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Uno (bus company) 

Uno (formerly UniversityBus) is a bus service operated by the University of Hertfordshire, England, serving members of the general public, and also its own students (at a discounted rate). The service was set up in 1992, growing out of a shuttle service previously operated for students at Wall Hall college near Watford.
It now provides student transport to the expanding university from local areas as well as improving east-west travel across Hertfordshire and has opened up new links from North London. Services have expanded rapidly as the University has closed outlying sites at Watford and Hertford and developed the new de Havilland Campus on the site of the former Hatfield airfield. Other developments on this site including major business premises for companies such as DHL and t-mobile have also proved significant traffic generators.
In 2005 it was re-branded "Uno" and the buses were painted in new colour scheme of pink and purple, a departure from the previous white and black colour scheme. According to the University's student newspaper "Universe", the reason for the re-branding "is to have a name that reflects the wider market the buses serve in the community, basically not just for the inhabitance of the University of Hertfordshire".

Contents

Routes

These are the routes listed on their website [1]:

Route Number From To Operational Details Extra Details
UNO Shuttle Hatfield Park & Ride University Of Hertfordshire DeHavilland Campus Mon-Fri every 10 mins, no weekend service. Free for students with a valid UH ID card.
301 Hemel Hempstead Bus Station Stevenage Lister Hospital Mon-Sat evenings every hour. Daytime and Sunday service operated by Arriva Shires & Essex.
341 Hatfield Business Park Bus Garage Ware Station Mon-Sat every 2 hours. Joint timetable with route 641 in term times. One morning journey starts from Tunford.
600 Hatfield Business Park DHL Depot Hatfield Station Mon-Fri peak hours every 10 mins, no off-peak or weekend service. Runs in a circular direction only.
601 Welwyn Garden City Bus Station St Albans St Peters Street Mon-Fri every 30 mins, no weekend service.
602 Hatfield Business Park Bus Garage Watford High Street Mon-Fri every 20 mins, Saturday every 30 mins, Sunday every hour. Does not operate to Borehamwood on weekends.
603 Hatfield Business Park TK Maxx Welwyn Garden City Bus Station Mon-Fri every 20 mins, Saturday every 30 mins. Additional journeys operate between the College Lane campus and Hatfield Rail Station in peak hours to provide a 10 minute service.
606 Hatfield Oldings Corner Tesco Marshalswick Jersey Farm, Newgate Close Return trip to and from Hatfield, Mon-Fri rush hours. No off-peak or weekend service.
607 Hatfield railway station Hatfield Salisbury Village Evening and Sundays service only. Service provided by Uno 608 and 609 at other times.
608 Hatfield railway station Hatfield Garden Village Mon-Sat daytimes every 30 minutes. Service provided by Uno 607 evenings and Sundays.
609 Hatfield railway station Hatfield Salisbury Village Mon-Sat daytimes every 30 minutes. Service provided by Uno 607 evenings and Sundays.
610 Hatfield Business Park Bus Garage Enfield Church Street/Potters Bar Station Mon-Sat every hour Does not operate to Enfield on Saturdays. Sunday buses are numbered 302 and operated by Trustline.
614 Hatfield Business Park Bus Garage Queensbury station Mon-Fri every 30 mins, Sat every hour. Oyster pay-as-you-go only accepted as far as Barnet, not to Hatfield.
615 Hatfield Business Park Bus Garage Stanmore Mon-Fri hourly, no weekend service. Some rish hours journeys extended to and from Raynes Lane Underground Station.
622 Hatfield Croxley Mon-Fri two-hourly, no weekend service. Ran hourly in term times until Sept 2008.
632 Hatfield Watford Mon-Fri hourly, no weekend service. Provides joint frequency with route 602 between London Colney and Watford on Mondays to Fridays. Diverted via Wall Hall Village development from Sept 2008.
634 Stevenage Bus Station Hemel Hempstead Rail Station Mon-Fri hourly, no weekend service. Connects to service 635 at Stevenage.
635 Hitchin St Mary's Square Stevenage Bus Station Mon-Fri hourly to Stevenage Lister Hospital, continues to Hitchen rush-hours only. No weekend service. Connects to service 634 at Stevenage.
636 University of Hertfordshire College Lane Campus Leagrave Mon-Fri hourly during term time, two-hourly in vacation. No weekend service. Competes directly with Centrebus routes 365/366.
641 Hatfield Broxbourne Mon-Fri two hourly, during University term time only. No weekend service Joint timetable with route 341. One morning journey starts from Tunford with return journey in the evening.
655 Hatfield Bus Garage/Frobisher Way Borehamwood Manor Way Mon-Sat hourly.

Uno ex-Centrebus Routes

In March 2008 Uno bought Centrebus's St Albans garage, taking over all Centrebus routes operating from there, including the S St Albans City route network, PB1 (a Potters Bar local route) and various routes connecting St Albans with outlying towns and housing estates[2]:.

  • 304 - Welham Green Station to Hitchin (St Mary's Square) via St Albans.
  • 320 - Hemel Hempstead/Harpenden to Watford via St Albans.
  • 359 - London Colney (Sainsbury's) to St Albans.
  • PB1 - Potters Bar (Rushfeld) to Potters Bar (Oakmere Avenue).
  • S1 - St Albans City Service : Jersey Farm Estate to Mile House (via City Centre, runs this direction only).
  • S2 - St Albans City Service : Milehouse to New Greens (via City Centre, runs this direction only).
  • S3 - St Albans City Service : New Greens to Jersey Farm (via City Centre, runs this direction only)
  • S4 - St Albans City Service : St Peter's Street to Cottonmill (Maynard Drive) via Cottonmill Lane.
  • S5 - St Albans City Service : St Peter's Street to Cottonmill (Maynard Drive) via Abbey Station.
  • S7 - St Albans City Service : Marshalswick to Tyttenhanger Green via City Centre.
  • S9 - St Albans City Service : Marshalswick to St Albans (Waitrose) via Firbank Road and City Centre.

Garages and buses

Uno operates from a purpose built head office and garage in the Hatfield Business Park. Following the takeover of Centrebus' St Albans operations, Uno initally continued to operate them from the St Albans garage. However, this was subsequently closed and operations centralised at the Hatfield location.

Bus types currently in use[3]:

Facts

These are general facts about the company, provided from their website[4].

  • 4,300,000 passenger journeys a year
  • 1,900,000 miles operated a year
  • 1,000,000 litres of fuel consumed a year
  • 800,000 students carried a year
  • 200 staff
  • 80 buses

These should be treated with caution as some relate to the period before the take-over of the Centrebus St Albans operations.

See also

References

  1. ^ uno - the university bus for everyone
  2. ^ uno - the university bus for everyone
  3. ^ "English Majors: Notable Independents 2007" British Bus Publishing
  4. ^ uno - the university bus for everyone

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