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Green Line routes 700, 701 and 702 are limited-stop express bus services operated by First Berkshire & The Thames Valley under the Green Line banner from Berkshire to London. ==History== Following deregulation of the UK coach market under the Transport Act 1980, London Country Bus Services commenced operating Green Line route 701 from Maidenhead to London, in conjunction with Alder Valley in May 1982.〔Foster, R.J. (1989) ''An Atlas of the National Bus Company and the Scottish Bus Group before Deregulation'' ISBN 0-9509910-9-0 Appendix I〕 When Alder Valley was split in 1986, the route passed to the Berks Bucks Bus Company, which eventually became First Berkshire & The Thames Valley. To bring together all of the Berks Bucks Bus Company routes which terminated at London Green Line Coach Station into one depot, route 702 was extended to Bracknell, previously only having run as far as Legoland Windsor.〔(Busworld - "The BeeLine timeline" ) Accessed 21 May 2008〕 To begin with, Jonckheere bodied Volvo coaches were transferred from Slough for the services. Armchair Passenger Transport’s London commuter routes C1 and C2 became Green Line route 701, with the existing Slough to London Green Line route 701 passing to Armchair.〔(Busworld - "GreenLine 702 comes to Bracknell" ) Accessed 21 May 2008〕 The service was operated by a variety of coaches cascaded from First Berkshire & The Thames Valley's RailAir service including Berkhof Excellence 1000 bodied Scania N113CRBs and Irizar Century bodied Scania K114IBs as well as coaches from other FirstGroup subsidiaries. In October 2008, three Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL double deckers, with coach style leather seating, were introduced on the routes.〔(Buses rolled out for London ) ''Bracknell Forest Standard'' 6 October 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Green Line routes 700, 701 and 702」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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