Every route 99. 15 of 25

Sunday 19th July 2026 After last time’s review of West Midlands’ Diamond Bus operated route numbered 99, it’s a short hop over the conurbation’s western border into neighbouring Telford & Wrekin land to explore Telford’s circular bus route bearing the same number 99 with an ‘A’ suffix denoting anti-clockwise and ‘C’ for clockwise. It’s the second of two circular routes numbered 99 in this series (the first was in Pontypridd) and it’s the only route of the 25 numbered 99 in Britain operated by Arriva. You might be able to make out the route taken on the above extract from Arriva’s network map for Telford. The 99A/C is the route in the north west quadrant of the town in a light pink colour. Alternatively, here’s the route mapped out on an Ordnance Survey map of the area tracked as I travelled the route from which you can see it even beats last time’s route 99 for the number of left and right turns around the route. I lost count, there were so many. The timetable provides an hourly…