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Title: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: bobm on March 18, 2018, 18:02:55 http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ScenicBus (http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ScenicBus)
ENGLAND You can select up to 3 routes from the following list and/or add your own suggestions at the end Routes are in numerical order 1 - Bolton to Darwen - Transdev Blazefield 1 - Weymouth to Portland - First Wessex 2L - Kidderminster to Ludlow - Diamond Buses 3 - Dartmouth to Plymouth - Stagecoach South West 5A - Leicester to Melton Mowbray - Arriva Midlands 6.1 - Derby to Bakewell via Matlock - Trent Barton 9 - Shoeburyness to Rayleigh via Southend Esplanade - Arriva Southern Counties 12/12A/12X/13X The Coaster - Brighton to Eastbourne via South Downs National Park - Brighton & Hove Buses (Go Ahead) 20 Somerset’s Coaster - Weston-super-Mare to Burnham-on-sea - First West of England 21 - Barnstaple to Croyde - Stagecoach South West 22 - Paignton to Dawlish Warren - Stagecoach South West 23 - Gloucester to Coleford via Lydney, Forest of Dean and Severn estuary - Stagecoach West 24 - Harrogate to Pateley Bridge along Nidderdale - Transdev Blazefield 32 - St Helens to Clinkham Wood - Arriva North West 36 - Leeds to Ripon via Harewood and Harrogate - Transdev Blazefield 40 Purbeck Breezer - Wareham to Swanage via Corfe Castle - morebus (Go Ahead) 44B - Worcester to Ledbury via Malvern - First Worcester 49 - Swindon to Trowbridge via Devizes, Avebury and Caen Locks - Stagecoach West 50 - Bournemouth to Swanage via Sandbanks, Shell Bay and Studland - morebus (Go Ahead) 58 - Buxton to Macclesfield via Cat & Fiddle - High Peak 59 - Harlow to Chelmsford via The Rodings - Arriva Southern Counties 70 – Plymouth to Cremyll – Plymouth Citybus (Go Ahead) 77/77A - Keswick circular via Braithwaite, Buttermere and Borrowdale - Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire 130 - Manchester to Macclesfield - Arriva North West 153 - Leicester to Market Bosworth - Arriva Midlands 173 - Bakewell to Castleton in the Peak District - Hulleys of Baslow 184 - Manchester to Huddersfield over the Pennines - First Manchester 271 - Sheffield to Castleton - First South Yorkshire & Hulleys of Baslow 291 - Crawley to Tunbridge Wells via East Grinstead and High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - Metrobus (Go Ahead) 308 - Huddersfield to Holmfirth - First Huddersfield 351 - Holmfirth to Glossop - South Pennine Community Transport 376 Mendip Xplorer - Bristol to Wells/Glastonbury/Street - First West of England 378/385 - Southport to Wigan via Ormskirk - Arriva North West 505 - Windermere to Coniston via Ambleside and Hawkshead - Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire 508 - Penrith to Windermere via Pooley Bridge and Patterdale - Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire 516 - Ambleside to Dungeon Ghyll - Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire 555/599 - Lancaster to Keswick via Windermere & Grasmere – Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancs 830 DalesBus - Middlesbrough to Ingleton via Swaledale and Buttertubs Pass - Arriva North East 840 Coastliner - Pickering to Whitby over the North York Moors - Transdev Blazefield 845 Coastliner - Malton to Bridlington - Transdev Blazefield 873 DalesBus - Ilkley to Malham via Skipton and Bolton Abbey - Transdev Blazefield 874/875 DalesBus - Wakefield to Buckden/Hawes along Upper Wharfedale - Arriva Yorkshire 888 - Newcastle to Keswick via Alston - Wright Bros 900/901 - Huddersfield to Hebden Bridge over the Pennines - TLC A1 Atlantic Coasters - Penzance to Lands End - First Kernow A5 Atlantic Coasters - Newquay to Padstow - First Kernow B3 Bronte Bus - Hebden Bridge to Haworth - Transdev Blazefield Cityzap - Leeds to Manchester over the Pennines - Transdev Blazefield Coasthopper - along the North Norfolk Coast - Stagecoach East Island Coaster on the Isle of Wight - Ryde to Shanklin via Alum Bay - Southern Vectis (Go Ahead) M3 Moorsbus - Guisborough to Pickering over the North York Moors - Arriva North East M4 Mainline - Colne to Crosshills - Transdev Blazefield Needles Breezer on the Isle of Wight - Yarmouth to the Needles via Freshwater Bay - Southern Vectis (Go Ahead) Transpeak - Derby to Manchester through the Peak District - High Peak X18 - Newcastle upon Tyne to Berwick upon Tweed along the Northumbrian Coast - Arriva North East X43 Witchway - Manchester to Grassington via Burnley and Skipton - Transdev Blazefield X53 Jurassic Coaster - Weymouth to Axminster - First Wessex X93 - Middlesbrough to Scarborough via Whitby along the North Yorkshire Coast - Arriva North East SCOTLAND You can select up to 3 routes from the following list and/or add your own suggestions at the end Routes are in numerical order 1B - Glasgow to Helensburgh - First Greater Glasgow 31 - Aviemore to Cairngorm - Stagecoach North Scotland 36 - Elgin to Dufftown - Stagecoach North Scotland 52 - Skye: Portree to Armadale - Stagecoach North Scotland 57A/C - Skye North End Circular: to Portree and back via Flodigarry and Uig - Stagecoach North Scotland 59 - Stirling to Callander - First South East and Central Scotland 60/360 - Ayr to Stranraer via Maidens and Turnberry - Stagecoach West Scotland 95 - St Andrews to Leven along the East Neuk of Fife - Stagecoach East Scotland 201 - Braemar to Aberdeen - Stagecoach North Scotland 322/323/324 - Isle of Arran interlinked services - Stagecoach West Scotland 500 - Dumfries to Stranraer via Castle Douglas and Newton Stewart - Stagecoach West Scotland 901 - Glasgow to Largs – McGill’s 914/915/916 - Glasgow to Fort William to Skye via Loch Lomond, Rannoch, Glencoe and Great Glen - Scottish Citylink 919 - Fort William to Inverness via Great Glen and Loch Ness - Scottish Citylink 926 - Glasgow to Campbeltown via Rest and be Thankful and Inveraray - Scottish Citylink 976 - Glasgow to Oban via Rest and be Thankful and Inveraray - Scottish Citylink C11 - Stirling to Aberfoyle - First South East and Central Scotland X1 - Orkney: Stromness to St Margaret’s Hope - Stagecoach North Scotland X7 Coastrider - Aberdeen to Perth – Stagecoach North Scotland X85 - Glasgow to Campsie Glen - First Greater Glasgow X95 - Edinburgh to Carlisle - Border Buses X99 - Inverness to Thurso – Stagecoach North Scotland WALES You can select up to 3 routes from the following list and/or add your own suggestions at the end Routes are in numerical order 2/2A/2B/2C/3/3A - Swansea to Mumbles along Swansea Bay – First Cymru 5 - Wrexham to Llangollen along the Vale of Llangollen - Arriva Buses Wales 5/5C/X5 - Caernarfon to Llandudno along the North Wales Coast - Arriva Buses Wales 26 - Llandudno to Great Orme on the North Wales Coast - Arriva Buses Wales 39 - Brecon to Hereford via the Golden Valley - Stagecoach Wales 53 - Bangor to Llanddona on the Isle of Anglesey - Arriva Buses Wales 58/X58 Cymru Clipper – Swansea to Coelbren via Neath – First Cymru 69 - Monmouth to Chepstow - Phil Anslow Travel 172 - Aberdare to Porthcawl - Stagecoach Wales 303 - Bridgend to Barry - New Adventure Travel 400 Puffin Shuttle - St David's to Marloes via Newgale - Richards Bros 558 - Montgomery to Shrewsbury - Tanat Valley Coaches T1 – Aberystwyth to Carmarthen via Lampeter - First Cymru T3 - Wrexham to Barmouth via Bala & Dolgellau - Lloyds Coaches T4 - Merthyr to Newtown over Storey Arms - Stagecoach Wales T4 - Llandrindod to Newtown via Dolfor - Stagecoach Wales T5 - Aberystwyth to Hereford - Stagecoach Wales X3 - Abergavenny to Hereford - Stagecoach Wales X4 - Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil - Stagecoach Wales Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: chuffed on March 18, 2018, 19:00:39 That's a great list.....some of these I've been on, but there are some that are very surprising which I would not even have considered, were it not for this list. It's very difficult to pick a top 3 in each country tho. I will keep this for future reference and plan breaks taking in some of these scenic routes.
For what's it worth I have to commend Brighton to Hastings with a break in Eastbourne, Dartmouth to Plymouth with a break in Kingsbridge, and the X1 Peterborough to Lowestoft with a break in Kings Lynn and Norwich which is not on this list. Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: martyjon on March 18, 2018, 19:39:12 The 513, not on the list, follows the identical route to the 919 but also includes Roy Bridge in its itinerary would be my choice. Looked at the site this morning but the site crashed when I entered the 513 and tried to vote, perhaps because the 513 isn't operated by any one of the big operators but by Shiels or Spiels or some name like that. Have to have another go sometime.
When I travelled on the two routes, one way was, Fort William - Inverness, by Scottish Hignlands which I assume is now Scottish Citylink but the return on the other operator a couple days later visited the picturesque settlement of Roy Bridge en route. Perhaps a public vote on Britains most popular rail company should be conducted instead of confining it to rail industry partners, might get a true representation of peoples views then !!!! Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: JayMac on March 18, 2018, 20:16:38 Of the ones I've done on those lists, the standouts for me are the 50 Bournemouth - Swanage via Sandbanks Ferry and the T3 Wrexham - Barmouth.
I'd give the Coastliner 700 between Brighton and Portsmouth an honourable mention too. Not as good as it used to be when you could travel throughout without changing buses. These days the route is split in three. Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: grahame on March 18, 2018, 20:23:04 The 1 (Weymouth to Portland) and the 49 (Swindon to Trowbridge) stand out. Amazing they've not offered the 23/423 from Oban to Ardrishaig!
Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: martyjon on March 18, 2018, 20:54:37 For England I would add 23A IMBERBUS which is scheduled for 18 August this year ;D
Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: bigdaz on March 18, 2018, 20:58:05 Unusual but I think RV1 in London is very scenic in that it takes in plenty of London's archetecture.
Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: grahame on March 18, 2018, 21:03:58 Unusual but I think RV1 in London is very scenic in that it takes in plenty of London's archetecture. Indeed ... and I had wondered about the RB1 and the 11 as well. Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: Surrey 455 on March 18, 2018, 22:46:33 I've been on 4 of those. 12X, 40, 50, X53
My vote would be for the X53. I love the views between Bridport and Weymouth. Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: welshman on March 18, 2018, 23:33:52 T5 Aberystwyth - Haverfordwest via Newquay - especially the coastal section along the A487.
Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: johnneyw on March 19, 2018, 00:26:28 I can vouch for the Plymouth to Dartmouth route, especially the Kingsbridge to Dartmouth section.
Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: JayMac on March 19, 2018, 02:02:14 T5 Aberystwyth - Haverfordwest via Newquay Now, that is quite some journey by bus. ;D Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: grahame on March 19, 2018, 04:17:46 If anyone wonders - like me - who's behind the survey (as there is zero indication on the page Bobm linked us to) ...
Quote The prize draw: The top prize is £200 and there are two other prizes of £50. Three voters will be drawn at random and contacted by email in June 2018. A cheque will then be sent to the winner's home address in July 2018. This survey is sponsored by Bus Users UK, a non-profit organisation that champions the rights of bus and coach users and campaigns to improve bus and coach services for everyone. To find out more, visit www.bususers.org The survey is managed by PK Marketing, an independent business that aims to increase customer satisfaction and encourage more bus use by carrying out quality marketing and research. Visit www.PKmarketing1.com for more details. Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: stuving on March 19, 2018, 08:52:51 And, in answer to the follow-up question "who is behind bususersUK.org?"...
Quote Who runs Bus Users UK? Bus Users UK is an independent, not-for-profit Company Limited by Guarantee. It is run by a board of directors elected by members at the Annual General Meeting. We are not a Government agency or a statutory body, nor are we run by the bus companies. We do receive funding from Welsh and Scottish governments for our operations in those countries. This is subject to Key Performance Indicators required by those Governments, which are in line with our overall policy, aims and objectives. On a day-to-day basis our Chief Executive Claire Walters oversees all our operations from our Shepperton head office. We have separate offices in Edinburgh for Bus Users Scotland, overseen by our Senior Officer for Scotland Gavin Booth and in Cardiff for Bus Users Cymru, overseen by our Senior Officer for Wales, Margaret Everson. In addition to funding from the Welsh and Scottish governments for these offices, we also receive some funding from the Department for Transport for our role as the recognised body to oversee complaint handling under the EU Bus Passenger Rights Directive. This funding is supplemented by many of the bus companies, which fund us at a rate agreed through their trade association, the Confederation of Passenger Transport. Policy is determined by the Board of Directors, which is answerable to our members, and although bus company funding is a valuable source of income to us it has no bearing on our policies or actions. Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: grahame on March 19, 2018, 09:05:55 And, in answer to the follow-up question "who is behind bususersUK.org?"... Quote Who runs Bus Users UK? Bus Users UK is an independent, not-for-profit Company Limited by Guarantee. It is run by a board of directors elected by members at the Annual General Meeting. We are not a Government agency or a statutory body, nor are we run by the bus companies. We do receive funding from Welsh and Scottish governments for our operations in those countries. This is subject to Key Performance Indicators required by those Governments, which are in line with our overall policy, aims and objectives. On a day-to-day basis our Chief Executive Claire Walters oversees all our operations from our Shepperton head office. We have separate offices in Edinburgh for Bus Users Scotland, overseen by our Senior Officer for Scotland Gavin Booth and in Cardiff for Bus Users Cymru, overseen by our Senior Officer for Wales, Margaret Everson. In addition to funding from the Welsh and Scottish governments for these offices, we also receive some funding from the Department for Transport for our role as the recognised body to oversee complaint handling under the EU Bus Passenger Rights Directive. This funding is supplemented by many of the bus companies, which fund us at a rate agreed through their trade association, the Confederation of Passenger Transport. Policy is determined by the Board of Directors, which is answerable to our members, and although bus company funding is a valuable source of income to us it has no bearing on our policies or actions. There are elements there that are not current / correct ... "they" were recruiting last month for their board of directors - see my post at http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=18347.msg232019#msg232019 - and I took a very serious look. Had a number of very long and serious discussions, but although I fitted the written profile in the package, there were significant reasons why I would have been just about the last person they wanted ... or that I would have been able to fulfil the role and be happy and fulfilled in doing so in the improbable event of getting it. I do wish the new board of directors well in taking the organisation forward - perhaps something that should be considered early is enhancing their visbility such that questions like "who ARE Bus Users" need be asked less. Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: ChrisB on March 19, 2018, 14:26:15 Aren't they the independent outfit dealing with appeals against bus companies too? Or has trhat now moved to Transport Focus?
Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: grahame on March 19, 2018, 14:35:16 Aren't they the independent outfit dealing with appeals against bus companies too? Or has trhat now moved to Transport Focus? Elements of the role remain with Bus Users. ChrisB - you know David R and see him quite often? He's one of the directors of Bus Users and could fill you in. Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: CyclingSid on March 19, 2018, 18:44:02 My addition would be a different sort of scenic; White Bus service 01 from Windsor to Ascot, via Windsor Great park
Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: froome on March 20, 2018, 08:56:54 I'm surprised that none of the routes from Bath out into the near countryside are listed. I often use the 267 from Bath to Frome, and the scenery around Midford is superb, as well as passing through some lovely villages like Norton St Philip with its historic pub. It used to be an even more lovely route until the diversion into Rode was withdrawn.
Title: Re: Vote for Britain's most scenic bus route Post by: Surrey 455 on May 28, 2018, 09:03:05 And the winner is..... the 840 coastliner from Leeds to Whitby.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44226761 (https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/11D35/production/_101731037_awardingmostscenicbusroutetotransdevmanager.jpg) Looks like the Purbeck Breezer 50 came 3rd. As a sideline I am intrigued the front display. "Departs in x minutes". I have never seen that on a bus before. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |