Green Line route 757

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757 (including 755)
Management
Operated by Arriva Shires & Essex
Garage Luton
Vehicle Various coach types, including:
VDL SB4000/Van Hool T9
DAF SB3000/Plaxton Premiere
PVR †
Route
Start Luton
Via Luton Airport
M1 Motorway
End London
Length 30 miles (48 km)
Service
Level Daily
Frequency Every 15 minutes
Journey time Around 1 hour 30 minutes
Day 24 hour service
Night 24 hour service
† peak vehicle requirement
See also: Green Line Coaches


Green Line route 757 is a limited-stop express coach service, currently operated by Arriva Shires & Essex as part of the large Green Line Coaches network. It operates between Luton and London. Additionally, the route 755 variation also serves some Luton housing estates. Some coaches run in easyBus livery.

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[edit] History

Route 757 was started in 1980, as part of a new Green Line network. [1]

In 2005, five new VDL SB4000/Van Hool T9 were ordered for the route, these were some of the first wheelchair accessible coaches to enter service with disabled passengers entering via the front door. [2] There is currently competition over which is the best solution for wheelchair accessible coaches, with National Express' most popular. In 2007, one of these coaches sustained sever accident damage in a fatal accident on the M1 motorway. [3]

In 2006, as part of some easyBus service changes, some of the 757 coaches were repainted into easyBus orange. Thus, the minibus serves operated by easyBus over the same route of the 757 has now been incorporated into the coach route. Tickets can be used on either vehicles, and all coaches display prominent, "Green Line (or easyBus) passengers welcome" notices.

More recently, it has been common to see some of Arriva's standard buses on the route, most often Scania/Wright Solars branded for Luton Town services.

In February 2008, the route was revised to run as a standard service from Luton, then Luton Airport to London. Route 755 continued however.

An order was announced in April 2008 for 13 new tri-axle VDL SB4000/Van Hool T9s for the route.

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[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing Luton

[edit] Route departing London, Victoria

[edit] Fare scheme

There are a number off different fares used on the service. These vary from the standard bus-like singles and day returns - which are valid 24 hours from purchase - to period returns (valid for three months from purchase) and season tickets.

Ticket type Adult Child Senior citizen Weekly Monthly Annual
Single £12 £9 £9 - - -
Day return £13 £10 £10 - - -
Period Return £17 £13 £13 - - -
Season ticket - - - £65 £240 £2200

As part of the Government's free concessionary bus pass scheme, senior citizens can travel free provided they show their pass. The child fare applies to children from 5 to 15 years of age inclusive; children under five travel free.

A number of special deals on tickets are often run. Currently, students can travel at the child rate when Student ID is shown. easyJet passengers can sometimes get special fare deals, but this has become less prevalent now that the easyBus service has been merged with the route.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ History of Green Line Accessed 21 March 2008
  2. ^ Green Line - "Assisted Travel on Green Line 757" Accessed 21 March 2008
  3. ^ BBC News - "Man dies in motorway fog pile-up" Accessed 21 March 2008

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Green Line Coaches routes
Arriva Shires & Essex
724 · 755 · 757 · 758 · 797
New Enterprise Coaches
First Berkshire & The Thames Valley
Stephensons of Essex
† Not run with Green Line liveried coaches, but still part of the Green Line network