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A national network links more than 550 routes, including many of the UK mainland's cities, with 11,000 cross-country journeys every week as of 2022. [16]Plaxton Premiere bodied Volvo B10M at Manchester Airport in April 2003 Stagecoach Yorkshire Plaxton Panther bodied Volvo B12B in the 2003 livery at Southampton in 2008 Selwyns Travel's Plaxton Elite bodied Volvo B9R in Liverpool
The final fitting out was undertaken by National Express who operate the station on behalf of the council and the agency. The new interchange opened on 13 December 2010. [ 11 ] The cost of the project was £2.6 million [ 3 ] funded by the Milton Keynes Partnership and the Growth Area Fund via the Department for Transport .
The new network is colour coded and the colours of routes are displayed on the network map and on timetables, the buses themselves are being route branded to match these colours. Route 21 was the first route to have the new route branding applied, with routes 9, 9A, 20, 20A & 20E receiving their branding in April 2013 as well as routes 8/8A ...
The route was introduced in 2016 as a replacement for route 141. It operated between the same terminuses, Birmingham and Merry Hill Shopping Centre, but runs as an express service with a frequency of one bus every 20 minutes. National Express stated that this was in response to customer feedback. [1]
The Platinum brand further expanded again in 2018 with the delivery of 72 more Enviro400 MMCs, some of which were delivered to National Express Coventry for the city's first Platinum services, while the West Midlands buses operated on routes connecting Stourbridge, Druids Heath and Chelmsley Wood with central Birmingham.
A full circuit can take up to three hours to complete, with the service carrying 50,000 passengers each day. [4] There are 266 bus stops on the route. [6] The route serves 233 schools, colleges or universities, 69 leisure and community facilities, 40 pubs, 19 retail centres, six hospitals, and one prison. [17]
Mobico Group, formerly National Express Group, is a British multinational public transport company with headquarters in Birmingham, England. [3] Domestically it currently operates bus and coach services under brands including National Express.
The brand was used in timetables and publicity to highlight the enhanced service provided on such routes. A map of the Citylink routes While there was no separate dedicated fleet, Citylink services were usually operated by Central Trains' more modern Class 170 and Class 158 diesel multiple units, featuring air-conditioning and reservable seating.