| The Comet 614 and 644 | |
|---|---|
 An Alexander Dennis Enviro400 City in The Comet livery in September 2017 | |
| Overview | |
| Operator | Uno |
| Vehicle | Alexander Dennis Enviro400 City |
| Began service | 26 March 2017 |
| Route | |
| Start | Queensbury station |
| Via | Edgware Chipping Barnet (614) Borehamwood (644) University of Hertfordshire |
| End | Hatfield station |
| Length | 21 miles (34 km) |
The Comet (The Comet 614 and 644) are bus routes that run between Queensbury and Hatfield.
In March 2017, routes 614 and 644 were extended from Hatfield Business Park to Hatfield station, replacing service 600 which was simultaneously withdrawn. [1]
The brand was introduced in September 2017, coinciding with the introduction of six new Alexander Dennis Enviro400 City double-decker buses. [2] [3] [4]
Route 614 starts at Queensbury station and passes through Edgware and Chipping Barnet, though it avoids Edgware bus station. It subsequently runs on the A1(M) motorway before reaching Hatfield, where it passes the University of Hertfordshire. The route ends at Hatfield station. [5] Route 644 takes a similar route, but instead of passing through Chipping Barnet, it instead passes through Borehamwood. [6]
The routes are named after the de Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner. The airliner was developed at the Hatfield Aerodrome. [2]
Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. It had a population of 29,616 in 2001, 39,201 at the 2011 Census, and 41,265 at the 2021 Census. The settlement is of Saxon origin. Hatfield House, home of the Marquess of Salisbury, forms the nucleus of the old town. From the 1930s when de Havilland opened a factory, until the 1990s when British Aerospace closed it, aircraft design and manufacture employed more people there than any other industry. Hatfield was one of the post-war New Towns built around London and has much modernist architecture from the period. The University of Hertfordshire is based there.
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