From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Uno bus route 602
Uno bus route 602
602 During the daytime the service works with the routes
601, 620 and 621.[1]
On Sundays, the service operates between Hatfield
Rail Station and Watford High Street Half of the service is
funded by Hertfordshire County Council. In the evenings
there are extra journeys from Hatfield rail station to the
University’s de Havilland Campus to assist students return-
ing to their residences. There are also extra night ser-
vices during term time from Hatfield to St Albans, and
one in the other direction.[2]
Overview
Operator Uno
History
Garage Hatfield
Previously, the route used to run every 20 minutes be-
Vehicle Mercedes Citaro tween Hatfield Business Park and London Colney
SavaCentre. One journey continued from here to Watford
Nighttime 19:00 until 01:30 (half-hourly term, hourly
during holidays) each hour, one continued to Borehamwood and one ter-
minated at the Savacentre and then returned to Hatfield.
Route The 602 used to interwork with the route 632 which ran
Start Hatfield, Hertfordshire Business Park straight from Hatfield Business Park to College Lane and
then non-stop to London Colney via the A414 dual car-
Via St Albans, London Colney, Radlett, Shenley
riageway. One bus went from Hatfield to Watford on the
End Watford, Hertfordshire High Street 602 service then returned as a 632 bus, avoiding St Al-
bans, and vice versa. However in the interests of keeping
Service
services consistent, the 602 was changed so that all day-
Frequency Monday-Saturday 30, Sunday 60 time services followed the same route. A new route was
Operates 05:40 until 19:00
made to serve people wishing to go to Boreham-
wood.[3].The route was originally launched in November
{{{previous_line}}} ← → {{{next_line}}} 1992 when Universitybus started commercial service op-
erations but it was based on the P2 private only service
run for staff and students from Hatfield to the Wall Hall
Uno bus route 602 is a commercial bus service operated
Campus of the University in Aldenham Village. Quite
by Uno which is the trading name of Universitybus Ltd.
quickly the route was extended at either end to run
The route has contracted bus service elements for Hert-
through to Watford via Bushey and from Hatfied to Wel-
fordshire County Council, in Hertfordshire, England. It is
wyn Garden City. The service also subsumed the old 311
regarded by some as being Uno’s ’main’ route, forming a
route which hailed back to London Country days and
core service which runs throughout the day and evening
thus ran from Watford through Bushey, on to Aldenham
until past midnight and runs every day, a rare occurrence
Village (and Wall Hall Campus), Radlett, Shenley, and
for Uno services.
London Colney SavaCentre where instead of terminating
as did the old 311 it travelled on to St Albans and along
Current operation the Hatfield Road to Hatfield and eventually to Welwyn
The route operates throughout the day between Hatfield Garden City. At one point the service operated a 20
Business Park and Watford High Street on Mondays to minute frequency along the whole line of route but even-
Saturdays. Two evening journeys start from Frobisher Way tually in the early 2000s the extension to Welwyn Garden
to serve workers from the Business Park. During the City was dropped with the buses terminating at the new
University of Hertfordshire term times the service also depot in the Hatfield Business Park. The journeys to Wel-
provides the same frequency until just after 1am. There wyn Garden City were replaced by a new route the 603
are also extensions to Welwyn Garden City Bus Station. which runs a small overlapping section with the 602 in
Hatfield before running on to Welwyn Garden City. The
602 service settled into the arrangements described at
1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Uno bus route 602
the beginning of this section although very recently • My connection to The Galleria
some evening only journeys have been re-introduced to • My connection to the student forum (referring to
Welwyn Garden City. The Forum in the College Lane Campus)
• My connection to the railway station (lists St Albans,
Vehicles Radlett and Bushey stations beneath)
• My connection to the Harlequin Centre (in Watford
town centre)
• My connection to see Saracens (at Vicarage Road)
• My connection to work
All the destinations are either on or close to the line of
route.
Before the Mercedes buses were introduced, Plaxton
Pointer buses were among those used and as the 602 is re-
Side view, showing the destinations the route serves. garded as Uno’s ’main’ route, it was this route that Corgi
decided to model a version of the aforementioned bus of.
Stopping the 602 interworking with the 632 meant that
vehicles with specific route 602 branding could be used. References
These are Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses which all have the
[1] http://unobus.info/news/news011.html
same information on the side (the destinations of the
[2] http://unobus.info/pdfs/602.pdf
route), but on the back are potential uses of the bus. Th-
[3] http://unobus.info/pdfs/658.pdf
ese include items such as:
• My connection to uni in Hatfield
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