Uno Buses in Northampton

Uno Buses has entered into a joint venture with the University of Northampton to operate bus services in Northampton from September 2012. The services – routes 18 & 19 - will mainly link the 2 campuses in Northampton with the city centre, bus and rail station and will be a 7 day service during term time. The core route will operate using Mercedes Citaro buses in a livery that will be a variation of the Uno Buses pink and purple livery and the operation will be based at the Northampton University Park campus.

Uno Buses is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Hertfordshire and operates 90 buses on commercial services in Hertfordshire.  The University of Hertfordshire is an award winning business facing University with a turnover of £250m per annum and approximately 25000 staff and students.  The University of Northampton is a leading university in integrating teaching and research activities with social enterprise and has a student and staff body of 15000.

James Thorpe, Managing Director, Uno Buses.


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Uno Service Revisions. July 29th 2012

On July 29th 2012 there are changes to several of  Uno's bus times & routes. Here is a summary of the adjustments - Check out the new timetables on the Uno or Intalink websites. (Edit: Timetables will be viewable closer to 29th July).

600/650 Business Park Shuttle

•    Extra buses at off peak times between Hatfield rail station and the business park - See 620 or 658.

601

•   Timetable changes including later evening buses.

•   New fare zones for Oakland College students.

•   Routes 601, 602, 657 and 658 run up to every 10 minutes between UH deHavilland and St Albans during the day.

602

•   Hatfield buses will stop at deHavilland bus interchange instead of by the Comet Hotel.

•   Routes 601, 602, 657 and 658 run up to every 10 minutes between UH deHavilland and St Albans during the day.

603

•   Off peak buses will be extended from the Business Park to Tesco at Oldings Corner.

•   University term time buses will run every 15 minutes between Welwyn Garden City, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Hatfield rail station & town centre and UH The Forum.

604

•   Replaced by additional buses on route 603.

610

•   Minor changes to peak time buses.

•   New bus to and from Dame Alice Owen School.

615

•   Between RNO Hospital and Stanmore station buses will run along Wood Lane instead of Canons Corner.

•   Monday to Friday daytime buses will run every 30 minutes.

•   New Saturday buses will run every hour.

620

•   Renumbered 657, with minor timetable changes.

•   Peak time buses between Redbourn and Hemel Hempstead are withdrawn.

•   Off peak buses will be extended from Hatfield rail ration to Business Park.

621

•   Now runs between Bricket Wood and St Albans.

•   School day bus between Watford and Townsend School is unchanged.

622

•   More buses at peak times

•   Improved off peak service runs every hour until early afternoon.

625

•   New timetable and route - now a circular tour around the Jackmans and Grange Estates in Letchworth.

•   Routes 625 and 635 run every 30 minutes between Stevenage, Hitchin and Letchworth.

634

•   New timetable

•   New route in Hemel Hempstead now includes Bennetts End and Apsley.

635

•   Buses will continue from Letchworth to Baldock Market Place, with some buses also continuing to Clothall Common.

•   The Grange Estate will be served by route 625.

•   Diversion via Pin Green at peak times is withdrawn.

•   New buses on Saturdays and Sundays will run every 2 hours.

•   New connections at Baldock with route 700 for connections to Bishop's Stortford and Stansted Airport.

641

•   Minor timetable changes.

646/647

•   New special school services linking Flamstead and Redbourn to Harpenden schools.

658

•   No change to buses between Borehamwood and St Albans.

•   Buses will continue to Hatfield Business Park via Fleetville, UH de Havilland campus, The Galleria, Hatfield town centre and rail station.

•   Routes 601, 602 657 and 658 run up to every 10 minutes between UH deHavilland and St Albans.

659

•   New evening journey from St Albans to London Colney on Mondays to Saturdays.

700

•   Now runs between Baldock and Stansted Airport guaranteed connections at Baldock to route 635 towards Letchworth, Hitchin, Stevenage and Hatfield.

712/714

•   Minor changes to timetable.

HA1

•   New timetable with improved links to Harpenden Schools from Cross Lane and Aldwickbury.

•   New later bus to Aldwickbury and Cross Lane.

•   Extra buses on Saturday afternoons.

821/884

•   These routes are withdrawn as part of Hertfordshire County Council's school transport review.

Road Closure: A1250 (Bishops Stortford) 6th & 7th June.

This evening (6th June) the A1250 will close in Bishops Stortford. Route 700 is diverting via Northgate End/Rye St/Michaels Rd/Stansted Rd/A120 in both directions. Missing none of its usual stops.

Tomorrow (7th June) however Stansted Bound from Hadham Road will divert down North Street/Bridge Street/Causeway (normal route), serving the stop in Bridge Street in place of The Causeway.

Stevenage bound will use Hockerill Street (as normal) diverting down Dane St/South St/Market St/Potter St/North St and back on to Hadham Road, serving the Tesco bus stop and the last stop in Dunmow Road (before the Hockerill traffic lights), missing out the usual Causeway stop.

St. Peters Street (St. Albans) closure for Jubilee

Queens Jubilee Celebrations

St. Peters Street – St. Albans

Closure : 4th June 04:00 - 5th June 06:00

Routes: 34/304/321/343/301/620/S1/S2 Please use stops on Hatfield Road.

Routes: 321/656/S3/S4/S5 Please use stops on London Road.

Route 602 to Hatfield use temp. stop on Upper Lattimore Road. to Watford use Victoria Sreet adjacent to Upper Lattimore Road junction.

Route 84 will terminate at St Albans City Station.

Please use stops as shown. Apologies for any inconvienience.

Non-Term Service Changes from Saturday 26th May.

Saturday services from 26th May.
The inter campus shuttle will cease to operate. 602 journeys marked in the timetable as term time only journeys will cease to operate. (Late night journeys).


Sunday Services from 27th May.
The inter campus shuttle will cease to operate.


Monday to Friday services from 28th May.
The Park and Ride shuttle will cease to operate being replaced by an inter campus shuttle operating every 15 minutes from 08:00 until 18:00.

602 journeys marked in the timetable as term time only journeys will cease to operate. (Late night journeys).

The 604 shuttle between Hatfield Station and The Forum will cease to operate.

636 Journeys marked in the timetable as term time only journeys will cease to operate. (Late journeys and one journey from Luton in the morning).

Uno Service Revisions: March/April 2012.

Saturday 31 March
Last day of Uno operation of HCC contract route 341 (Hatfield – Essendon – Ware). To be replaced by Centrebus commercial route and Uno (direct) bus 641 – see below.

Sunday 1 April
Changes to services S1, S2 and S3 in St Albans; daytime frequency increased from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes. This will increase PVR from 6 to 8 on these services. (This initiative is supported through the Local Transport Sustainability Fund).

The changes will be supported by a new style St Albans bus times guide with prominent Pinks branding.

From this date the price of the St Albans City Rover will be increased from £3.00 to £3.50 although this will be partially offset by increased area of zone and discounted group travel.

On this date Uno will cease operation of Sunday services H2,H3, H4 and H5 in Hemel Hempstead following a change of operator in the recent tender awards.

Sunday 15 April
The new 641 service from Hatfield to Hertford and Broxbourne will be launched (PVR 1).

Articulated ‘bendy’ buses to be introduced on the shuttle service.

These changes will be supported by individual service leaflets and the shuttle one will include details of alternative local bus services that link Titan/MacLaurin with the College Lane Campus in accordance with undertakings given to the University. An ‘inter-campus’ bus pass is available to enable UH staff to travel free of charge between these points.

In addition a leaflet will be produced for the London service (712/714) to promote day trip opportunities in the run up to the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. This will include details of London plus day tiocket that includes travel by local bus to connect with London service at Hatfield and St Albans.

Road Closure: Watford Rd - Radlett. Tuesday 6th March & Wednesday 7th March 0930 - 1530.

Edit: (Wednesday 28th March) Watford Road is still closed, customers are advised to use stops at Bushey or Radlett.

Edit: (Tuesday 27th March) Watford Road has been closed again resulting in route 602 resuming the diversion. The road will re-open at 4:30pm, expect delays in the mean time.

Route 602 is scheduled to divert around Watford Road B426 (Radlett) due to planned road works. Resulting in no service in Aldenham & Battlers Green.

The 602 will divert via A41 Nth Western Avenue, Elstree Road, Watford Road A411, High Street Elstree, Elstree Hill Nth, Watling St A5183 and Cobden Hill to Shenley Hill and reverse. Passengers should use stops before and after the diversion route.