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Transport in Bedford provides links between the town and other parts of England. Road access to and from the town is provided by the A6 and A421 roads; the former connects the town with Kettering to the north-west, and Luton to the south, whilst the latter connects the town with Milton Keynes and the M1 (at Junction 13) to the west, and the A1 to the east (near St Neots) via a bypass, with ...
Under the control of the National Bus Company, Cambus Ltd. was set up when the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company was split in preparation for privatisation. The company was incorporated on 8 June 1984; it took over Eastern Counties' bus and National Express coach operations from garages in Cambridgeshire and parts of Suffolk (Newmarket and Haverhill) on 9 September 1984. [2]
The bus station and adjacent multi storey car park were originally constructed in the 1960s. [2] In 2012, plans were launched to redevelop the Bedford bus station as part of the Town Centre's renovation plan. [3] In June 2013, plans to rebuild the bus station were approved by the local council. [4] [5] The rebuilt bus station opened in March ...
Bedford VAS with Duple Vista 25 bodywork. The Bedford VAS was a commercial vehicle chassis produced by Bedford Vehicles from 1963 until 1987. It was sold as a bare chassis including engine, transmission and driving controls, and was intended to be fitted with a bus or coach body from another manufacturer.
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. It operates with a 30-minute frequency for much of ...
Eastern Coach Works bodied Bristol VR in Bedford in May 1982. In 1948, the Tilling Group sold its bus interests to the government. United Counties therefore became a state-owned company, under the control of the British Transport Commission. [5] The new regime resulted in a major expansion of the company's area of operations.
The Bedford OB was designed as a successor to the Bedford WTB. It had a wheelbase of 14 feet 6 inches (4.42 m), and was a semi-forward control model, designed to carry 26 to 29-passenger bodywork. It was fitted with a 28 RAC tax horsepower petrol engine, a four-speed manual gearbox and a fully floating rear axle.
The Bedford SB was a front-engined bus chassis manufactured by Bedford in England. It was launched at the 1950 Commercial Motor Show as the replacement for the Bedford OB. [1] It was the first Bedford vehicle to have a "forward control" design, with the driver's seat located at the right of the engine and the front axle underneath.