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Fave Bus Routes in Brighton & Hove





Had planned a day out, parking the car at Seaford, this bus to Beachy Head, walk down into Eastbourne, and after chips, ice cream and shopping, one of the 12 series back to Seaford. Unfortunately 13x don't seem very frequent on weekdays (I think there are only three a day) so it didn't happen. Pre family used to enjoy a stroll on the Seven Sisters confident that there were plenty of buses, even on a Sunday.
 






wellquickwoody

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Was waiting for that one to come up.Any reason why you presented Whitehawk as the destinationand not Mile Oak?:wave:

Cos I was dragged up in Mile Oak? Didn't have the poor rep it has now though mind.
 




glasfryn

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Nov 29, 2005
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Well we had a thread on favourite bus stops in the city recently, so I thought why not start one on fave bus routes?

If we are just going to consider routes that run at least partly in Brighton & Hove, I'd like to nominate two.

Firstly, probably most peoples favourite, the Coaster 12 group of routes, starting in Brighton, and meandering along the coast, past Rottingdean, Peacehaven, Newhaven, and Seaford, taking in glorious sea views en route, and of course Seven Sisters and Beachy Head, before reaching the seaside town of Eastbourne.

I'm also a fan of a very different route, the 27, especially travelling westbound, after it turns off from Dyke Road, and gingerly navigates the hilly residential estates of Westdene, quite a feat for a double decker in some places!, before ending up outside Withdean Stadium.

Feel free to nominate other routes within Sussex, if you would like to look further afield. I could wax lyrical about the Stagecoach 17, but I don't want to send too many of you to sleep.

definitely this
and the old trolley bus up brayborn ave (46)? and wondering if it will make it
 




There can only be one answer, the 1! Mile Oak to Whitehawk, what's not to like?

It was better when it was the 60 from Mile Oak to the Old Steine and there was a separate service to Whitehawk. Running buses across the busy city centre simply causes them to get stuck in traffic and become unreliable.
 


BN9 BHA

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Firstly, probably most peoples favourite, the Coaster 12 group of routes, starting in Brighton, and meandering along the coast, past Rottingdean, Peacehaven, Newhaven, and Seaford, taking in glorious sea views en route, and of course Seven Sisters and Beachy Head, before reaching the seaside town of Eastbourne.

Most people's favourite? ???
Newhaven to Brighton or Brighton to Newhaven, the novelty wears off after about 1 journey.
 


GoldWithFalmer

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Apr 24, 2011
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Most people's favourite? ???
Newhaven to Brighton or Brighton to Newhaven, the novelty wears off after about 1 journey.

1 journey more than by car.....awful drive is that..considering setting up a hovercraft service,just need a few million notes..
 




BN9 BHA

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1 journey more than by car.....awful drive is that..considering setting up a hovercraft service,just need a few million notes..

I have just got the bus back from Rottingdean, standing room only, dullest bus journey ever.
I would have been happy to pay for a cab, the others I went out with wanted to get the bus. :shrug::shrug:
 


GoldWithFalmer

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Apr 24, 2011
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I have just got the bus back from Rottingdean, standing room only, dullest bus journey ever.
I would have been happy to pay for a cab, the others I went out with wanted to get the bus. :shrug::shrug:

True but perhaps they could thank their lucky stars,just got back from South East London painful journeys up that way..
 


BensGrandad

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Jul 13, 2003
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I like the 25 from The Old Steine as the quickest and easiest way to get to the Amex. for me. Wife and I use our Old Coggers Bus Pass a lot and have done the Thursday Haywards Heath to Eastbourne a few times.

Slightly OT I know but an old friend of mine, sadly no longer with us, used his pass to go from Guildford to Exeter and back went with his tent and had about 3 days in Exeter. took him 2 days each way I think it was.
 






wellquickwoody

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It was better when it was the 60 from Mile Oak to the Old Steine and there was a separate service to Whitehawk. Running buses across the busy city centre simply causes them to get stuck in traffic and become unreliable.

I remember it well, the Mile Oak Shuttle, sigh....
 








Peter Grummit

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Oct 13, 2004
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The 10CC. Rochdale to Ocho Rios via Old Steine. Twerly pass not valid as part of the journey will be before 0930.

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Eeyore

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The Wookiee

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Nov 10, 2003
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My least favourite one is the replacement bus service from Brighton to Worthing which due to rail engineering works today I need to get today
 




Cowfold Seagull

Fan of the 17 bus
Apr 22, 2009
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Surely an undercurrent of smugness for thee. How can anyone offer a route that matches the number 17 ? A splendid run on a lovely summer day and the Partridge Green route where no-one seems to get on or off.

I wonder if the Partridge Green diversion is something to do with an agreement after the Beeching axe.

Wasn't that route known as the 117 at some stage ? (Southdown).

It was the 107 under Southdown, and indeed remained so for quite a few years after the Stagecoach takeover, until the change to the 17 ten or so years ago I would guess.

In fact until the change to the 17 it had quite a complicated working, operating as a 107 between Brighton and Horsham, and then becoming a number 2 from Horsham to Worthing. Returning to Horsham as a 2, and then, you guessed it, back to Brighton as a 107 again. Everyone asleep yet? Jolly good!

Although as you say, comparitively few people seem to join/leave the bus along the Partridge Green 'loop', the village does have a fairly sizeable population, and being off the main A281 would be completely stranded public transport wise, without the deviation of the 17..
 
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