Centrebus

Centrebus
Two Volvo B8RLE bodied MCV Evolutions operating on the Luton to Dunstable Busway
Founded2001
HeadquartersWenlock Way, Leicester
Service areaBedfordshire
Hertfordshire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Rutland
Service typeBus services
DepotsGrantham
Leicester
Luton
Fleet380+ (August 2024)
Chief executiveJulian Peddle
Websitewww.centrebus.info

Centrebus Limited,[1] trading as Centrebus, is a bus company based in Leicester operating services in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.

Centrebus hold a 51% shareholding in High Peak Buses and since December 2019 D&G Bus has become a part of the Centrebus Group through shareholder Julian Peddle.

History

Plaxton Centro bodied VDL SB120 in April 2007
Northern Counties Palatine bodied Volvo B10M-50 in September 2008

Centrebus was founded in 2001, it was previously known as Anstey Buslines. In 2002, the businesses of inMotion, Dunstable,[2][3] Lutonian, Luton and Centrebus, Leicester merged to form the basis of the business today.

Former Operations

In January 2004, Centrebus acquired the St Albans operation of Blazefield although in March 2008 it was sold to Uno.[4] During February 2005 operations commenced around Grantham, following the closure of MASS Transit.[5]

In June 2007, Centrebus purchased Bowers Coaches,which through a joint venture with Wellglade Group became High Peak Buses in 2012. [6] based in Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire. Bowers operated services around Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester. In April 2012 Centrebus transferred the business into a joint venture with the Wellglade Group to form High Peak Buses with Bowers operations relocated to Trent Barton's Dove Holes depot.[7][8]

Centrebus shareholders formed Centrebus Holdings in May 2008 with Arriva taking a 40% shareholding. Centrebus Holdings was an independent company from the main business, but was managed by Centrebus on a day-to-day basis. In September 2013, Arriva bought out its partners with the West Yorkshire operations rebranded as Yorkshire Tiger and the Hinckley operations as Hinckley Bus.[9][10][11][12] Despite the name, Centrebus Holdings has never had any shareholding in Centrebus, and was formed to take over K-Line and Stagecoach Huddersfield, and subsequently the Hinckley operations of Arriva Midlands.

In September 2008, Centrebus purchased the local bus operations of the Woods Coaches, Leicestershire business. In August 2009, the business of Trustybus,[13] with operations in Essex and Hertfordshire, was acquired by Centrebus.[14] In August 2010 Centrebus took over the operations of Judges Mini Coaches, Corby with routes serving Kettering, Milton Keynes, Welford, Wellingborough, Wicken and Yardley Gobion.

In May 2011, Centrebus took over West End Travel of Melton Mowbray[15] and its fleet of buses and services in Melton Mowbray and Rural Rider services. In October 2011 Centrebus purchased Paul James Coaches,[16] Saxby from Veolia Transport with 21 buses.

In July 2011 Centrebus took over the business of Kimes Buses, Folkingham. Kimes was founded in 1945 and sold in January 1997 to its employees.[17] It operated a fleet of 23 vehicles at the time of the takeover. Its green and cream livery and the Kimes name were retained by Centrebus.[18] In August 2013 the depot was closed with operations transferred to Centrebus' Grantham depot.[19][20]

Network contraction

In November 2012, Centrebus closed its Harlow depot with most routes passing to Roadrunner Buses.[21] The remaining routes moved to the Stevenage depot, allowing the business to consolidate its East Hertfordshire operations on a single site.

In June 2017, Centrebus closed its Saxby depot, citing rising costs and declining patronage with all services passing to either Leicester or Grantham depots.[22]

In October 2019, Centrebus closed its Corby depot, citing rising costs and declining patronage with services passing to other depots or operators.[23]

In May 2021, Stevenage Depot was closed by Centrebus with most services moved to Luton depot.[24] some routes were transferred to Luton while others were transferred to other operators, with Trustybus, Richmonds, A2B Travel and Chiltern Automotive all taking on former Centrebus routes.

Depots

Centrebus currently operate from four depots across England:

  • Wenlock Way for the Leicester operations,
  • Tollemache Road for Grantham operations,
  • Hallsteads, Dove Holes for HighPeak operations,
  • Bilton Way for Luton operations/Hertfordshire routes.

Wenlock Way, Leicester is also the headquarters of Centrebus Group.

Fleet

As of August 2024 the fleet consists of 360, mostly single-deck, vehicles.[25] Centrebus are currently rolling out a revised livery across their fleet with orange to the front of the vehicle and blue to the rear, separated by a broad white stripe.[26]

Electric Buses

During 2021 Leicester City Council successfully applied for £19 million of funding from the Government's ZEBRA scheme with Centrebus operating five Yutong E12 electric buses on the University Hospitals of Leicester Hospital Hopper service, Centrebus gained a further six Yutong E10 buses during late 2022 for the 40 Orbital.[27][28][29] A further three Yutong E9 mini-buses were added to the Leicester fleet in April 2023 for the Hop! Leicester City Centre free bus service.

Routes

Routes operated by Centrebus include the Rutland Flyer, Leicester Orbital, Hop!, and the 747 Uppingham–Leicester.

747

The 747 is a bus service which operates between Uppingham and Leicester,[30] largely following the A47 road.

The bus formerly ran between Leicester and Peterborough,[31] operated by Midland Fox. The Uppingham-Peterborough section was withdrawn and replaced by the less frequent R47 service.

In January 2017, Centrebus announced that the route was no longer commercially viable.[32] However, the route continued operating after a £60,000 subsidy from two local councils that covered the cost of the route until January 2018.[33] The route has continued to be subsidised by Rutland County Council and Leicestershire County Council.[34][35][32]

Fab 80's

The fab 80's was a service operated by Centrebus’ Stevenage depot, which started in 2015 and consisted of 3 routes (80,81,81A). The routes ran from Westmill Estate in Hitchin, through Hitchin town to either Purwell or Ninesrpings Way and Stevenage. The buses used were Optare Solo SR (which replaced the older Optare Solos). This was all part of an upgrade plan to have wifi, more frequent services and newer buses. Unfortunately, due to the closure of Stevenage depot in 2021, a contract was lost on route 81a and route 81 was cut down massively and no longer serves Purwell. This resulted in the end of the Fab 80s brand. Replacing the Optare Solo SR was enviro 200 from Luton Depot.

314, 315

This route runs between Hitchin and Welwyn Garden city taking 2 different branches. Route 314 goes via Codicote and Langley (with the twice a day extension to The Priory School) whilst the 315 goes via Whitewell and Kimpton. In 2023, route 315 was extended to Hitchin instead of terminating at Kimpton. The buses used in the past are mainly Plaxton Centro. However, due to the closure of Stevenage depot, buses now used are now Enviro 200 and Optare Solo Optare Solo SR.

References

  1. ^ Companies House extract company no 3872099 Centrebus Limited
  2. ^ Companies House extract company no 4490145 Archived 25 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine LQT Limited
  3. ^ The proposed acquisition by Arriva plc of the business of Sovereign Bus & Coach Company Ltd[usurped] Competition Commission December 2004
  4. ^ Expansion for Uno Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Oxford & Chiltern Bus Page issue 258 7 March 2008
  5. ^ Reliance of Great Gonerby Archived 26 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine Country Bus
  6. ^ Companies House extract company no 548351 Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Eric W Bowers Coaches Limited
  7. ^ Wellglade/Centrebus join up in Buxton Archived 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 24 May 2011
  8. ^ New bus operator hits the road Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine trentbarton
  9. ^ Centrebus (Holdings) Limited Archived 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Arriva 9 September 2013
  10. ^ Arriva takes joint venture control Archived 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 12 September 2013
  11. ^ Arriva unleases its Yorkshire Tiger Archived 18 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 9 October 2013
  12. ^ Hinckley Bus Archived 15 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Arriva
  13. ^ Companies House extract company no 4717739 Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Galleon Travel Limited
  14. ^ Centrebus Archived 23 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Harlow Bus Travel Information
  15. ^ Companies House extract company no 3741213 Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Romdrive Limited
  16. ^ Companies House extract company no 4314235 Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Garrison Street Limited formerly Paul James Coaches Limited
  17. ^ Kimes of Folkingham Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Country Bus
  18. ^ Millar, Alan (September 2011). "Centrebus and Go-Ahead grow with latest takeovers". Buses (678). Ian Allan Publishing: 6.
  19. ^ Owner to close Kimes buses in Folkingham Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Grantham Journal 12 July 2013
  20. ^ "Kimes closing". Bus & Coach Buyer. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  21. ^ Registrations Received and Service Changes Advised Intalink November 2012
  22. ^ "Bus firm to shut depot as it faces fall in customers". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  23. ^ "New operator sought for Northampton bus route after Corby depot closure". www.northamptonchron.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  24. ^ Team, routeone (25 February 2021). "Centrebus cites uncertainty for planned Stevenage closure". routeone. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  25. ^ "Private Site". lutonbuspage.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022.
  26. ^ https://www.centrebus.info/news/new-livery/
  27. ^ "Coming soon projects".
  28. ^ "Planned projects".
  29. ^ "Route One - EVs". 18 July 2022.
  30. ^ "747 timetable" (PDF). 29 August 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  31. ^ Calder, Jonathan (22 November 2016). "Liberal England". Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  32. ^ a b Martin, Dan (20 December 2019). "Bus service will continue for another year after cash injection". LeicestershireLive. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  33. ^ "Bus firm to shut depot as it faces fall in customers". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  34. ^ Brown, Matthew (17 December 2019). "747 bus to continue for another year". Stamford Mercury. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  35. ^ "Funding agreement to support Uppingham to Leicester 747 bus service". Oakham Nub News. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

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