During the penultimate week of Stagecoach’s tenure in King’s Lynn, I explored the Coasthopper route all the way through to Wells-next-the-Sea and Cromer.
In preparation for a brand new fleet to enter service later this year, Reading Buses have been trialling all of the latest and greatest vehicles the industry has to offer.
The talented folks at Reading Buses were very busy over the Christmas period – setting up the new Green Line operations; filling in the gaps in First’s Slough network; and adding many new buses to their fleet.
Are there enough passengers to support long-term, sustainable competition between bus operators? I doubt it. Even if there are enough passengers, is head to head competition beneficial for passengers?
The village of Glenridding sits at the southern end of Ullswater, the second largest lake in the Lake District. It’s accessible by Stagecoach’s route 508; the Saturdays only route 208; and the Ullswater Steamer ferry.
Highlights from the trip include venturing out to East Stratton & Stoke Charity on Mervyn’s Coaches route 95; and the Stagecoach 16 from Basingstoke to North Waltham and Steventon.
A couple of Wednesday’s ago I went to visit the Stagecoach empire in North Hampshire – including sampling their newly relaunched bus network in Basingstoke, the subject of today’s blog post.
