How things have changed in Milton Keynes and for the Route 4..
Service 4 at “The Point” in 1990 (thanks for “mookydog” for the picture loan)
and 11 years later we are back to full size buses again
Category Archives: Milton Keynes
The height of customer information
With our new MK Star network, It seems we’ve taken the customer information at Bus Stops to a new level 😉
All Change in MK!
Well say goodbye to the MK Metro name, From 25th April all services will officially be run by “Arriva Buses”
of course for staff, they all transferred on the 1st Jan, This just makes it official.
Route maps are now available on the Arriva MK minisite as well as a Town guide for commercial routes.
Town Guide >>>>> Click Here
Route 1 Map >>>>> Click Here
Route 2 Map >>>>> Click Here
Route 3 Map >>>>> Click Here
Route 4/4A Map >>>>> Click Here
Route 5/5A Map >>>>> Click Here
Route 7/7A Map >>>>> Click Here
Route 8/8A Map >>>>> Click Here
MK Star Network – MK Metro Service Changes
These are the following changes I have at the moment, I will update when I have more info..
From 25th April:
Service 1, 1B, 1C:
Service cancelled and replaced with to service 1/1B and 1A/1C Newton Longville to Newport Pagnell and Cranfield along the current Service 7 route Bletchley – CMK
New service 1A/1C – Newport Pagnell – Bedford
Service 2:
This service is to now run direct along Brickhill Street and miss out Bolbeck Park & Giffard Park
Service 3:
New service running along the current service 6 Bradville – CMK then running to Woburn Sands via Brickhill Street/Monkston Park/Kingston
Service 4/4A:
Service 4 will now run current route from Bletchley as far as Two Mile Ash and Service 4A will run current route Bletchley-CMK and then follow current 29/39 route to Crownhill and Shenley Church End, with the following frequencies:
Bletchley – CMK, Every 7-8 minutes with route 4 extension to Two Mile Ash every 15 minutes and route 4A extension to Shenley every 30 minutes
The current service 4/4A to Wolverton is Withdrawn
Service 5/5A:
Service 5/5A will run as normal from Lakes Estate to Heelands then will run in alternate directions around Stacey Bushes-Fullers Slade-Stony Stratford-Wolverton-New Bradwell-Bradville loop replacing the current 4A routings.
Service 6:
Service Withdrawn
Service 7:
New route 7 will run every 30 minutes along the current route 7 from Wolverton – CMK and then will run the current 7A route to Bletchley, With alternate buses branching off at Furzton to cover service 6 to Bletchley (possibly numbered 7A, waiting confirmation)
Service 8/8A
Route 8 to follow current route, Only alternate buses to travel to Bletchley with the other doing the current 20/20A “loop” around Walnut Tree/Browns Wood/Old Farm Park
Route 12:
Service Withdrawn
Route 13:
Service Withdrawn
Route 16:
Service Withdrawn
Route 20/20A:
Service Withdrawn
Route 25:
Service Withdrawn
Route 26:
Service Withdrawn
Route 29/39:
Service Withdrawn
Route 51:
New route to replace the Winslow journeys on the current route 7
Route 300
Route 300 was “relaunched” last saturday as PlatinumMK300.
Nothing much else has changed to the route apart from some new Mercedes Buses that are now on the road.
You can find out more about PlatinumMK on either the councils website or ARRIVA’s Minisite
Our Friendly Driver, Tracy with her fancy new PlatinumMK Uniform Jacket on, Who took us to Magna Park
External Shot with Professional Matt at the front
Interior shot, again with Professional Matt (He wanted to be in the picture)
Snow day!
Snowy day today/Last Night!!
All buses today were keeping well away from estate roads, and as a result there was very few passengers about. Reports that MK Council has run out/is close to running out of grit has meant that none of the estates have been gritted tonight, So all the roads are frozen solid now 🙁 Should make it interesting in the morning….
LATEST MK BUS INFO (SNOW REPORT)
LATEST TRAVEL INFORMATION FOR BUS SERVICES IN MILTON KEYNES @ 10:52 WEDNESDAY 6th JAN
Continue to check our twitter feed for latest information at http://twitter.com/MKBusNews
1 Only serving as far as Olney Via Grid Roads not Emberton or Sherington
1C Only serving as far as Newport
2 Not servingDowns Barn, Oxley Park, Grange Farm, Poets Estate, Giffard and Bolbeck Pa
4 Not serving Springfield, Two Mile Ash, Great Holme
4A Not serving Springfield, Stacey Bushes
5 Not serving New Bradwell, Bradville,
6 Not serving Bradville, Heelands, Downs Barn
7 Not serving Winslow, Drayton Parslow, Mursley, Stantonbury, Deanshanger
7A Not serving Winslow, Drayton Parslow, Mursley, Stantonbury, Deanshanger
8 Not serving Kingston To Bletchley Via Bletcham Way Only
11 No Service
12 Not serving Caldecotte, Kents Hill, Bradwell Village, Stacey Bushes
13 Not serving Caldecotte, Kents Hill, Bradwell Village, Stacey Bushes
14 No service
16 No Service
18 No Service
20 No Service
29 Not serving Fishermead, Oldbrook, Shenley Church End, Whalley Drive
32 Tingewick
32A No Service
33 No Service
39 Not Serving Fishermead, Oldbrook, Shenley Church End,
42 No Service
43 No Service
50 Running OK
300 Running OK
379 No service
639 No Service
X9 Not serving Lavendon
Z&S and Vale Travel
Miscalculation
Hmmmm I’m not convinced the woman doing the weather on Look East this afternoon got it quite right when she said it wouldn’t snow here till tomorrow….
…. Still only 2 hours of this shift left 🙂
People of Milton Keynes…
….I need your help!!
I need people that are local to MK to let me know of ANY building projects going on within the Town that you know of please, For a new website I’m working on.
It can be anything from a new block of flats to the remodelling of a roundabout, I just need to know what it is and where.
You can either leave your replies as a comment to this post or email me directly.
Thanks everyone!!
Is it Snowing yet?!
Well who knows what sort of weather we’ll all wake up to tomorrow morning, or if the buses will be running, I’ll try to update this page as soon as I hear anything if the expected snow turns up.