Boxing Day 2009 Services

[SF07]

WYITA have been discussing the proposals for the Boxing Day services for 2009, including introducing a link between Huddersfield and Denby Dale run by Huddersfield Bus Company, increasing the day ticket from £2 to £3 and introducing a family day ticket, for two adults and upto 3 children, to try to intice passengers out onto the buses.

There is a list of services that they have listed as proposed services for this year, although some of them don't seem to have been updated. They have the 16/16A only running between Farsley and Seacroft, the 40 only running between Leeds and Seacroft, the 51A is still listed, the 185 still listed as the 352 and the 328 listed as the 327.

The list of services proposed for Boxing Day 2009 are:
*1 - Holt Park-Leeds-Beeston
*2 - Roundhay Park-Leeds-Middleton
*3/3A - Brackenwood/Gledhow-Leeds-White Rose Centre
*4 - Pudsey-Leeds-Whinmoor
*12 - Roundhay Park-Leeds-Middleton
*13/13A - Brackenwood/Gledhow-Leeds-Middleton
*16/16A - Farsley-Leeds-Seacroft (assuming it continues to Pudsey)
*18/18A - Tinshill/Ireland Wood-Leeds-Colton/Garforth
*33/33A - Otley-Guiseley-Leeds
*37/37A - Halton Moor-Leeds
*40 - Leeds-Cross Gates-Seacroft
*42 - Old Farnley-Leeds-Fearnville
*49 - Bramley-Leeds-Monkswood Gate
*50/50A - Seacroft-Leeds-Horsforth
*51 - Moor Allerton-Leeds-Morley
*56 - Whinmoor-Leeds-Moor Grange
*71 - Primley Park-Moortown-Leeds
*81 - Huddersfield-Skelmanthorpe-Denby Dale
*96 - Holt Park-Tinshill-Leeds
*110 - Kettlethorpe-Wakefield-Leeds
*136/167 - Pontefract-Castelford-Leeds
*185 - Huddersfield-Slaithwaite-Marsden Dirker
*202/203 - Huddersfield-Dewsbury-Leeds
*229 - Batley-Birstall-Leeds
*254/268 - Dewsbury-Cleckheaton-Leeds
*301 - Huddersfield-Milnsbridge-Golcar
*306 - Huddersfield-Newsome-Taylor Hill
*314 - Huddersfield-Holmfirth-Holme
*324 - Huddersfield-Netherton-Meltham
*328 - Balmoral Avenue-Huddersfield-Bradley
*363/X6 - Huddersfield-Bradford-Leeds
*370 - Rawthorpe-Huddersfield-Lindley
*372 - Almondbury-Huddersfield-Lindley
*444 - Wakefield-Rothwell-Leeds
*503 - Huddersfield-Elland-Halifax
*760 - Shipley-Kirkstall-Leeds

No mention about the airport services (757 and 767) that ran last year.

www.wyita.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/FF7BD581-63B7-4277-9846-49AE24130D39/0/TSWG6AUGUST2009ITEM8.pdf

[Jack]

The 757 and 767 have run on Boxing Day anyway before 2007 when the extra services were introduced.

[nick]

Thought the 760 would now extend into Keighley? Again will be run by Bramley with Royales i would guess?

[northerner]

It would be good to see the 760 extending to Keighley, thus giving a service throughout the Aire Valley which is a very busy corridor

[nick]

But first wont i know they wont. they only want to serve where there other sister company's are most dominant (so Shipley is a good termination). Other alternative is for K&D to do the whole 760 route.

[kendall17]

Aug 4, 2009 10:53:50 GMT 1 @nick said:

But first wont i know they wont. they only want to serve where there other sister company's are most dominant (so Shipley is a good termination). Other alternative is for K&D to do the whole 760 route.

Isn't Metro paying companies to operate routes on Boxing Day? so wont First (at metro's request) have to serve Keighley?

[northerner]

It wouldn't be worth opening the Keighley garage for the few buses that would be required. AFAIK Metro are paying for the services to run so they will probably have the final say over routes and timetables, although extending beyond Shipley to Keighley would require at least 2 extra buses so it may make the route unprofitable

[busman3]

If the service is tendered then it depends on who tenders there is of course the possiblility that Keighley Garage will tender for services in Leeds or other places that they dont normally do then it would make opening the depot for the day feasible.

Remember in 1988 (think) the SYPTE did a night service style operation on christmas day / boxing day and SUT run it sop they appeared in areas where you didnt see them