Buses
Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company, a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group, operates a local bus service with approximately 300 buses. In 1997, Brighton & Hove absorbed the former municipal operator, "Brighton Blue Buses" whose history dated back to the 1880s. The council and bus company run a. There is a regular half-hour all-night bus service on routes N7 and N25, and late night journeys aimed at clubbers on N29, N69, N98 and N99. Most buses bear names of famous local people.
The Brighton & Hove Bus company run the following popular "metro routes":
- 1: Whitehawk to Mile Oak
- 5: Hangleton to Patcham and Hollingbury
- 7: Hove to Brighton Marina
- 25: Hove to Universities at Falmer
- 49: East Moulsecoomb/Lower Bevendean to Portslade Station
The other routes include the 2 Shoreham to Rottingdean; 6 Brighton railway station to Portslade Asda; 12/13 to Eastbourne; 14 to Peacehaven and Newhaven; 16/66 shopping route serving Hangleton and Portslade; 20 to Steyning; 21 Marina to Brighton Station; 22 to Woodingdean; 23 Marina to Universities; 24 to Hollingbury via Coldean; 26 to Hollingbury via Ditchling Road; 27 Westdene/Hangleton to Saltdean; 28 to Ringmer; 29 to Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells; 37/38 Meadowview to Bristol Estate; 46 Hollingbury to Southwick; 50 to Hollingdean; 77 to Devil's Dyke and 81 Goldstone Valley to Queen's Park and Open Market.
The Big Lemon (yellow vehicles) bus service started in 2006. It operates two routes, (44) between the city centre and the Falmer Universities campuses in the evenings, and took over the contract to run the (52) from Woodingdean to Brighton Marina via Ovingdean, using 100% recycled bio-fuel.
The Stagecoach Group (through its Stagecoach South division) operates a frequent service (route 700) westwards along the south coast under the "Coastliner" brand name as well as an hourly service 17 from Brighton to Horsham.
Countryliner Coaches operated two complementary hourly services, the 40 from Churchill Square to the West Sussex village of Cuckfield; and the 40X between Royal Sussex County Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath. Together these give a half-hourly frequency on the core section of the route from Brighton Old Steine to Hassocks, Burgess Hill town centre and the Worlds End district of Burgess Hill, and Haywards Heath. These have now passed to Heritage travel, branded as "The Sussex Bus" until new contracts can be tendered.
Metrobus, another Go-Ahead company runs daily services from Churchill Square to Crawley.
The Council is also involved in a "door-to-door" bus link scheme covering the whole city. A company called Community Transport (Brighton, Hove and Area) Ltd, incorporated in 1991, operates the service on behalf of the Council. Specially adapted buses with passenger lifts or ramps for wheelchairs are used at all times, and journeys can be booked by telephone.
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