Safeguarding bus services

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Guildford has become the unlikely centre of a bus war and Andy Izatt has been to the cathedral city to see what services provided by the two main combatants are like for passengers

Head-to-head competition in the bus industry is now relatively rare, but that’s what is happening in Guildford, Surrey. It’s an unlikely battleground as the city is one of the most prosperous in the country, but there are extensive housing estates and it’s in those that the battle is primarily being waged.

Guildford
An Arriva ADL Enviro200 MMC on route A approaches the Friary bus station. ANDY IZATT
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