Uno (bus company)

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Uno buses at St Albans in July 2010
Slogan	The university bus for everyone
Parent	University of Hertfordshire
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Hatfield Business Park
Locale	Hertfordshire London Borough of Barnet London Borough of Brent London Borough of Camden London Borough of Enfield London Borough of Harrow Luton Northampton Milton Keynes Bedford
Service area	Greater London Hertfordshire Northamptonshire
Service type	Bus services
Routes	Approx 44
Hubs	Hatfield St Albans Northampton Cranfield
Fleet	Approx 90
Fuel type	Various
Website	www.unobus.info

Uno (formerly UniversityBus) is a bus service operated by the University of Hertfordshire, serving members of the general public, and also its own students and staff (at a discounted rate). The service was set up in 1992, growing out of a shuttle service previously operated for students at Wall Hall College located near Watford connecting them to the other campuses of the University and the Polytechnic (Hatfield) before it.

It provides student transport to the university from local areas as well as improving east-west travel across Hertfordshire and has opened up new links from North London. Services have expanded as the University has closed outlying sites at Watford and Hertford and developed the new de Havilland Campus on the site of the former Hatfield Aerodrome, Hatfield. Other developments on this site, including business premises for companies such as Veolia, DHL and EE Limited have also provided passengers. Uno also operate urban bus networks in St Albans and Northampton, as well as a network of routes between Milton Keynes, Bedford and Flitwick for Cranfield University.

Uno was set up as an 'arms length' company by the University of Hertfordshire in 1992. It has its own Board of Directors and is expected to run on a fully commercial basis.

In 2005 it was re-branded Uno and the buses were repainted pink and purple, a departure from the previous black and white livery. According to the University's student newspaper Universe, the reason for the re-branding "is to have a name that reflects the wider market the buses serve in the community, basically not just for the inhabitants of the University of Hertfordshire".

Shortly after purchasing the St Albans operations of Centrebus in 2008, Uno helped to found a voluntary partnership of local authorities, the university and the bus and rail operators serving the city with the aim of co-ordinating and improving public transport across St Albans. The partnership uses powers under the most recent Transport Act as a Quality Network Partnership but is known publicly as 'Network St Albans'. Uno is currently the second largest bus operator in Hertfordshire.