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D1 Denby Darts is a
bus route A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used i ...
, operated by Team Pennine that runs between
Denby Dale Denby Dale is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is 8 miles north-west of Barnsley and 10 miles south-east of Huddersfield. The village is the main village in the Denby Dale civ ...
and
Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...
via Clayton West, Skelmanthorpe and
Kirkburton Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and ward in Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is south-east of Huddersfield. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the township comprised the villages of Kirkburton and Highburton and ...
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History

In April 2019, two local councillors complained about the service, then numbered 233 and operated by Yorkshire Tiger, claiming that people are frustrated about the service and feel its fleet is outdated. From 25 July 2021, the route was rebranded as D1 Denby Darts, coinciding with the transfer of Yorkshire Tiger from Arriva to Transdev and its rebranding as Team Pennine.


Fleet

As part of the rebranding as D1, the route began being operated with refurbished
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Service

The route is operated by Team Pennine and runs between
Denby Dale Denby Dale is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is 8 miles north-west of Barnsley and 10 miles south-east of Huddersfield. The village is the main village in the Denby Dale civ ...
and
Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...
via Clayton West, Skelmanthorpe and
Kirkburton Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and ward in Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is south-east of Huddersfield. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the township comprised the villages of Kirkburton and Highburton and ...
. The route runs every 30 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays, and every hour on Sundays and
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References

{{Transdev Blazefield Bus routes in England