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The summer-season X43 express route follows a similar route to the 843, but only calls at Seacroft Green and regular Coastliner bus stops in the areas of York and Malton. [ 24 ] Historically, there was a route 842 which ran from Leeds to Thornton-le-Dale, [ 32 ] and a route 844 which ran from Leeds to York, [ 33 ] however both of these routes ...
In December 2024, rival operator Reliance announced that all four of their public service routes (30, 31X, 40 and 74), as well as two school routes, will be sold to and taken over by Transdev on 19 January 2025. Eleven buses were also included in the sale. The buses and routes subsequently began operation with Transdev under the York & Country ...
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.
[8] [9] [10] When Yorkshire Tiger was sold to Transdev Blazefield, routes 231 and 232 were not included and transferred to Arriva Yorkshire. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In September 2024, Arriva Yorkshire took emergency action to permanently close its head office and depot in Wakefield after discovering the building was suffering serious structural problems.
[49] [50] [51] The FTR StreetCars operated on the 4 service serving Pudsey, central Leeds and Seacroft until 2012, when they were redeployed and refurbished alongside ex-York StreetCars to operate on the Leeds-Bradford Hyperlink route 72; [52] [35] these were finally withdrawn in 2016 and replaced with StreetDecks.
In October 2017, a new timetable for route 36 was introduced, increasing the frequency from every 15 minutes to every 10 minutes between Leeds and Harrogate. [11] To accommodate the increased service, three additional Wright Gemini 3 buses were added to the fleet. In September 2021, a night service was reintroduced on Saturdays. [12]
FTR first operated in York with the conversion of First York's route 4 between Acomb and the University of York. The service began on 8 May 2006, after the city council had made significant and expensive alterations to the road layout to accommodate the new vehicles. [9] [10] The York FTR service was withdrawn in March 2012. [11] [12]
To the north east of the city, the East Leeds Orbital Route being constructed by Balfour Beatty will take the Outer Ring Road away from existing residential areas and facilitate development of land as part of an East Leeds Extension project. [15] Guided bus routes using kerb guidance operate on parts of the A61 (Scott Hall Road) and A64 (York ...