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New bus link between Biggleswade and Cambridge :
Biggleswade’s new link with Cambridge – BusAndTrainUser
New Express service between Cambridge and Peterborough and Huntingdon
Cambridge and Peterborough get express linked – BusAndTrainUser
Intalink have announced a consultation on a new Enhanced Partnership 2. You can find the Plan and Scheme here: Intalink Enhanced Partnership Plan and Scheme We want to get as many responses as possible, so have your say on the future of bus travel! Responses can also be made on behalf of organisations. The consultation webpage can be found at: Intalink Enhanced Partnership Scheme 2 | Hertfordshire County Council. The survey closes on 9th March at 11:45pm.
NHBUG Review of 2025
In contrast to previous years there was some good news for North Herts bus users in 2025.
There were still of course some not so good, with reductions in services including the withdrawal of the UNO 635 service from Hitchin to Hatfield, the halving of the frequency of the Saturday Arriva 55 Letchworth Stevenage service and the reductions in Stevenage town services . Information at the Stevenage Bus Interchange continues to be very poor.
On the plus side North Herts has seen the introduction of some new and improved services with extra government funding. These include the 91 Letchworth – Royston via Ashwell (now hourly and with a useful route change) and the 92 and 93 services replacing the previous 53 service and continuing to Baldock and Stevenage without the need to change buses. The 98 service replacing the Highfield High Avenue section of the route struggles to negotiate the parked cars especially since the 98 uses full sized buses rather than the smaller size used before by the 53. Either the service needs to use much smaller vehicles, or parking restrictions need to be reviewed and enforced, or the route should change to use Spring Rd rather than High Avenue which often happens in practice.
The Government has made money available for councils to investigate franchising, and Herts Council will be conducting a feasibility study. https://hertscouncil-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/funding-secured-to-explore-new-bus-operation-model-in-hertfordshire Which services are being considered is not known yet but certainly the Arriva services mentioned above should be considered. These services, despite being well used, have suffered a steady stream of cutbacks over the past few years. Perhaps also there should be a requirement to provide Real Time Information on all services.
Hopefully we are now back to normal service on buses and trains after the confusing period of shutdowns and reductions from Christmas to New Year. The UK is almost unique in having no bus or train services on Christmas Day and very few (none round here) on Boxing Day, although London Underground services do run on the latter, if you can find a way of reaching them from North Herts! Between Xmas and New Year there were the inevitable engineering works on the trains, and most bus companies ran a Saturday service, and some a special revised service, making it difficult to plan journeys without checking the website of the relevant company. Some standardization would be appreciated!
There were some minor changes during December / January affecting North Herts Users:
Timetable change to the 74 service Hitchin – Bedford between Hitchin and Biggleswade.
Journey time changes on the 625 service changed to improve punctuality at Lister Hospital.
And From 01.02.26.
Timetable change to 91,91A,93,93A. Changes to timetable times to improve connectivity with train services at Aswell & Morden Railway Station and to improve connectivity between services
Service changes - Intalink
The Daily Telegraph featured an article on electric buses claiming the Chinese have a Kill Switch. Hundreds of British buses have Chinese ‘kill switch’
Peter Ellingworth from South Herts has supplied the following review of changes around the Hatfield and South Herts area.
" The main changes to South/Mid Herts are the UNO services 242, 243, 602, 625, 635 and 653 :
242 -revised timetable mainly to help underwrite a more reliable timetable in view of the unpredictable traffic conditions and congestion the route has to encounter. The route has been slightly changed so as to not serve the University of Hertfordshire College Lane Forum, but will serve UH de Havilland Campus as before.
243- As above, but vice -versa : it will serve the main UH College Lane campus at The Forum, but not de Hav.
653/602- A morning journey has been introduced starting at 07.25 (schooldays only) from Welwyn Garden City proving a direct link mainly for Oaklands Students, continuing on as a 602 from Hatfield Station.
625/635- Revised timetables, mainly to accomodate staff shift patterns at Lister Hospital in Stevenage (625).
UNO have also recently started running the TfL 292 route under contract to TfL.
Finally, I have been in communication with both my management at Kedrion BioPharma in Elstree, and Borehamwood Councillor Nik Oakley regarding the possibility of a bus service in view of the somewhat isolated location and to ease congestion. I believe in view of the proposed development of a data centre nearby this is is already being looked into. "
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Draft Minutes of the NHBUG meeting of 1st November 2024 ( tbc at next meeting )
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Stevenage BUG held their AGM on 14 September 2024.
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The government has announced its plan for Better Buses
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