Harrogate & District

Harrogate & District

Transdev Harrogate & District is a local bus operator based in Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England that also runs buses in Knaresborough . It is part of the Blazefield Group which is itself owned by the international transport company Transdev. Recently, the design on their buses were changed from red and cream coloured to red and yellow and their name changed from "Harrogate & District" to "Transdev Harrogate". Like other Blazefield Group companies it aims to maintain a strong local identity with brand and service quality in comparison to other local bus operators. Its key marketed route is The 36, a high frequency service between Ripon, Harrogate and Leeds. This was the UK's first bus route to use new vehicles with leather seats, with the aim of gaining new, non-bus using customers.

Another significant route was the airport Xpress route 767 service between Harrogate and Leeds Bradford Airport, which Harrogate & District operated from its inception in April 2005 until the contract was awarded to Dales & District in April 2010. Retendering by North Yorkshire County Council in 2011 saw all the routes that had been operated for the County Council pass to other operators with the exception of the X59 on which a reduced commercially operated service was retained.