Competition
Brighton & Hove face limited competition on some of its network of routes. The Big Lemon bus operator, a community interest company founded in 2007 who currently run a route between Sussex university and central Brighton, is the largest competitor. They were set up in an effort to make Brighton and Hove's public transport options more sustainable by using biodiesel collected by the company from businesses around the city as well as offer private hire services.
The Big Lemon originally operated an express service numbered 42X which ran from Brighton Station - Falmer Station using elderly step entranced buses. However the service was dropped in December 2007. A relaunch of the service commenced in early 2008 numbered 42. In 2010 the company started two more service, the 43 & 44. However just months after it began service 43 ended due to low passenger numbers. In 2011 The Big Lemon faced competition from Brighton & Hove Buses in that Brighton Buses lowered its fares to match fares charged by The Big Lemon. In January 2012 The Big Lemon stopped running service 42 and now continues to run service 44 only.
Other companies who run into the city include Countryliner who operate Service 40/40X which runs from Haywards Heath - Brighton Churchill Square, Metrobus who operate 273 which is Crawley - Brighton Churchill Square and also Stagecoach who run service 17 Horsham - Brighton Churchill Square and service 700 Portsmouth - Brighton
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