WY September Bus Changes

[cph43]

Appeared today on website

www.wymetro.com/BusTravel/ChangingTimes/CTSept.htm

Including X62 Withdrawn between Leeds And Dewsbury, is that then no Stagecoach Yorkshire services in Leeds.

Also 183 Normanton-Wakefield Extended To Castleford And Junction 32 Retail/Xscape.

[jackh]

I think Stagecoach is not wanting anything to do with West Yorkshire, the reason that Stagecoach took over Traction was just to get at First in Sheffield through the old Terrier business.

[moonraker79]

jackh said:

I think Stagecoach is not wanting anything to do with West Yorkshire, the reason that Stagecoach took over Traction was just to get at First in Sheffield through the old Terrier business.

I agree Jack, but First are just as bad they've neglected Rotherham and Doncaster and just concentrated on Sheffield because that's where all the money is. For example on some routes in Sheffield (40/41/42 Halfway-Fulwood and 52 Woodhouse-Hillsborough) First have introduced special offers on them e.g. £2 day saver/ £5 week saver and also cheap singles £1-£1.50. So for £1.50 you have a 40 min ride on a B10BLE or B7TL. While in Doncaster a 20 min ride costs £1.90 on Ex London Volvo Olympian or a B10M!!! Roll on PTE running our buses I say!!!

[moonraker79]

Here's a summary of the changes in September:

Service 500 enhanced - Service 500 will pass from First Calderdale to Keighley & District and will now operate hourly 7 days a week between Keighley, Oxenhope and Hebden Bridge. The route to/from Todmorden is withdrawn. Service 500 will replace most service 663 journeys which along with services 664 & 665 will receive revised times. Services 79, 727, 728, 729 & SS1 will also have minor changes

Stagecoach pulls out of Leeds - Stagecoach Yorkshire will withdraw service X62 between Huddersfield and Leeds replacing it with service 262 journeys between Huddersfield and Dewsbury. Service 231 will no longer serve West Bretton. Also services 46, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 232 will receive minor changes

M Travel expands - M Travel are extending their new service 183 from Wakefield to Normanton, the service will now extend to Castleford and the Junction 32 complex. Service 134 will also receive a revised timetable

Service X36 returns - Halifax Joint Committee will be reintroducing express service X36 between Halifax and Huddersfield at peak times. There will also be revised timetables on service 28A, 34, 36, 392 & 509. Service 376 will be withdrawn and service C68 will be reinstated

Tender reductions in Calderdale - Some tendered services operated by First Halifax will be revised. Services 505, 506 & 588 will be withdrawn completely and there will be withdrawals to one early morning journey on each of services 514, 522, 537, 542 & 576. Service T1 will receive a revised route


Arriva Yorkshire: Revised timetables will be introduced on services 110, 116, 117, 147, 153, 157, 173, 174, 175, 195, 196, 435, 443, 444, 446, 447, 485 & 496. A revised route and timetable will be introduced on services 163, 164 & 165 with service 164 now only running between Leeds and Ledston Luck

Arriva Yorkshire West: Minor changes will be introduced on services 205, 219 & 221

First Bradford: Minor changes will be made to services 624, 675, 677, 680 & A99

First Huddersfield: Changes will be made to services 363, 370, 371 & 372 to improve reliability. Some peak hour journeys on service 324 will be withdrawn

First Leeds: Changes will be made to services 37/37A, 40, 50/50A, 56, 64, 68/68A & 95 to improve reliability. Service 49 will have a revised Sunday timetable, A minor revision will be made to service 31. Service 58 will be withdrawn and be partially replaced by service 92. New off peak service 76 will be introduced

JRT: Marsden minibus service 937 will be revised with extended hours of operation

K-Line: Services 234 & 241 will be revised with journeys retimed to operate 10 minutes earlier

Stringers: Services 499 & 500 will receive revised timetables

[angrycommuter]

I think it's a shame that Stagecoach have given up on the Leeds services. This time last year they had 3 services per hour running from Huddersfield to Leeds (X61 and X62) and now they will have none. I used the services quite frequently from Dewsbury - the single fares were cheaper than Arriva and the journey time into Leeds was substantially quicker. They were not underused either, with the morning and evening peak services often quite full. Bad timetable planning was the downfall of the X61 last year, but it seems that as a previous poster has said, Stagecoach don't see a future in West Yorkshire - hence the withdrawal of the X62. Arriva now have a complete monopoly on Leeds to Hudderfield services (with the exception of the X6), which is not good news for the public.

Many of the other services in Huddersfield are also been reduced, and cross boundary services into Barnsley no longer operate as they used to. The subsidised services are passing to other operators too - could the Huddersfield garage eventually be sold off to another operator?

[humberside]

Stagecoach will still have an X62 to Leeds (from Hull)

[jackh]

Well Arriva are improving Mondays to Fridays services between Leeds and Rothwell on 443 & 444 with a doubled frequency to every 10 minutes.

There will be a half hourly 444 service which will serve the Wood Lane estate while the 443 will prvide a 10/20 minute service along Haigh Road in Rothwell.