Sullivan Buses

Sullivan Buses

A Sullivan Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini
Founded	1999
Headquarters	South Mimms
Service area	Greater London Hertfordshire Surrey
Service type	Bus
Routes	21
Fleet	54
Web site	Sullivan Buses

A Sullivan Caetano Nimbus, showing the branding and livery used for the high-profile 950 Thorpe Park express service.

Sullivan Buses is a bus operating company based in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England. Founded in 1999, it operates local bus services in and around Hertfordshire including school services; rail replacement bus services in and near London; bus links in Surrey to and from Thorpe Park; and vehicle hire for television programmes.

History

Sullivan Buses is based in South Hertfordshire and was founded in 1999 by Dean Sullivan, a former London Underground manager.

Sullivan Buses operates public and school bus routes in Hertfordshire and North London. Rail replacement work, particularly on the London Underground, is also operated: in 2004 it contributed to two-thirds of the company's turnover of £3 million. Sullivan Buses vehicles frequently appear in film and television broadcasts and advertisements, partially because of the company's location close to the Elstree Studios; by August 2007, twenty different buses had been used in over 30 productions.

In January 2005, Sullivan Buses took over Southlands Travel Ltd at Polhill, Kent, but this operation ceased in February 2007, some of the routes then being run by Griffin Bus, who operated initially from the same depot at Polhill but who are now based at Longfield, Kent.

In May 2011 Griffin Bus also ceased operating and their routes were transferred over to a variety of different operators.

On 4 February 2012, Sullivan Buses gained the contract for route 298 and are now operating it.

Routes

Route number	Route	Operation	Notes
200	Essendon to London Colney Sainsbury's via Welham Green	Mondays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. One return journey every Monday excluding bank holidays.
201	Welham Green to Welwyn Garden City Bus Station via Essendon	Tuesdays and Fridays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. One return journey every Tuesday and Friday.
203	Watton-at-Stone to Welwyn Garden City Bus Station	Thursdays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. One return journey every Thursdays.
205	Hatfield Tesco to South Hatfield (circular)	Wednesdays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. One circular journey, and then another journey in the same route but in a reversed direction every Wednesday.
206	Welwyn Garden City Bus Station to Panshanger (circular)	Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. Four circular journeys.
215	Codicote to Welwyn Garden City Bus Station	Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Schooldays.	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. One journey from Codicote to Monks Walk School on schooldays and one from Welwyn Garden City Bus Station to Welwyn, Hawbush Rise on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Same in the reverse direction.
242	Potters Bar Station to Waltham Cross Bus Station via Cuffley	Mon-Sat evenings	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. Metroline operates the Monday to Saturday daytime service. Centrebus operates the Sunday service.
298	Potters Bar Cranborne Road Industrial Estate to Arnos Grove Station via Cockfosters, Southgate, New Southgate and Waterfall Road	Daily	Operated for TFL. Section between Potters Bar Station and Cranborne Road operates only Monday-Friday until 8.00pm.
312	Hatfield Tesco to Potters Bar Station via Cuffley, Welham Green, Northaw (circular)	Wednesdays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. One journey from Hatfield Tesco -> South Hatfield -> Bell Bar -> Cuffley -> Northaw -> Potters Bar -> Bell Bar -> Welham Green -> Colney Heath -> Hatfield Galleria -> Hatfield Town Centre -> Hatfield Tesco. Second journey from Hatfield Tesco -> Hatfield Town Centre -> Hatfield The Galleria -> Colney Heath -> Welham Green -> Bell Bar -> Potters Bar -> Northaw -> Cuffley -> Bell Bar -> South Hatfield -> Hatfield Town Centre. Note return journey does not complete the circle back to Tesco.
330	St Albans to Welwyn Garden City Station via Hatfield	Mon-Fri	Operated by Sullivan Buses - Commercial service
398	Elstree & Borehamwood Station to Potters Bar via South Mimms	Mondays to Saturdays	Operated by Sullivan Buses - Commercial service
551	Borehamwood to Watford via Bushey	Mon-Sat (Evenings) and Sun	Operated for Hertfordshire CC.
628	Kingsbury JFS to Southgate Station via Mill Hill	Mondays to Friday Schooldays	Operated for TFL. On 28 September 2011, Sullivan Buses successfully gained the contract for route 628 and from 1 September 2012, they will be operating it from this garage.
653	Kingsbury JFS to Muswell Hill Broadway via Hendon	Mondays to Friday Schooldays	Operated for TFL. On 28 September 2011, Sullivan Buses successfully gained the contract for route 653 and from 1 September 2012, they will be operating it from this garage.
683	Kingsbury JFS to Friern Barnet via Hendon	Mondays to Friday Schooldays	Operated for TFL. On 28 September 2011, Sullivan Buses successfully gained the contract for route 683 and from 1 September 2012, they will be operating it from this garage.
688	Kingsbury JFS to Southgate Station via Mill Hill	Mondays to Friday Schooldays	Operated for TFL. On 28 September 2011, Sullivan Buses successfully gained the contract for route 688 and from 1 September 2012, they will be operating it from this garage.
833	Carpenders Park Station to Garston St Michaels RC School via South Oxhey	Mon-Fri schooldays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC
841	Potters Bar Cranborne Road to Brookmans Park Chancellors School via Potters Bar	Mon-Fri schooldays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. Three buses (running all at same time) in each direction schooldays only.
841A	Potters Bar Station to Brookmans Park Chancellors School via Potters Bar	Mon-Fri schooldays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. One return journey schooldays only.
950	Staines Station to Thorpe Park via Staines	Daily when Thorpe Park is open	Only operates when Thorpe Park is open.
951	Borehamwood Tesco to Thorpe Park via Watford	Saturdays and Bank Holidays when Thorpe Park is open.	Excursion. Operates when Thorpe Park is open.
A	Golders Green Station to Kenwood House	Saturday Kenwood concert evenings	Operated for English Heritage
B	East Finchley Station to Kenwood House	Saturday Kenwood concert evenings	Operated for English Heritage
B76	Carpenders Park to Kingsbury JFS via Stanmore	Mon-Fri schooldays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. Two double-decker buses (running at same time) in each direction schooldays only.
B77	Radlett Station to Kingsbury JFS via Borehamwood	Mon-Fri schooldays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. One double-decker bus in each direction schooldays only.
B78	Stirling Corner to Kingsbury JFS via Elstree & Borehamwood Station	Mon-Fri schooldays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. One double-decker bus in each direction schooldays only.
B80	Organ Hall Farm to Cowley Hill Hertswood School	Mon-Fri schooldays	Operated for Hertfordshire CC. One bus in each direction schooldays only.

Fleet

Sullivan Buses have a mixed variety of vehicles in their fleet:

• 1 Dennis Trident 2 / East Lancs Myllennium Lolyne (DEL1)

• 3 Dennis Trident 2 / East Lancs Lolyne (TN1, TN2, TN3)

• 5 Dennis Trident 2 / Alexander ALX400 (ALX1, ALX2, ALX3, ALX4, ALX5)

• 3 TransBus Trident 2 / TransBus President (PDL26, TPL926, TPL927)

• 1 Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini (WVL1)

• 5 Volvo B7TL / East Lancs Myllennium Vyking (ELV1, ELV2, ELV3, ELV4, ELV6)

• 3 Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President (VP113, VP119, VPL174)

• 1 Volvo Olympian / Northern Counties Palatine (NV26)

• 4 Leyland Titan (T66, T747, T889, T890)

• 2 MCW Metrobus (M2, M1069)

• 6 AEC Routemaster (RM1069, RMC1487, RML889, RML2272, RML2428, RML2429)

• 11 Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart (AE1, AE2, AE3, AE4, AE5, AE11, AE12, AE13, AE14, AE15 and AE16)

• 1 Dennis Dart / Carlyle/Duple Dartline (DT4) (Preserved)

• 4 Dennis Dart SLF / Caetano Nimbus (DN1, DN2, DN3, DN4)

• 4 Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer 2 (DPS574, DPS575, DPS576, DPS577)

External links

• Sullivan Buses website