Time for a refresh of Blazefield’s Route 36

The trend-setting Harrogate to Leeds service has a new look

It was the annual bus and coach show at Birmingham’s NEC in late 2003 where Wrightbus took the wraps off a new vehicle that stunned the industry and ignited a passion for leather seats.

The Blazefield group, now part of French group Transdev, had been witnessing significant growth on its Harrogate &?District subsidiary’s route 36 between Leeds and Harrogate for some years, largely as a result of the then patchy rail service between the two conurbations. Then one morning,...