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Stagecoach Gold bus route X4

Stagecoach Gold bus route X4 is a bus route in England that links Northampton and Peterborough via Wellingborough, Kettering and Corby. This service is operated by the Stagecoach Midlands bus company.

Route
This route was launched on May 28, 2000 as a Stagecoach Express service between Northampton and Peterborough. In April 2004, the route extended from Northampton through to Milton Keynes. Over the years, the X4 route has linked the main towns of the county of Northamptonshire with Milton Keynes and Peterborough enabling better east-west county public transport links than has previously been possible. Initially Stagecoach X7 ran between Northampton and Milton Keynes instead (as well as to and from Leicester), but this was also cut back leaving the X6 as the main link between the two towns. The X4 inter-urban bus service benefited from £4.4 million ODPM Growth Area Funding between 2003 and 2006 and has seen annual passenger numbers rise from 325,000 in 2003/04 to over 500,000 in 2004/05. Current routeNorthampton North Gate bus station • Cliftonville for Northampton General HospitalEarls Barton SquareWellingborough Church StIsham Monk & Minstrel public houseKettering Horse MarketCorby George Street for Willow Place Shopping CentreCorby railway stationCorby Village The JambCorby Business Academy (Certain journeys start/terminate here) • WeldonUpper BenefieldLower BenefieldOundle Market PlaceElton Black Horse (evenings and Sundays) • Alwalton Lay-by (evenings and Sundays) • WarmingtonPeterborough railway station (certain journeys) • Peterborough Queensgate bus station ==Service==
Service
The service runs seven days a week. Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service between Northampton and Corby with an hourly extension to Peterborough. Evenings and Sundays there generally is a two-hourly service between Northampton and Peterborough and a two-hourly service between Northampton and Corby. An hourly frequency on the core part of the route between Northampton and Corby. To comply with drivers’ hours regulations, the route has registered in two parts between, Northampton & Corby and Corby & Peterborough. ==Vehicles==
Vehicles
In November 2011, this route became a Stagecoach Gold branded one with Stagecoach Midlands spending £1.9 million on a fleet of 13 new Scania ADL Enviro400 buses based at the Kettering depot, halfway along the route. These buses have Lazzerini leather seats and free wireless internet In October 2018 the fleet was replaced by 13 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC buses by Alexander Dennis at a cost of £3.1million ==References==
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