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University: Battle of The Buses
by Lee on May.17, 2009, under University
This Post is for Thursday 14th May, 2009
At the start of this week a new battle started around Bath – the Battle of the Buses between First and Wessex Connect.
The Existing Service - The 18/418 - The Bright Orange Bus, provided by First
Vs
The Newcomer - The U18 - UniConnect - Provided by Wessex Connect
This Monday Wessex Connect launched its rival service to the 18/418 – the U18. Concentrating on the Oldfield Park to University route, it has been highly campaigned for from the Students’ Union as an improvement to the bus service from First – a topic of conversation which seems to frequently come up.
The U18 was announced at the same time that Wessex Connect announced that they would start providing an alternative to the cancelled 20a/c service in Bath. As well as providing more buses and lower fares than first, they also announced that they would be donating 1p per ticket sold to a charity, chosen by students.
