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The 53 was introduced by Manchester Corporation Tramways in the 1920s. [1] Originally, it was a tram route serving Gorton, Belle Vue Zoo along Hyde Road. [2] It was converted to a bus service as buses became more practical and affordable in the 1930s and 1940s.
The town's bus services and major bus routes include route X5 to Milton Keynes, Cambridge and Oxford and services to Northampton, Kettering and other towns in the region. There is currently no bus or coach service between Bedford and London. Bedford bus station is due for major redevelopment as part of a scheme to renovate the town centre. [7]
The line was authorised by the Bedford and London and Birmingham Railway Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. xliii), and opened in 1846 by the London and Birmingham Railway, though the L&B merged with the Grand Junction Railway to become the London and North Western Railway whilst construction was ongoing – the LNWR ran it from its opening. [2]
A reorganisation of the acquired operator followed in May 1990, with all coach operations (including National Express contracts) being transferred to Premier Travel, and Premier Travel's bus routes being transferred to Cambus. [5] In September 1989, Cambus's Peterborough operations were split off to form The Viscount Bus and Coach Company Ltd. [6]
Mercedes-Benz Citaro 0.530 acquired from Diamond North West with Bee Network temporary stickers at Trafford Centre in December 2024. In December 2022, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority announced that Go North West had won the first round of franchising to run the first Bee Network bus services in Bolton from September 2023, acquiring routes 8, 20-22, 163 and 471 from Diamond North West.
Stagecoach X5 is an inter-urban bus service linking Oxford and Bedford via Bicester, Buckingham and Milton Keynes. Service started in 1992 with an hourly service between Oxford and Cambridge, which was increased to half-hourly in 2005; [1] new vehicles were introduced in 2009 and again in 2015.
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Wootton is a large village and civil parish located to the southwest of Bedford, in the north of Bedfordshire, England. The parish also includes the hamlets of Hall End , Keeley Green and Wootton Green .