Editing Reading Buses (section)

===Reading Buses===
Reading Transport operates public service buses under the Reading Buses brand throughout the town of Reading, and along a number of corridors out to other local towns. All routes have a colour scheme, a concept first introduced in 2004 with the introduction of 'Premier Routes', where each route or group of routes allocated a distinctive colour. These colours are used on the buses used on that route, and also on maps and other publicity. Urban town area routes provide a weekday daytime frequency of between 2 and 8 buses per hour, depending on the route.<ref name=rbpr>{{cite web | title = Reading Buses – Premier routes | url = http://www.reading-buses.co.uk/quality-routes/ | publisher = Reading Transport Ltd | access-date = 9 February 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080720172058/http://www.reading-buses.co.uk/quality-routes/ | archive-date = 20 July 2008 | url-status = live}}</ref>
Five of the urban routes now operate 24 hours a day, reflecting the level of demand for local buses around the clock:
* Emerald 5 and 6 to [[Whitley, Reading|Whitley Wood]]
* Purple 17 between [[Tilehurst]] and Wokingham Road Three Tuns (a pub/restaurant)
* Claret 21 to [[Lower Earley]]
* Yellow 26 to [[Calcot, Berkshire|Calcot]] IKEA (when IKEA is shut, buses terminate at Calcot Sainsburys)

[[File:Lion in Reading on 2015-09-10 09.14.13.jpg|thumb|The "Lion" branded route in Reading]]
Out of town routes operate at lower frequency, with between one and four buses an hour. These operate out as far as Newbury, Henley-on-Thames, Wokingham, Bracknell and Riseley:<ref>London Buses On the Go http://londonbusesonthego.blogspot.com/2017/12/introducing-reading-buses.html</ref>
*JetBlack 1 to Newbury
*Lime 2/2a to Burghfield Common, Mortimer and Tadley ([[Atomic Weapons Establishment|AWE]])
*Leopard 3 to Arborfield and Wokingham
*Lion 4/X4 to Wokingham and Bracknell 
*Pink 25 to Peppard Common
*Aqua 28 to Henley-on-Thames
*Azure 43 to Pangbourne and Upper Basildon
*Mereoak Park and Ride 600 to Mereoak Park and Ride, Riseley and Shinfield.
Reading Buses also operate the Hospital Park and Ride service 300, which runs between the Thames Valley Park and Ride and the Mereoak Park and Ride via the [[Royal Berkshire Hospital]] and the [[University of Reading]], and the Winnersh Triangle Park & Ride 500.

The Thames Valley P&R service 400 was indefinitely suspended in July 2022 due to low usage and a lack of funding.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 May 2022 |title=Thames Valley park & ride closure |url=https://www.reading-buses.co.uk/thames-valley-park-ride-closure |website=Reading Buses}}</ref>