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Reading Transport Limited, [1] trading as Reading Buses, is an English municipal bus operator owned by Reading Borough Council, [2] serving the towns of Reading, Bracknell, Newbury, Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead, Wokingham and the surrounding areas in the counties of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Hampshire, as well as parts of Greater London.
Senior citizens may ride BARTA for free with proper ID. Up to three children age 5 and under may ride for free with a fare-paying adult. [9] BARTA offers various discount fares and passes for riders. Ten Trip Tickets provide ten bus trips and cost $17.30 for Adult Anywhere and $11.00 for Student Anywhere.
In late 2007, Reading Buses placed an order with Scania for 14 new ethanol fuelled double decker buses to replace the existing fleet of biodiesel powered vehicles operating premier route 17. At the time the order was placed, this was the largest order for ethanol fuelled buses in the UK. These buses started work on 26 May 2008. [15] [16] [17 ...
In December 2017, Reading Buses took over the 702 route from FirstGroup. For the first day of service on 24 December, passengers could board for free and various heritage vehicles were used on the route. [4] [5] First had previously announced it would withdraw the route as it said it had become unsustainable due to increasing costs of operation ...
Thames Valley Buses Limited, [2] trading as Thames Valley Buses, is a bus company based in Bracknell, England.It was known as Courtney Buses until 2021. Founded in 1973, the company operates a network of commercial and contracted local bus services and school buses in Berkshire, north Hampshire and small parts of Oxfordshire, Surrey and Buckinghamshire.
Boston is piloting three zero-fare public bus routes, and New York City is expected to test free buses on five lines. Eliminating fares gives a badly needed boost to ridership, removes cost ...
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The concept of the contra-flow bus lane proved successful, and was adopted in other places for motor buses. [5] The extended main line from the Three Tuns to the Bear still exists today as Reading Buses route 17, the town's busiest and most frequent route, [12] and the first to be designated a premier route. This was a scheme to upgrade the ...