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Post by westyorkshirebus on Mar 24, 2008 21:24:13 GMT 1
Can anyone remember all the Fastaway and other limited stop services that used to run in West Yorkshire
There's only really the X6 & X84 that are still going, but there used to be many more
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Post by Burnside on Mar 25, 2008 14:44:14 GMT 1
X67 Bradford - Keigley - Silsden was one, i believe.
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Post by hfx on Mar 28, 2008 17:08:47 GMT 1
201-203 were as all stops had fastaway around them.
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Post by Craig on Mar 29, 2008 16:48:23 GMT 1
201-203 were as all stops had fastaway around them. Wasn't that because of the parallel Fastaway service, I think numbered X20 or X22? |
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Post by hfx on Mar 29, 2008 19:09:22 GMT 1
I'm not sure about those services but I'm certain that the fastaway signs were along (almost) all the stops on the 201-203 route, even on the parts of the route not served by all three services, such as in Mirfield. So I presume it was for 201-203?
I totally have no idea what the X20 X22 routes were, it could be for them either end.
Someone might want to correct me !
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Post by Craig on Mar 29, 2008 21:33:21 GMT 1
I have now checked and it was the X22, an hourly limited stop service mirroring the 201-203 routes. In later life it was reduced to peak hours only, I believe.
To answer the original question of this post, some Leeds based Fastaway services which existed at one point or another were:
X2 Leeds-Garforth (still exists in the form of peak time 18A extensions)
X3 Leeds-Otley
X4/X14 Leeds-Ledston Luck-Micklefield
X6 Leeds-Huddersfield (still exists)
X10 Leeds-Middleton-East Ardsley
X11 Leeds-Pudsey (still exists)
X16 Leeds-Seacroft
X19/X21/X22 Leeds-Huddersfield
X23/X24 Leeds-Halifax
X24 Leeds-Whinmoor
X25 Leeds-Swarcliffe
X30 Leeds-Ilkley
X35 Leeds-Alwoodley (still exists)
X52/X53/X55 Leeds-Pontefract/Ferry Fryston
X56 Leeds-Whinmoor
X83/X84 Leeds-Skipton (still exists)
X93/X96 Leeds-Cookridge/Tinshill (X96 still exists)
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Post by jimbob90 on Mar 30, 2008 11:57:46 GMT 1
Black Prince had the X49 and X51, although they only touched the M621 for a couple of minutes, similar to the current 51/51A service which First Leeds operate.
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Post by nick on Mar 30, 2008 12:02:04 GMT 1
I dont remember the X83/X30/X3 all i remember is the 784 which ran at Nights and on Sundays and wasnt limted stop. Could anyone tell me the time period that the X83/30/3 ran please??
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Post by Craig on Mar 30, 2008 15:57:07 GMT 1
Black Prince's X49 and X51 were not Fastaway services hence my exclusion of them from the list. Yorkshire Rider's 53 also used to run along the motorway but equally this didn't make it a Fastaway route.
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Post by jimbob90 on Mar 30, 2008 18:26:25 GMT 1
I realised this already, I was just listing a couple of the X services I could remember.
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Post by Craig on Mar 30, 2008 20:12:35 GMT 1
Which services were operated by West Riding Group's Fastaway liveried Tigers, Leopards and coach seated Olympians? Was it all of their 'X' routes, only certain 'X' routes or a variety of services? Did any other company operate Fastaway liveried buses? Also I wonder why they used the Italian flag for the logo!
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Post by nick on Apr 1, 2008 18:36:34 GMT 1
X7/X16 are todays Arriva limted stop routes running from Overton/Netherton-Leeds City Bus Station and Leeds City Square-Overtob/Netherton
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Post by Bradford Traveller on Apr 2, 2008 21:40:41 GMT 1
not all FASTAWAY but limited stop services I recall in BRADFORD:
X1 AIRPORT via underclif
X6
X6a BRADFORD - Hudds
X8\X9 Sandy Lane [can't recall if it ran to APPELEY BRIDGE]
X11\X14 CALVELEY-LEEDS
X21\X22 BRADFORD-Keighley [SILSDEN one journey]
X26 BRADFORD-bingley
X72 BRADFORD-leeds
X88 [BP] - NOT sure about this number but I think 88 was limited stop for a while
200\841 Keighley summer serviceds
dalesbus
X33\X34 SHEF
X60 ............'? BRADFORD-HUD via east bierley
X65 BRADFORD- Ilkley
X67
272
759 Keighley- ...........'?
plus the
BRADFORD- Manchester service via little horton
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Post by Bradford Traveller on Apr 2, 2008 21:45:08 GMT 1
anyone remember a bus to ambleside....'?
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Post by nick on Apr 3, 2008 17:34:12 GMT 1
Was there ever a Fastway Limted stop service between Leeds and Halifax(Peak Times). I know about the X25 but what about the 508 route. X508 route run by B7TL'S running limted stop along the 576 route then joins onto the X6 route. Would only run at peak times(IDEA)
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Post by Bradford Traveller on Apr 5, 2008 9:59:40 GMT 1
RE ABOVE POSTS
X12 BRADFORD - manch via oldham
x98 ambleside
DON'T rem a x508 but there was a night bus via BRADFORD not ls
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Post by m60800 on Apr 5, 2008 17:52:29 GMT 1
Was there ever a Fastway Limted stop service between Leeds and Halifax(Peak Times). I know about the X25 but what about the 508 route. X508 route run by B7TL'S running limted stop along the 576 route then joins onto the X6 route. Would only run at peak times(IDEA) There was a short lived Halifax Joint Committee service which I think used the Stanningley bypass out of Leeds, then usual 508 route. 20 or so years ago the 508 was limited stop out of Leeds at afternoon peak - first alighting point Huddersfield Arms (now Jug and Bottle) at Stanningley. Picked up at all stops. |
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Post by Craig on Apr 5, 2008 23:26:13 GMT 1
Bradford Traveller: The night bus you mentioned was the 950, which ran between Halifax, Bradford and Leeds, for some bizarre reason unknown to man.
As far as the ideas of the X508 go, aren't we duplicating this in another post (with a more sensible service number suggestion of X8).
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Post by bristololympian on Apr 6, 2008 22:24:31 GMT 1
X1 was Bradford-Otley via Airport & Yeadon.
759 was Keighley-Guiseley
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Post by angrycommuter on Apr 8, 2008 13:51:15 GMT 1
I remember two Fastaway routes; the X22 was a direct service from Leeds to Huddersfield via Dewsbury and Mirfield, operated by Yorkshire and Yorkshire Traction. It was eventually withdrawn, with only peak time Yorkshire Traction "Fastlink" services. The X26 operated between Wakefield and Huddersfield via Ossett, Dewsbury and Huddersfield and was even extended to Manchester at one point before being withdrawn completely.
Incidentally, does anyone remember "Yorkshire London Link", a London service operated by Yorkshire Woollen District?
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Post by nick on Apr 8, 2008 19:42:50 GMT 1
If you look we have already discussed the X20/X22. I don't remember the X26 nor do i remember the Yorkshire London Link.
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Post by angrycommuter on Jun 28, 2009 15:01:50 GMT 1
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Post by Matty on Jun 28, 2009 21:32:17 GMT 1
The old version of the new Megabus Plus services. :-D
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Post by olympian on Jul 2, 2009 23:02:39 GMT 1
Incidentally, does anyone remember "Yorkshire London Link", a London service operated by Yorkshire Woollen District?[/quote]
Yes useing vanhool coaches starting at Dewsbury, my freind once drove it as a spare driver as well as doing the Flight link with newer Vanhool coaches. I think these coches were Daf not 100% on it.
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Post by 576 Gemini 2 on Jul 4, 2009 21:31:03 GMT 1
The Bradford-Manchester-Trafford Centre service was the M60 which ran via the 576 route from Bradford to Halifax. The X67 ran one journey from Silsden to Bradford Mon-Fri morning
with the return being around teatime. There was also for a short time a X20 from Bradford to Tong around 1994.
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