Harrogate bus route 36

Overview
Operator Harrogate Bus Company
Vehicle Volvo B5TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 3
Route
Start Ripon
Via South Stainley
Ripley
Killinghall
Harrogate bus station
Pannal
Harewood
Moortown
End Leeds City bus station

Route 36 is a bus service operated by Harrogate Bus Company between Ripon, Harrogate and Leeds.

History

The route began operating using a fleet of Leyland Lynx buses.

In the 1990's, they were replaced by a fleet of Wright Renown's and Alexander Royale's.

In 2003, Harrogate & District relaunched route 36 with buses with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TLs with leather seats.[1] In February 2008, the route featured in several BBC News television reports outlining the increasing popularity of bus travel in the UK.[2] In 2010, the fleet was refurbished and remodelled with a new livery and 2+1 seating on the upper deck.[3][4]

In January 2016, it was again relaunched with 14 new Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5TLs.[4]

3601-7 were transferred to Blackburn for use on the new RedExpress service to Manchester. 3608-12 were transferred to Yorkshire Coastliner for use on its new service, CityZap between Leeds and York. 3613 and 3614 were kept as spare buses, seeing use on other routes should other buses not be available.

Route

References

  1. ↑ Service 36 Harrogate & District Accessed 23 March 2008
  2. ↑ "Bus journeys reach 11-year high" BBC News Accessed 23 March 2008
  3. ↑ The famous Yorkshire 36 set to be the finest bus Transdev 22 January 2016
  4. 1 2 "Transdev Harrogate redefines the 36" Bus & Coach Buyer issue 1363 29 January 2016 pages 18-22
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