Tuesday 7th July 2026 It's yet another Tuesday tale of competition between bus companies in the Home Counties. While Thames Valley and Carousel have dampened down their skirmishes with tactical withdrawals in Berkshire, the battle for the High Wycombe and Slough to Uxbridge corridors between Carousel and First Bus continues and over in neighbouring Bedfordshire... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 16th June 2026 This is becoming a bit of a habit. Two Tuesdays ago I reported on new competitive developments in Southend-on-Sea between First Bus and Arriva; last Tuesday it was about Arriva and Stagecoach's new battle in Stevenage and today I'm catching up with further competitive developments, this time in Preston where a... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 9th June 2026 As well as in Southend-on-Sea (and also Preston - which I’ve yet to visit) it all kicked off in Stevenage last week where Stagecoach is flexing its muscles against Arriva. It doesn’t seem that long ago (February 2024), Stagecoach extended its Bedford to Hitchin routes 9A and 9B onwards to Stevenage... Continue Reading →
Sunday 1st December 2019 There was a time when Oxford was the oft quoted example of head-to-head quality competition between two major bus companies as each operator aimed for a high standard of service to attract custom. Oxford's bus market matured after a statutory partnership deal led to a coordinated network so its fallen to... Continue Reading →
Monday 7th January 2019 It's all happening in Guildford this week. Stagecoach South introduced a fleet of nine ADL Enviro 200EV electric buses on the Guildford Park and Ride services today while, as predicted in my post on 16th November last year, the bus war between Arriva and Safeguard has escalated into Bellfields. I had... Continue Reading →
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