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The Mellor Strata is a minibus body manufactured by Mellor Coachcraft since 2016 on Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis. It is available as the Mellor Strata HF 16, a step-entrance version aimed at the access bus market, so named for its maximum seated passenger capacity of sixteen; [1] or as the Mellor Strata LF, a low-floor variant targeting the service bus market, with a capacity of up to 21 ...
Seven Orion Es were delivered to First West Yorkshire in Leeds in 2021 for the new Flexibus East Leeds demand responsive transport service. [9] Cheshire West and Chester Council took delivery of an Orion E in 2022 to join their existing fleet of diesel Orions, marking the council's first investment in electric buses. [ 10 ]
Leeds announced a Clean Air Zone in 2020, which will charge the most polluting buses, coaches HGVs £50 a day to enter the city, while taxis and private hire vehicles which are not clean enough will be charged £12.50 a day. The proposals came after the government ordered the council to come up with ways to lower the air pollution in the city.
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.
[15] [16] Routes 110, from Wakefield to Leeds, 106, from Wakefield to Hall Green, 163 and 166, from Castleford to Leeds, 229, from Huddersfield to Leeds, and route 415, from Selby to York, are branded Sapphire. [citation needed] Arriva Yorkshire also formerly ran buses in Arriva Max branding, featuring similar premium features to Sapphire ...
Over 60% of South African commuters use shared minibus taxis, which are 16 seater commuter buses, sometimes referred to as kombis. Many of these vehicles are unsafe and not roadworthy, and often dangerously overloaded. Since the 1980s, share taxis have been severely affected by turf wars. [28]
The Leeds FreeCityBus service began on 30 January 2006 and was the first zero-fare bus service in West Yorkshire, [1] this was followed by similar services in Huddersfield, Wakefield, Bradford and Dewsbury. The services are designed to link passengers to the bus and railway stations, shops and other locations.
The Leeds service began on 30 January 2006 and was the first bus service in West Yorkshire to use this format and was operated by First West Yorkshire. Metro renamed the service LeedsCityBus and introduced a flat 50-pence fare for each journey, with the service running a six-month trial period from 1 April 2011. [3]