Centrebus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
|
 Two Centrebus Optare Solos in 2008 |
|
| Parent company | Centrebus Group |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | 37 Wenlock Way, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 9HU |
| Locale | North West, East Midlands, East of England |
| Service area | Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire Through subsidiary Bowers Coaches; Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire. |
| Service type | Bus |
| Hubs | Leicester, Grantham, Dunstable, Stevenage |
| Operator | Centrebus Group |
| Chief executive | Peter Harvey |
| Web site | www.centrebus.co.uk |
Centrebus is a privately owned company that operate a number of services around Leicester and Leicestershire, Grantham, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, mainly in areas where Arriva has scaled down its bus operations. Centrebus also competes with Arriva on some routes in Leicester, Luton & Stevenage. It also operates services in the High Peak Borough in Northern Derbyshire and surrounding areas through subsidiary Bowers Coaches.
Many Centrebus managers came from Arriva's bus operations.
The company participates in the Plusbus scheme where train and bus tickets can be baught together at a saving.
At the beginning of 2008, Centrebus sold its St Albans operations to Uno.
In May 2008, the Centrebus shareholders, headed by director Julian Peddle, formed Centrebus Holdings, which Arriva has a 40% stake in. It should be noted that Centrebus Holdings does not own Centrebus, and was formed to take over K-Line and Stagecoach Huddersfield.
Centrebus is one of the fastest expanding private bus operators in the United Kingdom, having gained a presence in Derbyshire, Cheshire and West Yorkshire, within 18 months[specify].
Contents |
[edit] Grantham
Centrebus runs the following services in Grantham:
| Service | Route |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alma Park - Grantham - Earlesfield |
| 2 | Alma Park - Grantham |
| 3 | Grantham - Barrowby Road |
| 4 | Grantham - Great Gonerby |
| 5 | Grantham - Ropsley |
| 6 | Grantham - Barrowby - Bottesford - Bingham |
| 25 | Melton Mowbray - Stathern |
| 101 | Foston - Grantham |
| 105 | Grantham - Melton Mowbray - Brooksby College |
| 602 | Long Benninton/Marston - Grantham |
| 605 | Grantham - Corby Glen - Swayfield |
| 608 | Great Ponton - Grantham |
| 609 | Grantham - Sleaford |
| 635 | Sleaford - Cranwell, RAF |
| 640 | Sleaford - Ruskington, Cotelands School |
[edit] Leicester and Leicestershire
Centrebus run the following services in the Leicester and Leicestershire area:
| Service | Route | Monday to Friday | Saturday | Sundays & | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytime | Evening | Daytime | Evening | Bank Holiday | |||
| 3 | Loughborough Town Service: Tyndale Road Estates | 60 | - | 60 | - | - | |
| 5 | Hinckley - Sketchley - Three Pots | 60 | - | 60 | - | - | |
| 8 | Hinckley - Burbage, The Meadows | 60 | - | 60 | - | - | |
| 13 | Loughborough - Great Central Railway - Tuckers Road | 60 | - | 60 | - | - | |
| 13A | Leicester - North Braunstone - Leicester Forest East - Kirby Muxloe, Kirby Corner | 60 | - | 60 | - | - | Journeys at 0830 & 0915 operate direct to Kirby Muxloe via A47 Hinckley Road, and along with 1620 & 1725 journeys do not serve Stafford Leys |
| 27 | Loughborough - Quorn - Barrow upon Soar | 4 jnys | Woods service 2 | Woods service 27 | Woods service 2 | The 1225 journey extends to Sileby via Walton on the Wolds and Seagrave | |
| 40 | Circle Line Leicester General Hospital - Oadby - Wigston Magna - Eyres Monsell - Aylestone - Fosse Park - Thorpe Astley - Glenfield - Glenfield Hospital - Beaumont Centre - Mowmacre Hill - Gipsy Lane - Hamilton North - Tesco Superstore - Nether Hall - Leicester General Hospital | 60 | - | 60 | - | ||
| 45 | Fosse Park - Grove Park - Enderby - Narborough - Littlethorpe - Whetstone - Blaby - Countesthorpe - South Wigston - Wigston Magna - Oadby | 120 | - | 120 | - | - | The 1115 and 1315 journeys operate via the Mere Road estates |
| 54 | Leicester - Abbey Lane - Stocking Farm - Beaumont Centre | 10 | First service 54 | 15 | First service 54 | ||
| Extends to Anstey - Thurcaston - Cropston - Swithland - Woodhouse Eaves - Quorn - Loughborough | 60 | Woods service 123 | Woods service 121 | The 0735 journey will operate direct to Anstey via the A50 / County Hall and not the Beaumont Centre | |||
| 54A | Leicester - East Park Road - Goodwood | 10 | - | - | - | - | |
| 70B | Leicester - Abbey Lane - Birstall, Harrowgate Drive | 60 | - | 60 | - | - | The 0735 and 1835 journeys do not operate on Saturdays |
| 81 | Leicester - Railway Station - Evington Road - Evington, Highway Road | 30 | - | 30 | - | - | The 0715, 0745 and 1745 journeys do not operate on Saturdays |
| 86 | Hinckley - Dadlington - Stoke Golding - Higham on the Hill - Nuneaton | 60 | - | 60 | - | - | |
| 101 | Park and Ride - County Hall | - | - | 15 | - | - | |
| 102 | Park and Ride - Oadby Racecourse | - | - | 15 | - | - | |
| 104 | Leicester - Braunstone - Fosse Park | 30 | Arriva service 104 | ||||
| Extends to Eyres Monsell - South Wigston - Wigston Magna - Oadby (Leicestershire Schooldays only) | 60 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 140 | Leicester - Fosse Park - Narborough - Broughton Astley - Frolesworth - Bitteswell - Lutterworth | 60 | - | 60 | - | Stagecoach service X40 | The service continues to Rugby every 60 minutes by alternating routes to Swinford or Gibbett Hill every 2 hours |
| 148 | Leicester - Fosse Park - Grove Park - Enderby - Thurlaston - Stoney Stanton - Sapcote - Sharnford - Elmsthorpe - Earl Shilton | 60 | - | 60 | - | - | The service operates every 2 hours to Sharnford |
[edit] North Derbyshire
In 2007 Centrebus acquired Bowers Coaches, a local bus and coach operator in the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, this is one of the first acquisitions outside of the core Centrebus operating area around the South of the East Midlands. Bowers was established in 1952 and was family run up until the Centrebus takeover. Bowers operate services in Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Derbyshire, mainly consisting of shorter local services. There is also an established coach division of the business, however this has recently been scaled down in favour of buses. At present there are no plans by Centrebus to rebrand this company as it is a well established and respected brand in its operating area.
[edit] External links
|
||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
