Another Buckinghamshire bus battle

Tuesday 23rd June 2026 It’s Tuesday so that means yet another blog about a further outbreak of competition between bus companies which began at the beginning of this month. Early June has not only seen Arriva move to outwit First Bus in Southend-on-Sea, Stagecoach tread on Arriva’s toes in Stevenage and Stagecoach hit back at Preston Bus in Preston but the town of Aylesbury has seen renewed competitive action between Red Rose Travel and Arriva on the bus route to Buckingham. Blog reader John kindly set out the recent history of what’s known as the Red Group’s relentless expansion and domination in this part of the country in a comment on last month’s Seen Around round up blog. In case readers missed it, here’s a summary and potted history for which I’m grateful to John for providing all the details as so much has happened in the last couple of years it’s easy to forget. John reminded readers Arriva renumbered and rebranded its five remaining inter-urban routes centred on Aylesbury in…