So as many people know the x35 barrow to Kendal route was running rather smooth for the time it was in operation minus a few technical issues with the buses that ran the route.
We are lucky enough to of recieved the 2 photos we have below copyright to Shaun C who allowed us to use the photos on this article please visit his Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/sulzerpower/
The x35 was subsidised by Cumbria county council and the service had been running very smoothly before there was a major accident involving an the blue x35 decker which caused the fleet of blue deckers to be down but it didn't phase stagecoach they used the normal deckers.
I had many a journey to Kendal on the x35 blue deckers and my overall view of them is that they weren't designed for that route as they were very slow on hills but in relation with the old deckers the new deckers pictured below copyrighted to totaltransportuk aren't much better either they are just as slow or slower than the old blue deckers.
The problem with the new and old deckers they weren't designed for the route they are city deckers to be used on flat routes with no hills.
The old x35 route went from barrow in Furness, dalton, ulverston, greenodd, havithwaite, newby bridge, grange over sands, Kendal Westmorland general hospital, k-village, Kendal bus station.
The x6 service goes from barrow, dalton, ulverston, greenodd, havithwaite, newby bridge, grange over sands, k-village, Kendal bus station.
The current service x6 connects the ulverston route where as the x35 was a direct route to Kendal.
sunday services to kendal are very limited the last being after 4pm and the good thing about the x6 is that you dont have to go to ulverston to catch it you can get it from barrow.
Prices havent changed we currently dont know the return fare but from barrow at the moment a single fare is £4.05 and has been this way since the x35 was in operation.
photo copyrighted to totaltransportuk
photo copyrighted to shaun c
photo copyrighted to Shaun c
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