Uno (bus company)

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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). It provides student transport to the expanding university from local areas as well as improving east-west travel across the county and opening up new links from North London. The service was set up in 1992, and in 2005 it was rebranded "Uno".

According to the University's student newspaper "Universe", the reason for the rebranding "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". Following the change, the buses were painted pink and purple, a departure from the previous white and black colour scheme.

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[edit] 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 De Havilland Campus Mon-Fri every 10 mins Free for students with a valid UH ID card
301 Hemel Hempstead Bus Station 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 Only 6 return journeys on Saturdays
600 Hatfield Business Park DHL Depot Hatfield Station Mon-Fri peak hours every 10 mins Peak hours only. Runs in a circular direction
601 Welwyn Garden City Bus Station St Albans St Peters Street Mon-Fri every 30 mins FROM JUNE 2008, BUSES NO LONGER SERVE deHAVILLAND, PLEASE USE PARKHOUSE BUS STATION 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 Some journeys only operate during term time
606 Hatfield Oldings Corner Tesco Marshalswick Jersey Farm, Newgate Close Mon-Fri every hour No weekend service
607 Hatfield railway station Hatfield "Salisbury Village" Nightly and Sundays Use uno 608,609 and 610 at daytimes
608 Hatfield railway station Hatfield Garden Village Mon-Sat daytimes Use uno 607 at night and on Sundays
609 Hatfield railway station Hatfield "Salisbury Village" Mon-Sat daytimes At other times, use 607
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
622 Hatfield Croxley Mon-Fri hourly during term time, two-hourly during vacation
632 Hatfield Watford Mon-Fri hourly
634 St Mary's Square Rail Station Mon-Fri hourly FROM JUNE 2008 BUSES WILL NO LONGER SERVE STEVENAGE STATION, PIN GREEN, GRACE WAY OR THE LISTER HOSPITAL, AT STEVENAGE BUS STATION, PLEASE USE NEW ROUTE SB635
SB635 Lister Hospital Stevenage Bus Station As 634 THIS SERVICE COMMENCES ON JUNE 2ND 2008
636 Hatfield College Lane Campus Leagrave Mon-Fri hourly during term time, two-hourly in vacation
641 Hatfield Broxbourne Mon-Fri two hourly, during University term time only
655 Hatfield Bus Garage/Frobisher Way Manor Way Mon-Sat hourly

[edit] uno Centrebus Routes

  • 304 - Welham Green Station to Hitchin (St Mary's Square)
  • 320 - Hemel Hempstead/Harpenden to St Albans/Watford
  • 359 - London Colney (Sainsbury's) to St Peters Street
  • PB1 - Potters Bar (Rushfeld) to Potters Bar (Oakmere Avenue)
  • S1 - City to Mile House (via Camp Road)
  • S2 - City to New Greens (via Hospital)
  • S3 - City to Jersey Farm (via Fleetville)
  • S4 - City to Cottonmill (Maynard Drive) via Cottonmill Lane
  • S5 - City to Cottonmill (Maynard Drive) via Abbey Station
  • S7 - Marshal'swick to Tyttenhanger Green via City
  • S9 - Marshal'swick to St Albans (Waitrose) via Firbank Road

[edit] Garages

Uno operates two bus garages, since they took over all of Centrebus's St Albans operations from St Albans garage. It still operates its head office garage in Hatfield Business Park.

Bus types in use:

[edit] Facts

These are general facts about the company, provided from their website[5].

  • 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
  • 16 buses used on route 602
  • 4 pounds for a day ticket
  • 2 bus garages
  • 1 company

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ uno - the university bus for everyone
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ [3]
  5. ^ uno - the university bus for everyone

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