What is the most amount of bus operators running between two places?

[swt class 450]

What is the most amount of bus operators operating between two places?

It can either be between different cities/towns/villages or just between the centre of a city/town/village and a suburb.

This is the most that i can think of so far:

Guildford to Merrow (6 operators):
• Arriva
• Buses Excetera
• Compass Bus
• Reptons Coaches
• Stagecoach
• White Bus Services

Can anyone think of any other examples of this anywhere in the UK?

 

[40145 Panther]

Stalybridge to Oldham (four operators):

• MCT Travel (408: Shaw - Oldham - Stalybridge - evening and Sunday journeys - no daytime journeys south of Oldham);
• Stott's Tours (343: Oldham - Mossley - Stalybridge - Hyde (via Lees Road) - weekdays and Saturdays before 1800 hours);
• First Greater Manchester (340: Oldham - Mossley - Stalybridge - Hyde (via Greenacres Road) - Monday to Saturday early evenings);
• Stagecoach Manchester (340: Oldham - Mossley - Stalybridge - Hyde (via Greenacres Road) - Sunday and Bank Holiday daytime journeys).

Stalybridge to Ashton-under-Lyne isn't too bad going with three operators, hence in route order:

• 219: Stalybridge - Ashton-under-Lyne - Piccadilly Gardens: Stagecoach Manchester (weekday peak hours only);
• 236: Ashton-under-Lyne - Glossop (via Woolley Bridge): Stagecoach Manchester (daytime only);
  
• 237: Ashton-under-Lyne - Glossop (via Hadfield and Tintwistle): Stagecoach Manchester (Monday - Saturday daytime)/MCT Travel (Evenings, Sundays and Bank Holidays only);
  
• 348: Ashton-under-Lyne - Carrbrook: First Greater Manchester;
• 353/354: Ashton-under-Lyne - Uppermill/Dobcross: First Greater Manchester (Monday - Saturday daytime);
• 355: Ashton-under-Lyne - Uppermill - Denshaw: MCT Travel (Sundays and Bank Holiday daytime journeys only);
• 387: Ashton-under-Lyne - Hyde (via Hattersley): MCT Travel (Monday - Saturday daytime);
  
• 389: Ashton-under-Lyne - Hyde (via Ridge Hill Estate): First Greater Manchester (Monday - Saturday daytime)/MCT Travel (Evenings, Sundays and Bank Holidays only).

 

[higthomas]

Oxford to Headington has 4(5)

• Stagecoach Oxford
• Arriva
• Oxford Bus company
• Red Rose Travel
• (Oxford Tube, which is sort of separate to Stagecoach Oxford)

Then:

• National Express also stops in both places, although one doesn't seem to be able to buy a ticket for that distance.
• There's also Thames Travel if only going as far as The Plain

 

[Megafuss]

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[darloscott]

Stockton to Middlesbrough has Stagecoach, Arriva, Go North East, Stagecarriage/Bus4 and National Express too

 

[Wirewiper]

Central Reading to Caversham Centre has four:

- Reading Buses: 22 (Caversham Heights), 23/24 (Emmer Green circular), 25 (Peppard Common), 27 (Lower Caversham)
- Thames Travel: X38 (Oxford via Henley)
- Arriva The Shires: 800 (High Wycombe via Henley)
- Going Forward Buses 142 (Goring)

 

[Wirewiper]

Central Reading to East Reading (London Road) has five operators, although one does not stop along this section and another does not carry passengers locally over this section.

- Reading Buses 13/14 (Woodley)
- Courtney Buses 127/128/129 (Wokingham via Twyford)
- Arriva 850 (High Wycombe via Twyford)
- RailAir (does not stop)
- Stewart's Coaches (only carries passengers to or from Thames Valley Park).

 

[AlastairFraser]

Central Reading to Caversham Centre has four:

- Reading Buses: 22 (Caversham Heights), 23/24 (Emmer Green circular), 25 (Peppard Common), 27 (Lower Caversham)
- Thames Travel: X38 (Oxford via Henley)
- Arriva The Shires: 800 (High Wycombe via Henley)
- Going Forward Buses 142 (Goring)

If you push that back to Bridge St, you can add the X39/X40

 

[Wirewiper]

If you push that back to Bridge St, you can add the X39/X40

That's still only four operators though - X39/X40 is also operated by Thames Travel.

There would have been five when Carousel's X80 also came this way.

 

[Typhoon]

Tunbridge Wells - Southborough Library

Arriva Kent & Surrey - 7, 401, 402
Nu Venture - 77
Autocar 222
Metrobus - 233
Go Coach - 289
(I have missed out school journeys for the above as there are far too many).

Hams of Flimwell also operate 3 school services, all listed on Traveline. There is also Centaur Coaches commuter journeys to London but I would be surprised if you could travel between the nominated places.