First Bradford Overground on Wikipedia

[576 Gemini 2]

On the Wikipedia page for First Bradford en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Bradford#Overground there is a list of all routes operated and of them all except the 619,629,649,650,652-654,656-659,679,680,709-711,714,737,810,845 and X6 are listed as overground services. I cannot see every route in Bradford as an overground service as it would require at least 75-90 per cent of the low floor fleet being branded which would result in headaches for person who allocates buses to the running boards and confussion for passengers
The full list of non overground routes given a line name is
15/72 Grey
610-612 Indigo
613/614 Light Pink
615/616 Magenta
624 Gold
630 Violet
670 Light Green
675/677 Teal
681/682 Turquoise
747 Sky Blue
846 Navy
896 Dark Blue

If the above was to happen there are some fine tuning to be dunn. The 610-612 and 613/614 are interworked. On the 624 route the evening and Sunday services are operated by the 621 Yellow line Bradford-Bierley roundabout and 627 Purple line Bradford- Shipley Glen so a new line name would have to found.
The 670 runs from Leeds to Kirkstall Morrisons over the same as the 33/33A which also is called the Light Green Line and The solos used on the 747 are owned by Metro so permission will be granted before they are branded.

There is also mention in of express services being planned to Skipton,Wakefield, Sheffield and Manchester being planned

[jackh]

Well this is Wikipedia we're on about so the information stated can sometimes not be 100% factually correct.

The information also has no credibility as there are no sources. The express service seems unlikely as it is an extension of the X62 so it claims and First don't run an X62 service.

[Bradford Traveller]

on the earlier first BRADFORD maps, overground routes were coloured in, the rest grey. Later maps have other routes coloured in.
Unlike other areas, oly the 10-min core routes are overground services.
There was a Bradford-keighley x21 x22 for a while (never used x62).
however the other parts of the article i can't fathom.

[nick]

Someone is having a laugh.

Someone has sorted them out probably a moderator.

[576 Gemini 2]

The page has now been modify and the non-overground remove with the exeception of the grey line 15/72

[jackh]

Jan 18, 2009 15:14:49 GMT 1 576 Gemini 2 said:

The page has now been modify and the non-overground remove with the exeception of the grey line 15/72

So was it you that had posted the incorrect information on there then?

[nick]

Someone must be doing it because the moderaters put it correct, with the 15/72 removed.

And when did First Bradford operate the 363/576, never so they should be removed.

[576 Gemini 2]

No was not me

[gledhill56]

First Bradford do actually operate on the 363, albeit one early morning run at 0547, arriving into Huddersfield at around 0630, as a positioning move for the 0638 X6 from Huddersfield.
I can verify this as having seen an X6 branded B9TL on it yesterday morning whilst on my way to work.

Gavin

[hfx]

The overground might have actually been extended. The First Bradford network map [on First's website] perhaps, explains what all these colours on Wikipedia were about. The 363/576 are also on the map.

However, it may well be the fact that these various colours might just have been used to identify lines on the network map.

Has one seen any buses displaying these 'new' lines?

[Craig]

It appears to me that the new map is just using colours for all routes to make working out where they go easier. I may be proven wrong but I'd be surprised if these colours are going to be officially allocated to the "minor" routes.

[Bradford Traveller]

EXACTLY!