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A bus operated by Grant Palmer. Grant Palmer is a family-owned bus operator. [1]Grant Palmer was established in 1999. From small beginnings, the business has grown to run a fleet of 35 buses on a network of local bus services and bespoke contracts, serving the communities of Bedfordshire, all run from a modern depot in Flitwick.
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 ...
Flitwick railway station is in the centre of Flitwick, in Bedfordshire, England. The station is situated on the Midland Main Line . The station is managed by Thameslink , who operate all trains serving it, and is served by Thameslink route services between Bedford and Brighton.
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]
Frequency is normally half-hourly and the journey time to Bedford bus station ranges from 50 to 70 minutes. Grant Palmer operates route 74, Bedford to Hitchin, which stops at Biggleswade bus station and route 200 a two-hourly daytime service to Shefford and Flitwick. [91] There are no bus services on Sundays and public holidays.
Grant Palmer operates route 200 a two-hourly Monday to Saturday daytime bus service to Biggleswade (journey time 9 to 15 minutes) and to Clifton, Shefford and Flitwick (50 minutes). There is a weekly, Wednesday only service to Bedford by community bus operator, Wanderbus (journey time 26 minutes).
He attended Flitwick Primary School and Bedford Modern School. Brian Stein, former Luton Town professional footballer, lives in Flitwick. [citation needed] Malcolm Wynn, former English cricketer, was born in the town; Russell Howard, famed west country stand-up comedian lived in Flitwick for a few years when he attended Bedford Modern School.
Grant Palmer provides frequent bus services to Bedford and Flitwick, along with less frequent services to Milton Keynes, Dunstable, and several smaller villages surrounding the town. The Bedfordshire Railway & Transport Association is campaigning for the reopening of Ampthill railway station which closed in 1959. [30]