page_title: Buses in Milton Keynes
section_title: Arriva Shires & Essex
hierarchical_section_title: Buses in Milton Keynes / Long-distance services / Arriva Shires & Essex
caption_attribution_description: English: An Arriva the Shires bus on route 30 on Dansteed Way in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
context_page_description: Buses in Milton Keynes are run by a mixture of operators on a network of urban and rural routes in and around the Milton Keynes urban area. These services have a varied history involving five different companies. At the foundation of the 'New City' in 1967 and for some years afterwards, Milton Keynes was served by a rural bus service between and to the pre-existing towns. Apart from a small-scale experimental service, urban buses arrived on the scene with deregulation in 1986. Since April 2010 the core local services have been provided by Arriva Shires & Essex. Long-distance coach services also serve the city, often via the nearby Milton Keynes Coachway located near junction 14 of the M1 motorway.
context_section_description: Arriva Shires & Essex run route 150 to Aylesbury at a frequency of up to half-hourly. A pattern of operating a non-stop service 100 alongside a slower 150 via Leighton Buzzard began in February 2009; prior to then only route 100 had operated over the entire length of the route, with an hourly frequency. Prior to September 2007 the route had been numbered X15; in the 1980s this had operated as a through service between Reading and Northampton, and was run jointly by Luton & District and Bee Line. It was shortened to terminate at Milton Keynes in 1986, and the Aylesbury – Reading section was abandoned in 1994 following Bee Line's withdrawal from the route. In April 2013 service 100 ceased operating with service 150 returning to a route similar to the X15, due to a withdrawal of funds by Buckinghamshire County Council.
  Arriva Shires & Essex also operate the hourly route 70, which links Milton Keynes to Luton via Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable, and the hourly route 32 from Bletchley via Central Milton Keynes to Buckingham, which extends to Tingewick once a day. Service X60 runs via Buckingham to Winslow and Aylesbury. Arriva formerly operated local service 33 to Northampton, but this was taken over subsequently by Z&S and then by Red Rose.
caption: Arriva Shires & Essex operate a large fleet of single-deck vehicles throughout Milton Keynes. Here one is seen on the weekday peaks only service 30 at Two Mile Ash.
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