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Post by michael1971 on Mar 15, 2023 15:24:01 GMT 1
Oldham will be under franchising soon so no-one will be interested see latest buses for pessimistic article about franchising by Julian Peddle which starts next year for Oldham
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Post by gaz6371 on Mar 16, 2023 19:47:26 GMT 1
840/843 coastliner services to stop serving headrow/parkrow/boar Lane on there early am services plus not serving vicar Lane on evening services from 2nd April
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Post by jonny182 on Mar 16, 2023 22:50:00 GMT 1
840/843 coastliner services to stop serving headrow/parkrow/boar Lane on there early am services plus not serving vicar Lane on evening services from 2nd April That is quite unfortunate for early morning workers and a shame as these stops are well used at peak times. It makes it rather more inconvenient now since the Harrogate 7 (old 770) stopped these peak time extensions. It is a shame to lose these links as it is a long walk from the City Bus Stn to the business western end of town / hospitals and now that other services such as Kirkstall Rd services/those to the hospitals are far less frequent than they used to be meaning a long wait for a connecting bus or a long walk from April! Not everyone may be able to walk that distance in a short amount of time.
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Post by joseph on Mar 18, 2023 8:09:18 GMT 1
Yorkshire buses are looking at covering one of the lost routes in West Leeds, at this stage it's not known which one but they have said to watch this space. My guess is it'll be the 9 as far as Pudsey.
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Post by WYBS on Mar 18, 2023 13:11:08 GMT 1
Yorkshire buses are looking at covering one of the lost routes in West Leeds, at this stage it's not known which one but they have said to watch this space. My guess is it'll be the 9 as far as Pudsey. I mean, it's gotta be more lucrative than the 29, surely.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2023 14:40:21 GMT 1
Yorkshire buses are looking at covering one of the lost routes in West Leeds, at this stage it's not known which one but they have said to watch this space. My guess is it'll be the 9 as far as Pudsey. I mean, it's gotta be more lucrative than the 29, surely. and what makes you think the 29 isn't doing ok?
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Post by stephen01 on Mar 18, 2023 17:23:37 GMT 1
Yorkshire buses are looking at covering one of the lost routes in West Leeds, at this stage it's not known which one but they have said to watch this space. My guess is it'll be the 9 as far as Pudsey. I mean, it's gotta be more lucrative than the 29, surely. the 29 will be as it's funded by the Uni. Plus the demand must be there or else they wouldnt have extended it down to Hunslet.
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Post by WYBS on Mar 18, 2023 19:29:19 GMT 1
I mean, it's gotta be more lucrative than the 29, surely. and what makes you think the 29 isn't doing ok? I didn't say it wasn't doing ok, I was comparing a route that is a vital link for lots of people; one that is the only bus to connect certain parts of Leeds with a route that has alternatives within a short distance. Not knocking the 29 at all.
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Post by leedsbusman on Mar 18, 2023 19:30:44 GMT 1
I mean, it's gotta be more lucrative than the 29, surely. the 29 will be as it's funded by the Uni. Plus the demand must be there or else they wouldnt have extended it down to Hunslet. How do you know it is funded by the uni?
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Post by rossbailey on Mar 18, 2023 23:33:56 GMT 1
Yorkshire buses are looking at covering one of the lost routes in West Leeds, at this stage it's not known which one but they have said to watch this space. My guess is it'll be the 9 as far as Pudsey. I mean, it's gotta be more lucrative than the 29, surely. I have heard that Yorkshire Buses might in fact be doing the full route, so to reinstate the Pudsey-Farsley-Horsforth link which is partly tendered (early morning & evening peak) and be renumbering it the 95.
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Post by martinsfp on Mar 19, 2023 0:31:37 GMT 1
I mean, it's gotta be more lucrative than the 29, surely. I have heard that Yorkshire Buses might in fact be doing the full route, so to reinstate the Pudsey-Farsley-Horsforth link which is partly tendered (early morning & evening peak) and be renumbering it the 95. One thing is for sure, having two White Rose to Horsforth routes numbered 9, running totally different routes, was very silly.
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Post by tyresmoke on Mar 19, 2023 12:11:55 GMT 1
At the far end of North Yorkshire - the 80/89 between Northallerton and Stokesley is moving from Abbotts to Coatham Connect next month, with the promise of a better timetable. Abbotts have run the service since at least 2004, and for much of that time it has been their only stage-carriage service. Looking forward to getting started on this one. There’s no change to the service pattern just the timetable will be a standard 2-hourly pattern rather than the current awkward one. The first/last commercial positioning journeys are withdrawn though.
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Post by joseph on Mar 19, 2023 13:24:00 GMT 1
www.dalesbus.org/uploads/1/1/3/9/113919127/875.pdfSpot the new service and operator, who aren't that new to Leeds itself, however for the first time ever (apart from excursions) they'll be seen running through North Leeds and Otley, and you'd never think back in the days of other red buses you'd be seeing them do so up that way.
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Post by stephen01 on Mar 19, 2023 13:46:43 GMT 1
www.dalesbus.org/uploads/1/1/3/9/113919127/875.pdfSpot the new service and operator, who aren't that new to Leeds itself, however for the first time ever (apart from excursions) they'll be seen running through North Leeds and Otley, and you'd never think back in the days of other red buses you'd be seeing them do so up that way. It's a long time since the operated a service to & from Leeds with last one been when they shared the X62 Hull to Leeds.
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Post by stuartfillingham on Mar 19, 2023 14:57:09 GMT 1
www.dalesbus.org/uploads/1/1/3/9/113919127/875.pdfSpot the new service and operator, who aren't that new to Leeds itself, however for the first time ever (apart from excursions) they'll be seen running through North Leeds and Otley, and you'd never think back in the days of other red buses you'd be seeing them do so up that way. Looking forward to it.
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Post by stevieinselby on Mar 19, 2023 20:28:30 GMT 1
www.dalesbus.org/uploads/1/1/3/9/113919127/875.pdfSpot the new service and operator, who aren't that new to Leeds itself, however for the first time ever (apart from excursions) they'll be seen running through North Leeds and Otley, and you'd never think back in the days of other red buses you'd be seeing them do so up that way. It's an interesting one. At the start of the season, they are running a bus from York via Leeds to Grassington, which then continues to Hawes. Then at some as yet unspecified time, that bus will terminate at Grassington, and a connection will be available to Hawes at the same time on the York via Ripon to Grassington and Hawes service. The timetable for that isn't available yet, so I'm not sure if that bus will then just sit at Grassington for 4 hours until it's time to return, or if it do something else in the meantime. Last year, the York to Hawes via Ripon service started at the start of the season although finished a few weeks earlier than the Leeds to Hawes service. I'm puzzled as to whether Leeds really needs three buses in quick succession to Wharfedale (two of them running at the same time), but with only one of the three calling at Bolton Abbey and Burnsall – at least on the way back, they are a bit more spread out, but still doesn't address the fact that two of the three miss out a couple of key destinations. If for most of the season the EY bus isn't going to Hawes then I would have thought it would make more sense to use a single decker and run it through Bolton Abbey.
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Post by joseph on Mar 20, 2023 6:32:32 GMT 1
www.dalesbus.org/uploads/1/1/3/9/113919127/875.pdfSpot the new service and operator, who aren't that new to Leeds itself, however for the first time ever (apart from excursions) they'll be seen running through North Leeds and Otley, and you'd never think back in the days of other red buses you'd be seeing them do so up that way. It's an interesting one. At the start of the season, they are running a bus from York via Leeds to Grassington, which then continues to Hawes. Then at some as yet unspecified time, that bus will terminate at Grassington, and a connection will be available to Hawes at the same time on the York via Ripon to Grassington and Hawes service. The timetable for that isn't available yet, so I'm not sure if that bus will then just sit at Grassington for 4 hours until it's time to return, or if it do something else in the meantime. Last year, the York to Hawes via Ripon service started at the start of the season although finished a few weeks earlier than the Leeds to Hawes service. I'm puzzled as to whether Leeds really needs three buses in quick succession to Wharfedale (two of them running at the same time), but with only one of the three calling at Bolton Abbey and Burnsall – at least on the way back, they are a bit more spread out, but still doesn't address the fact that two of the three miss out a couple of key destinations. If for most of the season the EY bus isn't going to Hawes then I would have thought it would make more sense to use a single decker and run it through Bolton Abbey. That sounds very complex, would have been better just to have East Yorkshire run from York to Hawes via Leeds and return using it's current outbound times and returning at the time the 875 returns at so the driver has a decent break in Hawes. I'd then have the 875 re-timed to run an hour later than now, terminate at Grassington with connections into the 876 for Hawes. At the moment the 876 driver will only get 15 mins each way in Grassington if they're lucky, and an hour in Hawes. The 875 could then be used for an improved shuttle service back to Ilkley together with the 874.
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Post by SF07 on Mar 21, 2023 20:56:21 GMT 1
Some of the new timetables are now showing on the Metro website. Looks like that the 184 will run direct between Standedge and Marsden Hard End via Mount Road rather than down the A62 and into Hard End via Fall Lane (like how the 184 originally ran when it started running between Manchester and Huddersfield in 2004). Journey length between Oldham and Huddersfield will be increased to around 90 minutes. Also looks like there'll be some dead running to/from Oldham, as the first weekday departure from Oldham is 0600, while the first arrival into Oldham will be at 0658, while the last departure from Oldham will be at 1919, while the last arrival into Oldham will be at 2053 weekdays (1930 from Huddersfield) or 1958 Saturdays (1830 from Huddersfield). www.wymetro.com/buses/timetables/184/31421Also, confirmation that the 508 will essentially be re-routed via the X6 route between Thornbury and Leeds, but serving all stops along the route, including on Stanningley Bypass at Swinnow. Journey length time between Halifax and Leeds will be reduced to 70 minutes (1 hour 10). www.wymetro.com/buses/timetables/508Meanwhile, some more changes in Huddersfield listed in the updated Changing Times booklet. Stotts services 317 and 388 are both withdrawn from 2 April, while there's some minor re-timing of journeys on First's 301/302 and 310 services, while a journey on the 308 is withdrawn. wymetro.com/media/9450/public-transport-changes-apr-2023-13803.pdf
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Post by peteleeds on Mar 21, 2023 21:41:51 GMT 1
Some of the new timetables are now showing on the Metro website. Looks like that the 184 will run direct between Standedge and Marsden Hard End via Mount Road rather than down the A62 and into Hard End via Fall Lane (like how the 184 originally ran when it started running between Manchester and Huddersfield in 2004). Journey length between Oldham and Huddersfield will be increased to around 90 minutes. Also looks like there'll be some dead running to/from Oldham, as the first weekday departure from Oldham is 0600, while the first arrival into Oldham will be at 0658, while the last departure from Oldham will be at 1919, while the last arrival into Oldham will be at 2053 weekdays (1930 from Huddersfield) or 1958 Saturdays (1830 from Huddersfield). www.wymetro.com/buses/timetables/184/31421Also, confirmation that the 508 will essentially be re-routed via the X6 route between Thornbury and Leeds, but serving all stops along the route, including on Stanningley Bypass at Swinnow. Journey length time between Halifax and Leeds will be reduced to 70 minutes (1 hour 10). www.wymetro.com/buses/timetables/508Meanwhile, some more changes in Huddersfield listed in the updated Changing Times booklet. Stotts services 317 and 388 are both withdrawn from 2 April, while there's some minor re-timing of journeys on First's 301/302 and 310 services, while a journey on the 308 is withdrawn. wymetro.com/media/9450/public-transport-changes-apr-2023-13803.pdfNot sure why 508 is down to come off bypass stop at stop on slip road at swinnow on way to halifax but no similar stop on way to leeds. Doesn't make any sense
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Mar 21, 2023 22:17:39 GMT 1
There are no bus stops in the opposite direction. One was on the main carriageway due to there being no off slip at Swinnow Lane in the eastbound direction, but it was fenced off years ago, and then further along there is an unmarked lay-by that must also have been phased out in the past.
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Post by peteleeds on Mar 21, 2023 23:16:37 GMT 1
There are no bus stops in the opposite direction. One was on the main carriageway due to there being no off slip at Swinnow Lane in the eastbound direction, but it was fenced off years ago, and then further along there is an unmarked lay-by that must also have been phased out in the past. Which I completely agree with. But the x6 doesn't serve the stop on swinnow slip road so why is the 508 going to ?
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Post by rwilkes on Mar 21, 2023 23:54:55 GMT 1
I had read that the 508 had been cut back to hourly, but it is approximatley every 30 minutes, Perhaps the uneveness is due to traffic. But it is good enough for patronage to build if it were publicised
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Post by johndc1984 on Mar 22, 2023 0:36:43 GMT 1
You need to select ‘upcoming timetable’ on the link for the 508 to see the new timetable which is hourly at generally :10 from Halifax and :45 from Leeds each hour. It’s also going back to the bus station in Leeds.
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Post by 37057 on Mar 22, 2023 1:00:24 GMT 1
Some of the new timetables are now showing on the Metro website. Looks like that the 184 will run direct between Standedge and Marsden Hard End via Mount Road rather than down the A62 and into Hard End via Fall Lane (like how the 184 originally ran when it started running between Manchester and Huddersfield in 2004). Journey length between Oldham and Huddersfield will be increased to around 90 minutes. Also looks like there'll be some dead running to/from Oldham, as the first weekday departure from Oldham is 0600, while the first arrival into Oldham will be at 0658, while the last departure from Oldham will be at 1919, while the last arrival into Oldham will be at 2053 weekdays (1930 from Huddersfield) or 1958 Saturdays (1830 from Huddersfield). www.wymetro.com/buses/timetables/184/31421Also, confirmation that the 508 will essentially be re-routed via the X6 route between Thornbury and Leeds, but serving all stops along the route, including on Stanningley Bypass at Swinnow. Journey length time between Halifax and Leeds will be reduced to 70 minutes (1 hour 10). www.wymetro.com/buses/timetables/508Meanwhile, some more changes in Huddersfield listed in the updated Changing Times booklet. Stotts services 317 and 388 are both withdrawn from 2 April, while there's some minor re-timing of journeys on First's 301/302 and 310 services, while a journey on the 308 is withdrawn. wymetro.com/media/9450/public-transport-changes-apr-2023-13803.pdfNot sure why 508 is down to come off bypass stop at stop on slip road at swinnow on way to halifax but no similar stop on way to leeds. Doesn't make any sense I have route learned the new 508 and we didn't get told we was serving that stop on Swinnow Stanningley bypass or the one on the sliproad, last bus stop will be Stanningley Rd Greenhill Mount then non stop to Thornbury so I'm unsure where you have got that information from.
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Post by peteleeds on Mar 22, 2023 7:32:19 GMT 1
Not sure why 508 is down to come off bypass stop at stop on slip road at swinnow on way to halifax but no similar stop on way to leeds. Doesn't make any sense I have route learned the new 508 and we didn't get told we was serving that stop on Swinnow Stanningley bypass or the one on the sliproad, last bus stop will be Stanningley Rd Greenhill Mount then non stop to Thornbury so I'm unsure where you have got that information from. If you go on wymetro.com and look at the upcoming timetable if you click the journey it shows every stop it serves
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