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Not to be confused with Wightbus or Wrightbus.

White Bus Services
ADL Enviro200 MMC at Guildford Bus Station in January 2019.
ParentRowgate Group
Founded1920s
HeadquartersWinkfield
Service areaBerkshire
Service typeBus service
DestinationsWindsor, Woking, Guildford, Ascot, Winkfield
Fleet55 (Jan 2020)
Chief executiveSimon Rowland
Websitewww.whitebus.co.uk

C.E. JEATT & SONS LIMITED,[1] trading as White Bus Services (sometimes shortened to White Bus), is a bus operator based in Berkshire and runs bus and coach hire services within Windsor and Ascot.[2][3] It is part of the Rowgate Group.

History

The company first started in the 1920s in Winkfield,[4] then in 1930 as a family run bus company, being run from generation to generation.[5] The company was established by William Rule Jeatt, after purchasing the bus depot from Republic Bus Company in 1930 and naming it White Bus Services.[6] It was subsequently passed down the family to Cecil Jeatt, then in 1972 to his son Doug Jeatt. The amount of public buses in the fleet were between 15 and 20 at the time.[4][5]

Acquisition by Rowgate Group

White Bus Services was sold to Fernhill Travel of Bracknell in November 2016, which is managed by Rowgate Group's chairman, Simon Rowland.[3]

In December 2018, White Bus Services received five short length ADL Enviro200s.[7] Two years later to celebrate their centenary anniversary, they bought two 10.8 m variants of the same model which arrived in January 2020.[3]

Services

As of January 2021, White Bus Services runs 15 public services. The majority of the routes would start at Staines, Windsor or Woking and would terminate elsewhere within Berkshire.[8]

Fleet

White Bus Services has a range of different buses throughout the years, only recently in the turn of the millennium using the products of merger companies of ADL, along with Optare buses. Between 2006 and 2012, the company had bought Optare Deltas and Plaxton Premieres.[citation needed]

The buses that are used for public routes are ADL and Optare products.[citation needed]

Fleet numbers Chassis Body Years new Number owned Livery
37 Volvo B9TL Optare Olympus 2008 1 White Bus Services
51 Integral (Hybrid) Optare Solo SR 2012 1 White Bus Services
52-54

57-61 64-65 72-75

ADL E20D ADL Enviro200 MMC 2018-2022 13 White Bus Services
55 O530 Mercedes-Benz Citaro 2009 1 Horseferry Coaches
56

69-71

ADL E20D ADL Enviro200 2016-2018 4 White Bus Services
62-63 Integral Optare Solo SR 2014 2 White Bus Services
66-67 Integral Optare Tempo 2007 2
68 Integral Optare Solo 2005 1 White Bus Services

Incidents

On 24 January 2019, the company reduced its 441 service from Staines to Englefield Green following minor damage to the inside of the bus where youths were throwing snowballs with stones at the bus on service. Police were notified of the incident, however no arrests were made.[9]

References

  1. ^ "C.E. JEATT & SONS LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ "White Bus | Bushub". www.bushub.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "White Bus takes delivery of new Enviro200 models | Alexander Dennis". www.alexander-dennis.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Author pens the remarkable story". Windsor Express. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Bus Zone - White Bus Services". www.buszone.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  6. ^ Lacey, Paul. (2015). White Bus Services : Berkshire's Oldest Independent. Wokingham: Paul Lacey. ISBN 978-0-9567832-2-6. OCLC 910969032.
  7. ^ Team, routeone (12 December 2018). "White Bus Services' five Mistral-supplied E200s". routeone. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Bus Services | White bus". www.whitebus.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  9. ^ Lodge, Matthew (24 January 2019). "Service cancellations after bus driver 'bombarded' with snowballs". SurreyLive. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
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