Connexionsbuses

Connexionsbuses is a local bus firm based in North Yorkshire, England.

History
The company was established in 2002 by Craig and Julie Temple, the directors of the company, as Harrogate Coach Travel. The company is based in Green Hammerton, which has a York postcode even if it is under the Harrogate district. The company originally ran local services in the York area, running to Ripon via Great Hammerton, before expanding out running tendered services for North Yorkshire County Council and Metro.

They also ran the X54 service from York to Harrogate, but that service was withdrawn in August 2010, which left the X52 and X53 services to Ilkley and Guiseley as their only Harrogate services. This lasted until April 2011, when they introduced the X70 service between Harrogate and Wetherby and several local services in Harrogate under contract from NYCC (formerly operated by Transdev in Harrogate).

At the same time, they lost the NYCC contract to run buses between York and Ripon, and started to jointly operate services from York to Ripon and to Wetherby alongside Eddie Brown Tours. In March 2011, the bus operations were renamed as Connexionsbuses.

Services
Connexionsbuses operate services to York, Boroughbridge, Ripon, Guiseley, Ilkley, Otley, Knaresborough and Wetherby. From August 2010, the company expanded more in the Ilkley and Otley areas of West Yorkshire, when they take over the Ilkley and Otley local services from First West Yorkshire and the 940 service to Holt Park from TLC Travel. The company started more services in the Wetherby area in April 2011, linking the town to Harrogate and York.

Services run by Connexionsbuses: