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Route X26 has its origins in Green Line Coaches route 725, which started in the 1950s and ran from Gravesend and Dartford through Sidcup, Bromley, Croydon, Sutton and Kingston to Staines and Windsor. In the late 1970s, route 726 was introduced as a variant, from Gravesend to Windsor via Heathrow Airport and Slough instead of Staines. [1]
The network commenced operations on 26 March 2006 with the introduction of Fastrack B between Temple Hill and Gravesend. [2] [3] On 3 June 2007, Fastrack A commenced operations in order to serve the new development at The Bridge in Dartford. [4] The route is part-funded by Prologis, the developers of The Bridge.
The current Arriva Sapphire livery uses the same light blue colour across the majority of the bus although the front of the bus is dark blue with a white and silver stripe separating the two colours. Arriva Kent Thameside operate Sapphire liveried buses on routes 480, 490 and 491. [5]
This is a list of the past, present, planned or abandoned guided bus systems or bus rapid transit schemes in the United Kingdom, including segregated busways.Not included are bus priority schemes, bus lanes or local authority bus company quality contracts that do not involve guidance, significant segregation from the public highway or other bus rapid transit features.
Gravesend: Route withdrawn and replaced by the revised route 480 480A Gravesend: Riverview Park: Route renumbered to 491 490A Gravesend: Singlewell, Valley Drive: Route renumbered to 490 700 [15] Bluewater: Chatham: Buses repainted into Arriva Journey Mark, route now uses any suitable vehicle.
Two double-decker buses on routes 8 and 205 at Bishopsgate in 2022 A single-decker bus on route 309 in Aberfeldy Village in 2022. This is a list of Transport for London (TfL) contracted bus routes in London, England, as well as commercial services that enter the Greater London area (except coaches).
Carousel Buses Limited, [2] trading as Carousel Buses, is a bus company based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Originally an independent company, it is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group . It is grouped together with Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel , both of Oxfordshire, and with Pulham's Coaches of Gloucestershire, with the ...
Arriva Southend has been criticised by users and the Southend Area Bus Users' Group for withdrawing services which it considered no longer economically viable due to low passenger numbers (even when parts of the route were profitable) when Southend Borough Council withdrew bus subsidies of up to £6 per passenger in 2005. [10]