Intalink have released a promtional video extolling the virtues of their Enhanced Partnerships and Real Time Information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KPMXxxdp58
NHBUG would be interested to hear your views on Real Time Information in North Herts and the 'even more reliable' services offered by Intalink. Send to
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Change to 37 service from 25/3/2025 - Evening peak service revised with departures from Stevenage at 17.00 and 19.00 (previously 17.25 and 18.10) and current 16.07 journey from Buntingford to Stevenage now operates at 15.22. Minor changes to some Saturday departures.
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Chris Hinchliff MP attended a meeting of NHBUG on 1st November. In his latest column for the Comet newspaper he sums up the problems very accurately:
See the article at https://www.thecomet.net/news/24751734.chris-hinchliff-mp-can-improve-north-east-herts-buses/
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The £2 fare cap for bus service has increased to £3 for 2025. See Intalink response
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Draft Minutes of the NHBUG meeting of 1st November 2024 ( tbc at next meeting )
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53 services to Lordship Penn Way leave from Stop H (Broadway) at (mostly) 35 past the hour. The Intalink timetable for this service is wrong.
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Stevenage BUG held their AGM on 14 September 2024.
The problems with bus services in North Herts and Stevenage continue. See the reports below for details of this and other interesting items from Stevenage:
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The new government has announced its plan for Better Buses
See more details
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News from South Mid and West Hertfordshire (February 2025 Update)
UNO, in addition to making some timetable adjustments mainly to their 614/644, 653, and X10 services have introduced an additional 614 from Queensbury to Hatfield Station at 07.55 and return at 18.00 hrs.
The X10 ( Luton-Hatfield-Luton) has also been retimed to provide extra capacity, and the 653 has been altered to even out service frequency and improve connections from the University of Hertfordshire and Hatfield Station.
UNO have also started the HCC contracted 242 Potters Bar to Waltham Cross and return hourly service (Mon-Sat), with the Sunday service remaining unchanged HCC contracted to Central Connect.
The 366 HCC contracted to Centrebus has a revised timetable, with the 10.18 from Harpenden to South Hatfield now starts from Luton at 09.50.
The 09.18 from South Hatfield to Harpenden continues on to Luton arriving 10.43.
Other timetable revisions are route 46, 80, 304, and RA3.
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BUT: Herts CC decide against Bus Franchising (May 2024)
Under a franchising system the Council or a central authority make decisions on bus services and monitor their operation with the bus companies being paid to run the services to an acceptable standard. Despite this being a much better system than the current deregulated free for all the Council has decided against implementing it in Hertfordshire.
An interesting article on the subject:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clke3g03rljo
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