X is for X26/27, XPS, and X-Rays

X26/X27

Based on Royal Way, on the Belton Road West industrial estate, the Paul S Winson family-owned coach company was created in 1980, and has been running bus services in the area for most of that time.

Winson’s X26 service is a popular Monday through Saturday service that connects Loughborough to three nearby villages which fall within the Borough of Charnwood, namely, Quorn, Mountsorrel and Rothley. These villages lie in the Soar Valley and are on the west side of the River Soar: villages on the other side of the river include Barrow-upon-Soar, Sileby and Cossington. In addition to the X26 service, Winson’s also operate the X27 service which runs Monday through Friday, during the Leicestershire school terms only, and is dedicated to delivering children to school (see note below).

XPS and X-rays

Loughborough University has researched and taught all types of engineering since its inception as a Technical Institute in 1909. Chemistry and physics also feature on the curriculum, and today, the Loughborough Materials Characterisation Centre (LMCC) uses X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), sometimes known as Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (ESCA) to analyse the top 3-10 nanometres of a material. Using XPS it is possible to study thin films like those used to coat spectacles, corrosion like oxidation, and adhesion, as well as changes in the state and composition of a wide range of materials, from powders to solids, like metal, ceramics and manmade polymers.

X-rays were discovered in 1895, and Loughborough College used the new techniques, which by the end of the First World War could help inform about the condition of various materials. The principal of the college, Herbert Schofield, had the foresight to invest in X-ray equipment for the college in 1919, which was used to check welds and castings. These early machines lasted until the 1930s when they were replaced by new equipment. The university continues to benefit from all the latest in X-ray technology, like the XPS.

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Notes

Entries for the letter 'X' are taken from 'A-Z of Loughborough', which was written in 2019-20, and published in August 2021. Information was correct at the time of going to press, however, the X26 service no longer runs, and was cancelled in September 2021. Similarly, the X27 School Service was cancelled in November 2022. If you need to travel to Leicester from Loughborough, or travel to one of the villages in between it's probably best you consult the Winson bus timetables, or contact Winson directly, or indeed any other local bus company.

See also: bus times website 

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This post is one in a series of posts for the ‘April A-Z Blogging Challenge’

 

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