Tuesday 30th July 2024 As explained in a recent blog about Arriva’s exit from High Wycombe (enacted at the weekend), Carousel Buses and Reading Buses began providing their competitive replacement bus routes between Henley and Reading on Sunday. Carousel has replicated Arriva's previous routes 800 and 850, each on an hourly frequency between High Wycombe,... Continue Reading →
High Noon for High Wycombe
Thursday 4th July 2024 It's just over three weeks until Arriva's exit from High Wycombe (along with Aylesbury) so I decided to pay a visit to see what the company will be leaving behind. Despite imminent abandonment of the town Arriva's website continues to extol its virtues..... "High Wycombe is a thriving market town situated... Continue Reading →
More Bucks for your Bang
Monday 19th April 2021 As the deregulated era of free market bus operation draws towards a close it’s not surprising head-to-head bus competition is pretty rare nowadays. Not least currently because Covid has reduced passenger numbers to (at best) less than two-thirds of normal times, and no one is making a profit in the current... Continue Reading →
