Thursday 10th September 2026 I’ve been exploring five new routes introduced over the last couple of weeks - here’s the first of a three part blog taking a look at these new additions to the bus and coach scene. Part one covers two new routes introduced in the North West which hit the road for... Continue Reading →
Sunday 16th August 2026 My latest journey of discovery on all of Britain’s 25 bus routes numbered 99 turned out to be the busiest journey yet - even beating TfL’s route 99 between Woolwich and Erith/Bexleyheath - and perhaps fittingly it's part of the high profile Bee Network in Manchester, which, of course, was famously... Continue Reading →
Saturday 2nd November (No 999) This week has seen big Bee news in Greater Manchester. Mayor Burnham has been trumpeting the first new bus route added to the network since he took back control in September 2023. Except it’s not really a new route, more the reinstatement of a route withdrawn in 2020. I’ve not... Continue Reading →
Saturday 30th March 2024 I took a ride on the busy inter-urban route 100 linking Manchester and Warrington on its very last day as a commercial operation by Go North West - last Saturday, 23rd March. The following day, Sunday, the route became part of Greater Manchester’s expanding franchised controlled Bee Network. Buses were already... Continue Reading →
Saturday 16th March 2024 This month sees three high profile public transport networks change hands. Firstly in Northampton, unō withdrew from its operations last weekend (9th March) after 11 and a half years in the town to be replaced by Stagecoach. Secondly next Thursday (21st March) Stagecoach ends its 27 year tenure operating the Sheffield... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 26th September 2023 It was back in 1986 the 56 year old system of bus route licensing and regulation outside London came to an end heralding in a new market led deregulated era of bus provision. GM Buses was sold to the private sector eight years later. The new deregulated system immediately attracted vocal... Continue Reading →
