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Blue Bus
Blue Bus may refer to the following bus companies: In the United Kingdom * Blue Bus and Coach Services, serving Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside * Blue Bus of Penwortham, Lancashire * Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire, also known as Blue Bus of Shotts *Blue Bus Services, or Tailby & George, in Willington, Derbyshire *Blue Bus Services, an operating division of Busways, Tyne and Wear In North America * West Vancouver Blue Bus, or West Vancouver Municipal Transit, Canada * Blue Bus lines, in Portland, Oregon, U.S. *Big Blue Bus Big Blue Bus (stylized in lowercase) is a public transit agency that provides public bus services for the city of Santa Monica and the greater Westside region of Los Angeles County, California. The service, operated by the city of Santa Monica ..., in Santa Monica and western Los Angeles, California, U.S. * University of Michigan Transit Services, nicknamed "Blue Bus", Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Blue Bus
Big Blue Bus (stylized in lowercase) is a public transit agency that provides public bus services for the city of Santa Monica and the greater Westside region of Los Angeles County, California. The service, operated by the city of Santa Monica, was founded on April 14, 1928 and throughout its existence has used a blue color scheme for its buses, leading to the Big Blue Bus nickname that would later become the official name of the agency. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . Big Blue Bus receives funding from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and offers connections to its Metro Bus and Metro Rail systems, but is operated independently from Metro. History The agency was founded on April 14, 1928 as the Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines and the agency picked a unique blue color scheme for its buses, later leading to the Big Blue Bus nickname. It holds the distinction of being the second oldest public transit bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Bus And Coach Services
Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The term ''blue'' generally describes colours perceived by humans observing light with a dominant wavelength that's between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. An optical effect called the Tyndall effect explains blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called aerial perspective. Blue has been an important colour in art and decoration since ancient times. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was used in ancient Egypt for jewellery and ornament and later, in the Renaissance, to make the pigment ultr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Bus Of Penwortham
Blue Bus was a bus operator based in Penwortham, Lancashire. It operated many routes, including services to Preston City Centre. History Blue Bus of Penwortham was formed by Roger Jarvis in early 2006, nine months after Jarvis sold Blue Bus of Bolton to Arriva North West and Wales in July 2005.Buses Magazine September 2005 issue 606 Roger Jarvis also purchased Whittaker's Coach Travel and revived the Blue Bus name from his former Blue Bus of Bolton operation. In June 2009, with Stagecoach having purchased Preston Bus, bus usage of Stagecoach in Preston since the takeover in January had increased with better efficiency and a larger network. Blue Bus however incurred losses, forcing it to cease operating routes to Frenchwood and Broadgate. Services Blue Bus of Penwortham operated numerous bus services. As well as standard local and inter-urban bus services, the company operated various school contracts and four Lancashire County Council financially supported services. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Bus Of North Lanarkshire
Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire, also known as Blue Bus of Shotts or Law of Shotts, is a bus operator primarily serving the area of Shotts, North Lanarkshire in West Scotland. It is a mainly local bus operator, based at Allanton, but is also involved in private coach business. The company was formed from the remnants of the bankrupted HAD Coaches. Blue Bus operate a variety of services across central Scotland. the company operates services on four routes between Lanarkshire and West Lothian. There routes restored links that had been lost since the privatisation of Scottish bus services. Blue Bus operates a fleet of Plaxton Beaver 2s and Alexander Sprint bodied Mercedes-Benz 709Ds. In 2010 the company said they had approached Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) asking for a route serving Torbothie, Shotts to be subsidised, but were told there was no funding available. The original service was to cease 6 May. Ultimately, however, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willington, Derbyshire
Willington is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 2,604, increasing to 2,862 at the 2011 Census. The 2021 Census recorded a population of 3,277 incorporating the expanded Mercia Marina and full parish boundary. Geography Willington is on the River Trent about southwest of Derby. The parish is within of the Staffordshire county boundary and the village is about northeast of Burton upon Trent. The village is at the crossroads of the north–south B5008 road (for Findern, Repton and Winshill), and the east–west A5132 road (formerly the B5009, linking Hilton, Derbyshire, Hilton and Swarkestone). The A5132 carried a lot of Nottingham – Stoke-on-Trent traffic before the A50 road was opened in September 1997. History Toponymy The Toponymy, toponym Willington is derived from the Old English ''tun'' (homestead or farm) among the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busways Travel Services
Busways Travel Services was a bus operator formed in 1986 which operated local and regional bus services in Tyne and Wear, England. The company was purchased by the Stagecoach Group in July 1994. History Formation In October 1986, to comply with the Transport Act 1985, the bus operations of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive were transferred to a new legal entity named Busways Travel Services. Busways divided its main services into four colour-coded divisions. Services operated out of Slatyford and Byker depots were branded as Newcastle and City Busways respectively, taking on a maroon livery, while South Shields and Sunderland depots' Busways operations were branded blue and green respectively. These divisions were eventually reduced to three with the merger of City Busways into Newcastle Busways in 1993. White-painted minibuses operated by each division were branded "Mini Busways" to allow them to be quickly transferred between divisions, while low-cost subsidi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Vancouver Blue Bus
West Vancouver Blue Bus, formally West Vancouver Municipal Transit, was founded in 1914 and is one of the oldest continuously operated municipal systems in North America. The system was transferred to BC Transit in 1981 and now operates as a sub-contractor for TransLink (British Columbia), TransLink, Metro Vancouver's regional transportation authority. Routes As of April 2020, Blue Bus operates the following 12 routes, serving the cities of West Vancouver, City of North Vancouver, North Vancouver, Vancouver and the Village of Lions Bay: * 214 Phibbs Exchange / Blueridge (Operates Community Shuttle service during off-peak times) * 215 Phibbs Exchange / Indian River * 227 Phibbs Exchange / Lynn Valley Centre * 250 Vancouver / Horseshoe Bay / Dundarave (250A) * 251 Park Royal / Queens * 252 Park Royal / Inglewood * 253 Vancouver / Park Royal / Caulfeild * 254 Vancouver / Park Royal / British Properties * 255 Capilano University / Dundarave * 256 Park Royal / Whitby Estates Spur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
