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The buses on this route used the specialist Bluewater livery in March 1999. This was allover blue, with a water shimmer effect. The service using this livery were replaced by Fastrack on 26 March 2006. [7] In November 2024, Go-Ahead London will be taking over the Fastrack routes which will introduce electric buses.
Thames Valley Buses Limited, [1] trading as Thames Valley Buses, is a bus company based in Bracknell, England.It was known as Courtney Buses until 2021. Founded in 1973, the company operates a network of commercial and contracted local bus services and school buses in Berkshire, north Hampshire and small parts of Oxfordshire, Surrey and Buckinghamshire.
Initially trading as First Beeline, in 2001 it was rebranded as First Berkshire & The Thames Valley. Following the loss of nine Bracknell Forest Council supported services to Courtney Buses on 13 July 2015 and the sale of route 90 Bracknell to Reading to Reading Buses on 26 July 2015, the Bracknell garage closed on 28 August 2015. [6] [7] [8]
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates 152 bus routes in the Greater Boston area. The MBTA has a policy objective to provide transit service within walking distance (defined as 0.25 miles (0.40 km)) for all residents living in areas with population densities greater than 5,000 inhabitants per square mile (1,900/km 2) within the MBTA's service district.
A route 75 bus in the Harvard Bus Tunnel. A route 96 bus in Somerville. A route 101 bus on Main Street in Somerville. A route 111 bus at Bellingham Square. These routes provide almost all local service in the core of the metropolitan area; most were originally Boston Elevated Railway streetcar routes.
In December 2017, it was announced that Reading Buses was to take on three services withdrawn by First Berkshire & The Thames Valley in the Slough area. [22] A fourth route was later added. [23] The Thames Valley Buses name, historically associated with Thames Valley Traction, was used for the new services. [24] Operation began on 20 January ...
Silver Line (MBTA) The Silver Line is a system of bus routes in Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts, operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). It is operated as part of the MBTA bus system, but branded as bus rapid transit (BRT) as part of the MBTA subway system. Six routes are operated as part of two disconnected corridors.
Fastrack is a bus rapid transit scheme in the Thames Gateway area of Kent. It consists of three routes, operated by Arriva Southern Counties on behalf of Kent County Council with Prologis and Amazon respectively. Measures used to allow buses to avoid traffic include signal priority, reserved lanes, and dedicated busways.