Leigh, and places on the Wilmslow Road corridor and West of in South Manchester.

 

[Statto]

I'll have a stab at 42A, the one that goes from Piccadilly to Parrs Wood.

 

[gnolife]

I've given up on getting an answer for this.
The correct answer was Stagecoach Manchester's Nightbus 86 Piccadilly Gardens to Altrincham, The bus station bypassed is Chorlton.

 

[Statto]

I've given up on getting an answer for this.
The correct answer was Stagecoach Manchester's Nightbus 86 Piccadilly Gardens to Altrincham, The bus station bypassed is Chorlton.

Don't think anyone would have got that, as a few of us were thinking of non Night only routes.

 

[221129]

Is it open floor then ??

 

[sonic2009]

I guess so.

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[221129]

Ill have a go then....

It Starts in Exeter
After Leaving the City it follows the same road to its final Destination (Unless one of the Variants)
It has 3 Variants

 

[Deerfold]

Ill have a go then....

It Starts in Exeter
After Leaving the City it follows the same road to its final Destination (Unless one of the Variants)
It has 3 Variants

55 to Tiverton?

 

[221129]

It is indeed

 

[Deerfold]

We're starting with a route outside Yorkshire with a terminus in Nottingham.

The route was started to replace a withdrawn rail service.

Some trips have a lettered suffix which does not denote a route variation but the type of bus used.

 

[clagmonster]

NCT 10(A)? Replacing rail services on the GC to Ruddington.

 

[Deerfold]

Not the 10.

Though you're thinking along the right lines.

 

[clagmonster]

79(a)?

 

[Deerfold]

No, for both the 10 and the 79 the A suffix indicates a slightly different route.

 

[clagmonster]

Could this be to do with the Ecolink scheme, apparently used by NCT on route 30?

 

[Deerfold]

Could this be to do with the Ecolink scheme, apparently used by NCT on route 30?

Nice try, no.

I remember the 30 being introduced as a Sunday only service in about 1995.

All your guesses so far have been the right operator.

 

[Ivo]

I seem to recall from another that the 1 was highlighted for something like this? Would that be the answer?

 

[clagmonster]

I can see nothing convenient on the routes page of the NCT website. However, there are two short runs in the service 1 timetable shown as 1A with a footnote that they are operated by exact fare buses so I think Ivo could be on to something. The route also seems to mirror the former GC to Loughborough.

 

[Deerfold]

Yes, Ivo is correct. The 1 was a replacement for the GCR between Nottingham and Loughborough. For a long time it ran every 15 minutes. Recently it had been cut back to half-hourly finishing fairly early but extra short runs have been added during the day and at night since the NCT skylink was withdrawn.

The route is run with South Notts-liveried buses except for the 1A which have standard NCT buses and thus need exact change.

 

[Ivo]

This route, which has at least one terminus in the City of Brighton & Hove, runs to a frequency rarely seen outside of major cities. It is known for one of its variations being more frequent than the main route, although it must be said that said variation is probably sufficiently different to justify its own number. It shares its number with a London route that is famous for several reasons, including among others its number.

 

[Deerfold]

This route, which has at least one terminus in the City of Brighton & Hove, runs to a frequency rarely seen outside of major cities. It is known for one of its variations being more frequent than the main route, although it must be said that said variation is probably sufficiently different to justify its own number.

5? With the 5B being the variant.

It shares its number with a London route that is famous for several reasons, including among others its number.

That doesn't narrow it down much!

 

[Ivo]

The 5 is correct. London's 5 is famous for being the only route with a number of less than 20 that does not enter Zone 1.

 

[Deerfold]

The 5 is correct. London's 5 is famous for being the only route with a number of less than 20 that does not enter Zone 1.

And having the route 87 stuck on the end of it



New One:

Let's stay in London.

This bus service runs every 6 minutes during the day but in the morning peak is almost twice as frequent with 19 buses per hour running.

It has never been a bendybus.

 

[sonic2009]

205?

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[paulravuslante]

And having the route 87 stuck on the end of it



New One:

Let's stay in London.

This bus service runs every 6 minutes during the day but in the morning peak is almost twice as frequent with 19 buses per hour running.

It has never been a bendybus.

I'm no expert but is it the 73?

 

[Ivo]

The 73 used to be a bendy

5? Again?

 

[Deerfold]

Not the 73. As Ivo said it used to be a bendy. It runs every 5 minutes but is *less* frequent than the service I'm looking for in the morning peak.

Not the 5. Might have been a good bluff. That route's similar in the peaks to the middle of the day.