Rob's Bus Zone


	Buses are my main hobby. I run a site called Bus Zone which contains details on the bus operators in my home town, Reading, the surrounding areas, and in the areas between Reading and Coventry. The site is split into these different areas with a UK-wide page giving a national overview and other pages looking at other bus issues. Below I have some buttons that will take you the Bus Zone pages about my main areas of interest, or click the logo to enter the main site and look around for yourself. Click here to enter Click here if the buttons to my favourite sections do not appear below. Details about the principal bus service provider in my home town, including over 150 photographs, and a fleet list. Reading Transport includes Reading Buses, Newbury Buses, Goldline Travel and Reading Transport Engineering. I also have details on former brands Reading Mainline and The London Line. Details about other bus operators in the Reading area along with a few pictures. Most enquiries about buses from my friends in Reading are about which route goes to where they want to go, so here are the answers. Details of Reading area bus routes. I'm also asked what it will cost, so here are the details about Reading and Newbury Buses bus fares and TravelCards. Details about the principal bus operators in Coventry and Warwickshire. This focuses particularly on Stagecoach in Warwickshire (Midland Red South), but also Travel Coventry, Johnsons Coaches and Mike DeCourcey Travel. Details about the main bus operators in the UK, along with a couple of pictures. This page includes First Group, Stagecoach, Arriva, Go-Ahead, and National Express to name but a few. This page looks at why I'm interested in Buses, a question I am frequently asked. Bus spotting is not just about memorising timetables. This page aims to point out the differences between different types of bus to the untrained potential enthusiast. Every double deck bus on route 17 for example, does not look the same, but they are similar in having two decks, wheels, lights and a driver. Please sign Rob's guestbook, or drop me a message with your comments about this site. Have a read of some of the previous messages in my guestbook to see what other people have said, some of it is quite a laugh, I've had messages ranging from the sane bus enthusiasts to the rather odd Captain Blackbeard! Sign My Guestbook View My Guestbook On each page I have tried to include some links to other sites of interest. RECOMMENDED = A site that is certainly worth a visit (in my opinion). NEW LINK! = A recent addition to the set of links on that page. If you would like to suggest a related site to include on any of these pages, please get in contact and I will look into it. Also please contact me if you find a dead or broken link so that I can get rid of it! All of the photographs on this site are copyright Robert Williams unless otherwise stated. Please do not use any of the photos on your site without getting in contact first, all that I usually request is that the photo be credited to me, and perhaps for a link to this site!
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Finding a Bus Link This sites are the best place to start when looking for bus information. The Bus Station is especially highly recommended with links to thousands of bus related sites across the UK and the world. It is THE place for bus links! For bus timetables and journey planning go straight to Traveline, another very useful site. The official site of Traveline, the national bus timetable and journey planning service. Impartial information on planning your journey by bus, coach, or train, or any combination of the three. RECOMMENDED Xephos Public Transport Information Systems Fast and effective access to integrated public transport information across Great Britain - national rail timetables, national express coaches and bus timetables. RECOMMENDED UK Public Transport Information directory covering all travel by rail, air, coach, bus, ferry, metro and tram. Invaluable national index providing links to timetables, fares, ticket types and passenger facilities. RECOMMENDED Carl Berry Route Search Bus service information for Great Britain with frequency and contact information, and links to Internet timetables where available. RECOMMENDED Bus, coach, tram, trolleybus and transit links worldwide. This site contains links to almost all UK Bus related websites, so if you are trying to find out about an operator try here first, they are almost certain to have the link you are looking for - if it exists! Highly RECOMMENDED Some Sites to Visit Anorak London Bristol VR Enthusiasts Society British Buses of the 1960s British Trolleybus Database RECOMMENDED Bus Blinds Bus Club Ltd Bus Lane - Routemasters Bus Plunge Bus Spotter's Home Page Bus Web (International) RECOMMENDED Bus Web (UK) RECOMMENDED Bus Workshop Bus World RECOMMENDED BUSES magazine RECOMMENDED Buses.org.uk RECOMMENDED Coach and Bus Week Magazine RECOMMENDED Coach Talk UK Cobham Bus Museum David Bradley Online Croydon Area Trolleybuses RECOMMENDED Fare Exchange RECOMMENDED Friendberry: Bus Management Training Golden Jubilee Buses RECOMMENDED How to Use a Bus in America Ian Allan Publishing Ian Allan Superstore RECOMMENDED Ian's Bus Stop Institute of Logistics and Transport Leyland National Group RECOMMENDED Leyland National Home Page London Omnibus Traction Society MDS Book Sales Next Stop Productions Old Bus Garage Omnibus Society Park and Ride Website RECOMMENDED Photo Transport RECOMMENDED Picture Pride Displays RECOMMENDED PMP Transport Videos RECOMMENDED Ribble Enthusiasts Club Showbus Bus Rally Site RECOMMENDED Station Master County Journey Planners RECOMMENDED The Trolleybus Centre at Sandtoft RECOMMENDED TBC Public Transport Information Tramway Information RECOMMENDED Transmo Transport Bill Transport Exchange Transport Ticket Society Transport Web Transport Website Bus Pages RECOMMENDED Toby and John's Local Transport History RECOMMENDED UK-Bus-Fleetnews RECOMMENDED UK Paper Bus Factory Used Buses Net RECOMMENDED VideoBus VOSA RECOMMENDED Bus Modelling British Model Buses RECOMMENDED Collectiques RECOMMENDED Corgi Hattons Models Hobbies and Crafts Model Buses S & D Models Transmac RECOMMENDED UK Model Shop Directory Bus Manufacturers Alexander Dennis Anthony's Bus Homepage Bus and Coach Recognition RECOMMENDED Bova Neoplan Optare Group Plaxton Salvador Caentano UK Scania Bus and Coach Somerbus of Paulton (second hand buses) Voith Volvo Wright Bus Ticket Machine Companies Almex (The Metric Group) Transmo Wayfarer There are also more links on each of my other bus pages which are related to the topic of the page. Probably rather unsurprisingly there are a large number on the UK operators page, because the UK has a lot of bus operators. I have tried to pick the best, certainly visit my recommended sites, if not all of them!