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Post by mattb7tl on Apr 16, 2022 20:18:28 GMT 1
My favorite without a doubt was the full-length X6. It was much more satisfying compared to the remaining routes to Leeds from Huddersfield. It had less turns unsatisfying turns, traffic lights and break stops!
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Post by stephen01 on Apr 16, 2022 20:20:12 GMT 1
My favorite without a doubt was the full-length X6. It was much more satisfying compared to the remaining routes to Leeds from Huddersfield. It had less turns unsatisfying turns, traffic lights and break stops! Agreed. I miss the 282 and the original 284 routes.
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Post by deerfold on Apr 16, 2022 20:42:10 GMT 1
My favorite without a doubt was the full-length X6. It was much more satisfying compared to the remaining routes to Leeds from Huddersfield. It had less turns unsatisfying turns, traffic lights and break stops! Just a shame it wasn't any faster.
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Post by mattb7tl on Apr 16, 2022 21:00:11 GMT 1
My favorite without a doubt was the full-length X6. It was much more satisfying compared to the remaining routes to Leeds from Huddersfield. It had less turns unsatisfying turns, traffic lights and break stops! Just a shame it wasn't any faster. Defiantly! I feel like the infrastructure for buses between the three towns/cities was and is underdeveloped, most likely the reason it was split into two routes. If the X6 had more bus lanes and guideways and other stuff to prevent delays and make journey times faster? It would've easily turned it into the most popular route in WY, if it isn't already.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Apr 16, 2022 21:06:44 GMT 1
589 Rochdale - Burnley via Todmorden
Super simple. Connections with buses at Todmorden were only a 5 - 10 minute wait compared to now it's upto 25 minutes+ to half an hour depending on time of day with the Burnley section being numbered 591. Should have just left it alone and passengers would still be happy and satisfied with the service.
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Post by stephen01 on Apr 16, 2022 21:09:07 GMT 1
589 Rochdale - Burnley via Todmorden Super simple. Connections with buses at Todmorden were only a 5 - 10 minute wait compared to now it's upto 25 minutes+ to half an hour depending on time of day with the Burnley section being numbered 591. Should have just left it alone and passengers would still be happy and satisfied with the service. Lesson for the management; "Don't fix summat that aint broken"
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Post by johndc1984 on Apr 16, 2022 21:39:02 GMT 1
For me it’s the 278 Halifax-Brighouse-Dewsbury/Wakefield, miss the ease of getting over to Dewsbury from the Calderdale side of the county when on a day rover trip for example. And the X36 Halifax-Huddersfield express without the detour into Elland, also the route could have any vehicle type on it from the Huddersfield and Halifax fleet, remember twice getting a Calderline Mercedes Vario 2 on it, but the Huddersfield Plaxton Derwents seemed best suited to the route.
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Post by joseph on Apr 16, 2022 21:51:14 GMT 1
I miss some of the axed Dalesbus routes from West Yorkshire, such as the 808 from Leeds to the Lake District via Ingleton (yes this was a Dalesbus route surprisingly lol) and the 801 from West Yorkshire to Keld. I also miss the Keighley and District/Lancaster City Transport buses to Morecambe from West Yorkshire. Both numbered 200 even though they operated as separate services.
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Post by stephen01 on Apr 16, 2022 21:57:35 GMT 1
I miss some of the axed Dalesbus routes from West Yorkshire, such as the 808 from Leeds to the Lake District via Ingleton (yes this was a Dalesbus route surprisingly lol) and the 801 from West Yorkshire to Keld. I also miss the Keighley and District/Lancaster City Transport buses to Morecambe from West Yorkshire. Both numbered 200 even though they operated as separate services. 808 was run by Arriva using the Wright Endurances 406-408 if i remember
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Post by stephen01 on Apr 16, 2022 21:59:39 GMT 1
For me it’s the 278 Halifax-Brighouse-Dewsbury/Wakefield, miss the ease of getting over to Dewsbury from the Calderdale side of the county when on a day rover trip for example. And the X36 Halifax-Huddersfield express without the detour into Elland, also the route could have any vehicle type on it from the Huddersfield and Halifax fleet, remember twice getting a Calderline Mercedes Vario 2 on it, but the Huddersfield Plaxton Derwents seemed best suited to the route. i have heard talk that CT Plus were looking in to re-introducing the 278 between Dewsbury & Brighouse at least.
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Post by Username on Apr 17, 2022 9:43:31 GMT 1
For me it’s the 278 Halifax-Brighouse-Dewsbury/Wakefield, miss the ease of getting over to Dewsbury from the Calderdale side of the county when on a day rover trip for example. And the X36 Halifax-Huddersfield express without the detour into Elland, also the route could have any vehicle type on it from the Huddersfield and Halifax fleet, remember twice getting a Calderline Mercedes Vario 2 on it, but the Huddersfield Plaxton Derwents seemed best suited to the route. i have heard talk that CT Plus were looking in to re-introducing the 279 between Dewsbury & Brighouse at least. Yeah heard that too. It would be good as it finally restores the route between Brighouse and Mirfield. Also if it ran from Brighouse it would be a simple route as CT Plus have a depot in Brighouse, but what would be cooler is if Team Pennine runs the X78 again to properly link up with that service with a connection of around 5-10 minutes.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 17, 2022 9:50:24 GMT 1
670. Its withdrawal meant the corridor I live on has had the frequency of buses to town halved, and with the 60 being very unreliable at the moment; it's annoying. It also means we lost our direct bus to Bradford, and now have to change at Greengates for the 645 (which is never a particularly pleasant route to travel on).
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Post by marko576 on Apr 17, 2022 10:07:54 GMT 1
For me it would be the 562 Halifax to Oldham. A nice route over the tops into Greater Manchester but alas probably one that will never be restored.
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Post by stephen01 on Apr 17, 2022 10:16:23 GMT 1
i have heard talk that CT Plus were looking in to re-introducing the 279 between Dewsbury & Brighouse at least. Yeah heard that too. It would be good as it finally restores the route between Brighouse and Mirfield. Also if it ran from Brighouse it would be a simple route as CT Plus have a depot in Brighouse, but what would be cooler is if Team Pennine runs the X78 again to properly link up with that service with a connection of around 5-10 minutes. depends really because the connections between 262 & X78 were bad as they did get timetabled to co-ordinate in the mentioned way. I think before anyone brings the X78 back research would need to be done between that snd even the X79 that HJC ran when they got the contract for 995 Sainsburys shopper and seeing which had the numbers to be sustainable
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Post by deerfold on Apr 17, 2022 10:47:33 GMT 1
For me it would be the 562 Halifax to Oldham. A nice route over the tops into Greater Manchester but alas probably one that will never be restored. Sadly it wasn't the busiest bus route ever. I caught it daily for 3 months in 1993. It was reasonably busy from Halifax to Ripponden with a few on until Rishworth. Then, except on a Thursday, I was the only person on it until Denshaw when people started to get on again. In the afternoon there were sometimes a few going over the border. There were a few people used to go over the border on a Saturday. It was a lovely run (though 1 day I was on the service an hour after one went through a wall at Cunning Corner).
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Post by mcbus123 on Apr 17, 2022 13:16:48 GMT 1
M62 Halifax White rose Leeds fastest way to Leeds by bus from Halifax
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Post by wibble on Apr 17, 2022 15:00:12 GMT 1
278 was really useful for me personally, and made links with other parts of the wider bus network possible too. Surprised it went entirely (eventually) as there was a decent load on it most of the time, compared to some other routes still going as well. Think the 268 extension started the demise of the 278 and 253.
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Post by stephen01 on Apr 17, 2022 15:08:46 GMT 1
278 was really useful for me personally, and made links with other parts of the wider bus network possible too. Surprised it went entirely (eventually) as there was a decent load on it most of the time, compared to some other routes still going as well. Think the 268 extension started the demise of the 278 and 253. the 253 was struggling before the curtailed it to Bradford-Dewsbury. The 278 was indeed extremely popular but in the end it was a bad move to interwork it with the 282. Now with the 253 Arriva had been offered the extra financal support for the route but there was reluctance hence how the 263 came about.
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Post by Username on Apr 17, 2022 15:49:53 GMT 1
For me it would be the 562 Halifax to Oldham. A nice route over the tops into Greater Manchester but alas probably one that will never be restored. Perhaps if there was more housing development after Rishworth on the way towards Booth Wood to the Turnpike Inn maybe the service would still be running strong. Service 587 over the tops of Rochdale Road is still running quite successful even with extra buses from the Rochdale Road and Baitings area towards Huddersfield and Hebden Bridge because of the huge street of housing development on Rochdale Road.
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Post by Username on Apr 17, 2022 16:02:30 GMT 1
Cityzap. It did get quite a few passengers, the majority of it being elderly so the company did not really earn much money from the service. However, now Huddersfield is part of the Transdev empire, if the service ran like this: From Manchester to the route it used to run all the way to Mount, then down Newhey Road, stopping outside Sadeline Nook Sainsbury's and Acre Street for the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and then non stop to Huddersfield Bus Station. Then from there it could run along the 503 route to Ainley Top and then head back on to the M62 and run all the way to Leeds, following the 51, 52 and PR1 off the M621 motorway and then to the Bus Station.
Also another service that I miss is the 559 from Halifax to Deanhead. It's a shame the demand between Ringstone Reservoir and Deanhead was very little however the area is still served by the 900 service, so I guess it is not a total loss.
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Post by Username on Apr 17, 2022 16:30:56 GMT 1
Cityzap. It did get quite a few passengers, the majority of it being elderly so the company did not really earn much money from the service. However, now Huddersfield is part of the Transdev empire, if the service ran like this: From Manchester to the route it used to run all the way to Mount, then down Newhey Road, stopping outside Sadeline Nook Sainsbury's and Acre Street for the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and then non stop to Huddersfield Bus Station. Then from there it could run along the 503 route to Ainley Top and then head back on to the M62 and run all the way to Leeds, following the 51, 52 and PR1 off the M621 motorway and then to the Bus Station. Also another service that I miss is the 559 from Halifax to Deanhead. It's a shame the demand between Ringstone Reservoir and Deanhead was very little however the area is still served by the 900 service, so I guess it is not a total loss. Any service that used to run into Heptonstall. Service 517 was quite scenic and was faster than the 592 to Burnley as it avoided running along the Valley into Todmorden. It ran straight through to Burnley through Blackshaw Head and Heptonstall. As well as this, service 906 stopped running during lockdown and hasn't seen service since October 2019.
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Post by stephen01 on Apr 17, 2022 16:41:18 GMT 1
Cityzap. It did get quite a few passengers, the majority of it being elderly so the company did not really earn much money from the service. However, now Huddersfield is part of the Transdev empire, if the service ran like this: From Manchester to the route it used to run all the way to Mount, then down Newhey Road, stopping outside Sadeline Nook Sainsbury's and Acre Street for the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and then non stop to Huddersfield Bus Station. Then from there it could run along the 503 route to Ainley Top and then head back on to the M62 and run all the way to Leeds, following the 51, 52 and PR1 off the M621 motorway and then to the Bus Station. Also another service that I miss is the 559 from Halifax to Deanhead. It's a shame the demand between Ringstone Reservoir and Deanhead was very little however the area is still served by the 900 service, so I guess it is not a total loss. I've said it before and I'll say it again the idea of bringing back the Manchester to Leeds Cityzap has been asked to be resurrected since last year when it was first announced that Transdev was announced they were taking over Tiger and the answer that has been given is NO. Plus the suggestion you've come up with would remove the express element.
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Post by Username on Apr 17, 2022 17:07:46 GMT 1
Cityzap. It did get quite a few passengers, the majority of it being elderly so the company did not really earn much money from the service. However, now Huddersfield is part of the Transdev empire, if the service ran like this: From Manchester to the route it used to run all the way to Mount, then down Newhey Road, stopping outside Sadeline Nook Sainsbury's and Acre Street for the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and then non stop to Huddersfield Bus Station. Then from there it could run along the 503 route to Ainley Top and then head back on to the M62 and run all the way to Leeds, following the 51, 52 and PR1 off the M621 motorway and then to the Bus Station. Also another service that I miss is the 559 from Halifax to Deanhead. It's a shame the demand between Ringstone Reservoir and Deanhead was very little however the area is still served by the 900 service, so I guess it is not a total loss. I've said it before and I'll say it again the idea of bringing back the Manchester to Leeds Cityzap has been asked to be resurrected since last year when it was first announced that Transdev was announced they were taking over Tiger and the answer that has been given is NO. Plus the suggestion you've come up with would remove the express element. Tankinf one detour removes the Express element?
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Post by stephen01 on Apr 17, 2022 17:34:50 GMT 1
I've said it before and I'll say it again the idea of bringing back the Manchester to Leeds Cityzap has been asked to be resurrected since last year when it was first announced that Transdev was announced they were taking over Tiger and the answer that has been given is NO. Plus the suggestion you've come up with would remove the express element. Tankinf one detour removes the Express element? your making several detours to serve HRI and Huddersfield Bus Station and running back up to Ainley top is quite a massive diversion and is flawed as too many traffic delays. That was same with the original one as it had too many timing issues in the end
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Post by 576 Gemini 2 on Apr 17, 2022 19:47:14 GMT 1
For me from a operational point of view it has to the old Mon-Sat 15 minute(30 minute Sun)interval service on the 610,611,612,613 & 614,634 services along Great Horton Road in Bradford which along with the 576 meant there was a bus every 5 mins. Also these services would relieved the 576 of a lot the passengers between Bradford & Bartle Lane,White Horse,Horton Bank Top & Queensbury.
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