tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post1589307759352982615..comments2024-03-29T08:14:43.839+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: In Hoddesdon, Hertford and Hatfield ... (1)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-74458081545636645462016-11-16T08:36:21.567+00:002016-11-16T08:36:21.567+00:00I haven't planned much history for tomorrow so...I haven't planned much history for tomorrow so look forward to greenline727's part 2!fatbusblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-1777215725998531332016-11-16T07:24:52.399+00:002016-11-16T07:24:52.399+00:00Route 310 was started by Harvey and Burrows in aro...Route 310 was started by Harvey and Burrows in around 1920, and is one of the very longest lived bus routes in the Home Counties. The route was indeed a London Transport (CB&C) and then a London Country bus route running between Hertford (and estates) and Enfield Town Centre, together with various en-route deviations at various times.<br />It had been left unchallenged until de-regulation in 1986, when London Buses at Potters Bar Bus Garage started an upstart 310A (followed by a 310B) commercial challenger . . . these lasted until the mid-Noughties, but were withdrawn because of the intransigence of TfL, who didn't want interlopers into London (it messed up their pretty computer model of bus routes).<br />I'll refrain from further comment pending the next part of the fbb saga . . . . . but it's an interesting history in modern times . . . . greenline727https://www.blogger.com/profile/03033268278026535109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-72360921050162550522016-11-16T07:00:11.020+00:002016-11-16T07:00:11.020+00:00The "red bus route" was merely one part ...The "red bus route" was merely one part of the 310's long history. For much longer prior to that it had been a "green bus route", certainly for the life of the London Transport's Country Department 1933 to 1970 and then London Country as its successor.Daddysgadgetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892897553855129226noreply@blogger.com