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My bus is a school bus service provided by West Yorkshire Metro with certain features which set it apart from normal school transport services in the United Kingdom: [5] [6] a dedicated fleet of school buses (rather than ordinary transit buses or coaches borrowed from other duties); additional use of these vehicles is limited to school and ...
In March 2022, the transport minister, Andrew Stephenson, stated that the passenger numbers of those travelling between Bradford and Manchester was low compared to those travelling from Bradford to other places within West Yorkshire, which was why the government favoured a mass transit system and route upgrades, rather than building a new line. [9]
Bradford Council and Metro are each providing 50% of the funding and have committed to the service until 2013. [12] In November 2009, it was announced that the 1 millionth passenger had been carried on the Bradford service, [1] and 1.5 million had been reached by June 2010. [2] There were 3 Optare Solo buses
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.
At the same time, Centrebus began to operate many more services in Bradford and Leeds, winning a number of contracts from West Yorkshire Metro. In October 2010, a number of services formerly operated by Halifax Joint Committee (28A, 34 & 36) were taken over by Centrebus, with K-Line taking over service 31.
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 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In July 2016, the FTR articulated buses were replaced by brand new Wright StreetDeck buses, with the Hyperlink brand withdrawn. [8]
Halifax bus station serves the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro.Formerly consisting of several island platforms, after a period of part-closure and relocation to some temporary stands, the bus station was reopened on 1 October 2023 consisting of 19 reversal bays, a layover and 4 accessible entrances.