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First Bradford operate buses in Bradford and surrounding areas. Bradford's flagship services are the Leeds to Bradford 72 and express X6 services, which run via Bowling Back Lane depot. However, the 72 route was run by Bramley depot until late 2018 where operations transferred over to Back Bowling Lane depot in Bradford.
In 1977, a bus station was built alongside, [10] and, in 1983, the station was renamed Bradford Interchange to link buses and trains in a covered environment. [11] The bus station featured a large ridge and furrow design of overall roof, which was subsequently demolished in 1999 to allow for a rebuilding of the bus station, which was opened in ...
Each bus was sponsored; one by the University of Bradford, one by Bradford College and one by Grand Central; the latter was originally sponsored by Sovereign Health Care at launch. From launch, the service was run by First West Yorkshire; operations passed to Ladies Only Travel in April 2014, using the same three buses and timetable.
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It was one of the first two trolleybus systems to be opened in the United Kingdom, along with the Leeds system. [1] [2] Both systems commenced operations on 20 June 1911. [1] [2] However, the public service on the Bradford system did not start until four days later. [1] [2] The Bradford system lasted the longest of all the UK's urban trolleybus ...
In May 2014, the routes were rebranded by Yorkshire Tiger as Flying Tiger and new Optare Versa buses were introduced. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On 3 July 2017, new Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC buses were introduced on route 737 and 747 alongside the previous Optare Versa vehicles which continued to operate mainly on service 757.
The first buses to run from Leeds to Bridlington began service in 1930, jointly operated by the West Yorkshire Road Car Company and East Yorkshire Motor Services. [8] By the 1970s, the West Yorkshire Road Car Company operated numerous routes following nationalisation in 1968.
The FTR buses were then refurbished, Wi-Fi installed, and given a new livery branded Hyperlink, ready for a new high-frequency service on route 72 connecting Leeds to Bradford. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In July 2016, the FTR articulated buses were replaced by brand new Wright StreetDeck buses, with the Hyperlink brand withdrawn.