Goldline Travel had a two-tone green colour scheme, although most services were operated by vehicles in colour schemes specified by the contracting organisation. [27][28][29], In October 2009, it was discovered that instead of the bio-ethanol fuel having been sourced from sugar beet grown in the English county of Norfolk (as had been advertised), it was actually made from wood pulp imported from Sweden. A ride on a Reaing Bus Route 26 heading towards Calcot, filmed during the afternoon of Tuesday 8 January 2019. The Goldline name was retained for use by Reading Transport's non-scheduled service business. IKEA is advising customers to travel to the store by bus. Depot: Reading. Data is provided by Reading Borough Council through its Open Data Server project.

. Find out more about cookies. Live bus information for individual routes is derived from tracking devices and the standard journey times between the current position of the bus and the bus stop. Leopard Name: John Vaughan. However, a retendering of contracts by Slough Borough Council saw the two tendered routes won back by First. Buses travelling between Heathrow and Reading leave from Heathrow Airport (LHR) Terminals 1-3 or Heathrow Airport (LHR) T5 and arrive at Mereoak P&R, Bath Road, … The section of Bath Road between Berkeley Avenue and Downshire Square will be closed from 9.30am until 3.30pm each day during the period 16 – 19 November 2020. 26. The Transport Act 1980 deregulated long distance bus services. The westbound (towards Newbury) Mayfield Avenue bus stop will be out of use from Monday 23 November until Friday 4 December 2020. In 1991 Reading Transport was rebranded Reading Buses. Following a contract win from West Berkshire Council, Reading Buses introduced the Kennections brand in Newbury in September 2016. 864 - YT59 OZO. 26. Reading Station - via Southcote Calcot (IKEA)-Ford's Farm Beansheaf yellow 26 Monday to Friday from 06/07/20 to 31/08/20 Reading Station [EK] 03.50 04.50 05.20 05.40 06.00 06.12 06.24 06.34 06.49 06.59 Coronation Square 04.01 05.01 05.31 05.51 06.11 06.23 06.37 06.47 07.02 07.12 Edit; History; Flickr Reading Officers are managing traffic while dealing with the incident. Keeping you safe in 2021 we do all the hard work so you know you can still make your essential journeys with us . Additionally, BeeLine had operated a Reading to London service under the LondonLink name, and that was merged into the Goldline service and the resulting service renamed London Line. The extended main line, from the Three Tuns to the Bear, still exists today as bus route 17, the town's busiest and most frequent route, and the first to be designated a premier route. [17] A fourth route was later added. In March 2019, Courtney Buses was purchased with 57 buses. In May 1939, the remaining tram routes from Oxford Road to Wokingham Road and London Road were converted to trolleybus operation, with a short extension from Wokingham Road to the Three Tuns, and a much longer extension from the Oxford Road through the centre of Tilehurst to the Bear Inn. A lovely extravaganza of Reading buses, filmed during the late morning of Friday 26 April 2019. For users with computers running Apple operating systems, you can increase the zoom of the site by pressing cmd (apple) and + at the same time. Reading Transport took advantage of this new freedom to start a service from Reading through London to Southend. The service was numbered X1 and was run jointly with Southend Transport. 05. A bus service operated by Reading Buses Map 26 - yellow - Reading Station - Calcot (IKEA) via Southcote, Ford's Farm, Beansheaf. These routes were previously run by Newbury & District, the bus service trading name for Weavaway Travel, who in turn took them over from Reading Buses' now-defunct Newbury Buses brand. Bus Stops for Route Route 26. click on bus stop below for live info. These colours are used on the buses used on that route, and also on maps and other publicity. The operating company is officially known as Reading Transport Limited,[1] and is owned by Reading Borough Council. The corporation set out about first extending, and then electrifying the system. [4], During World War II a trolleybus branch was constructed from the Oxford Road to Kentwood Hill, enabling trolleybuses to replace motor buses with a consequential saving in precious oil-based fuel. [3], In 1919, Reading Corporation started operating its first motor buses. Reading stop much better than in the city. However, when the route was next tendered, in May 2012, the contract reverted to Thames Travel. Unlike services run by Reading Buses, Goldline gave change on their routes. ... Andy Preston Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:51 am Thursday, November 26, 2020 12:04 pm. Scania N270UD OmniDekka. This was intended as the first in a series of such routes, each providing a weekday daytime frequency of between 3 and 8 buses per hour. The westbound (towards Calcot) Frilsham Road bus stop in Southcote Lane will … [31][32][33] the other 17 have different positions within the company, first was fire victim (203) after the fire the bus was scrapped, then (205) had a drivetrain replacement with a magtec hybrid system leaving the rest which was now redundant Purple 17s, they have since had a full refurbishment and have also been converted to diesel coupled with a ZF gearbox and now serve routes Sky Blue 15/16 & Berry 23/24. No further trams were acquired, and a planned extension from the Caversham Road terminus across Caversham Bridge to Caversham itself was abandoned because of the outbreak of World War I. We apologise for any inconvenience. Because of the state of the track, the Bath Road tram route was abandoned in 1930, followed by the Erleigh Road route in 1932. Search. [7], In December 2017, Reading Buses started to serve London again when it took over Green Line Coaches route 702 from Bracknell to the Green Line Coach Station at Victoria via Windsor and Slough from First Berkshire & The Thames Valley. [4], By 1965, most UK trolleybus systems had closed, and the manufacturers of the overhead equipment gave notice that they would cease production. Extensions were constructed to the Wokingham Road and London Road (both from Cemetery Junction), and new routes added to Whitley, Caversham Road, Erleigh Road and Bath Road. The last tram ran on the Caversham Road to Whitley route in July 1936, and the last car on the main line ran in May 1939. 926. Reading buses operates the National Express Woking 925 service under contract. 26; 26; Reading Station to Calcot (IKEA) via Southcote, Ford's Farm, Beansheaf. As of December 2018, the fleet consists of 192 buses. For users with computers running Microsoft operating systems, you can increase the zoom of the site by pressing Ctrl and + at the same time. Subsequent short extensions took the system to its full extent, with the Kentwood route running to Armour Hill and the Northumberland Avenue line running to the junction with Whitley Wood Road. Please use the Calcot, Sainsbury’s (jet black 1, sky blue 15, yellow 26 and Service 90) bus stop or the bus stop across the road (Service 87) instead. In January 2018 Reading Buses took over 2 routes (2/5), and won Slough Borough Council tenders for an evening service (4) and a Sunday service (6) from First Berkshire & The Thames Valley. This works with all major browsers. Reading Station to Calcot: Calcot to Reading Station: Blagrave Street: Swanholm Gardens: Calcot Sainsbury's: Frilsham Road: Minster Street: Kennet Valley School: Mayfield Avenue: Coronation Square: Castle Street: Churchward Walk: Torcross Grove: Circuit Lane: Russell Street: Albury Gardens: Beansheaf Stores [10][11], In November 2019, the Thames Valley and Courtney Buses brands began to be combined, which will be a gradual process in the next couple of years, with Slough and Windsor being the first areas to change over to Thames Valley, adding two more routes. [37] Bus 703 being named the "Richard Wilding OBE". 26; 26; Reading Station to Calcot (IKEA) via Southcote, Ford's Farm, Beansheaf. Reading Buses is a bus operator serving the towns of Reading, Bracknell, Newbury, Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead, Wokingham, Fleet, Didcot, Henley-on-Thames and the surrounding areas in the counties of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Hampshire, England, as well as parts of Greater London. 3 - leopard - Reading - Wokingham via Royal Berkshire Hospital, Shinfield, Arborfield, California, Barkham, Wokingham Hospital. Bus deregulation also meant that the local council no longer had any power to regulate the routes and fares of Reading Transport, nor could they prevent other operators from starting competitive services within the borough. Reading Station to Calcot, timetables from service operator: Reading Buses faced competition on Reading urban routes from 1994, when Reading Mainline, an independent company, started operations with AEC Routemasters acquired from London Regional Transport. Edit; History; Flickr Apologies for the cancellation. A fleet of six single-decked cars were initially used, with 31 horses, providing a 20-minute frequency. 536 - WA04 CPZ. Operation of the Green Line services transferred to Reading Buses in December 2017. Reading Buses ex Nottingham City Transport. [9] The companies have worked together in the past, most noticeably on the Jet Black 1 service which operates between Reading and Newbury. Goldline Travel was also responsible for the operation of Fastrack and Daytrack park and ride services and Nighttrack night bus services, all of which are operated under contract to Reading Borough Council. ... What are the departure and arrival stations when taking the bus from Heathrow to Reading? It carries a special cow print livery reflecting the fact that the compressed natural gas is, at source, methane derived from cow faeces. These were rebranded as Vitality Routes, using specially branded green and silver or red and silver buses. 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