York park and ride

First York Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530Gs
in April 2012
Parent City of York Council
Founded 1990
Locale York
Service type Park & ride
Routes 6
Destinations York City Centre, York Designer Outlet, Monks Cross, York Minster, Coppergate
Hubs York City Centre
Stations Rawcliffe Bar, Askham Bar, York Designer Outlet, Grimston Bar, Monks Cross, Poppleton Bar
Fleet Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse
Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530G
Optare Versa
Operator First York
Website Travel York

York park and ride is a park & ride system operated by City of York Council in the English city of York. It is the largest in the United Kingdom with 4,970 car spaces.[1]

History

The first park & ride site was established on Tadcaster Road in 1990. Since then it has expanded and today six routes operate.[2] It has been operated by First York under contract to the City of York Council since the late 1990s.[3]

Services

The services run very frequently, with buses every 10 minutes. There are six coloured routes, forming part of the standard First York services.[4] The service operates with a flat fare between all park and ride car parks and the city centre, and offering regular tickets and day tickets, which are valid for use on all First York services.

Buses

Services are operated by a combination of 2008 Wright Eclipse Volvo B7RLEs, 2009 Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530G articulated buses and 2014/15 electric Optare Versas.[5][6][7] The previous Wright Eclipse Fusion bodied Volvo B7LAs have left the fleet.

Buses previously operated in a modified version of First York's white, blue and pink livery before a silver livery was adopted.

References

  1. ↑ Fully electric York park-and-ride site means network now UK's largest RouteOne 18 June 2014
  2. ↑ Maps York Park & Ride
  3. ↑ First awarded Park & Ride contract for a further three years Travel York 16 August 2013
  4. ↑ Park and Ride City of York Council
  5. ↑ Electric Versas for York - First operating six Optare Versa EVs on new Park and Ride Bus & Coach Buyer 20 June 2014
  6. ↑ More Versa EVs for York P+R Bus & Coach Buyer 26 May 2015
  7. ↑ More electric Versas for York Optare 19 May 2015

External links

Media related to First York at Wikimedia Commons

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