Bowers Coaches
Parent | Centrebus Group |
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Founded | 1952 |
Headquarters | Operational: Aspincroft Garage, Town End, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, Derbyshire Registered Office: Centrebus, 37 Wenlock Way, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 9HU[1] |
Locale | North West, East Midlands |
Service area | Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Cheshire (Knutsford & Macclesfield) |
Service type | Bus, coach |
Hubs | Buxton, New Mills, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Glossop, Hayfield, Marple, Macclesfield |
Operator | Centrebus Group |
Website | Official website |
Bowers Coaches is a bus and coach operator in the High Peak district of Derbyshire in the United Kingdom, operating local bus services centered around the towns of Buxton, Glossop and New Mills. The company specialises in local bus services and the service area covers the High Peak Borough and some surrounding areas such as the town of Marple in Stockport and Ashbourne in the Derbyshire Dales. It is currently owned by the Centrebus Group, having been a family business since being established.
Bus services
Please Note This Summary does not include School Service Contracts and similar services.
The majority of the bus services above are operated under contract to Derbyshire County Council and other local authorities, however a number of services such as the 61 between Glossop and Buxton are operated commercially. Until September 2007 the company operated an hourly service between Hayfield and Stockport, Greater Manchester as service 62/62A, however this service was withdrawn to run only as far as Marple due to falling revenues, which was in turn a replacement for withdrawn Stagecoach Manchester service 361 which ran hourly between Glossop and Stockport which had been withdrawn in March 2006. Now the sole direct service between Hayfield and Stockport is the Stagecoach Manchester 358 service which operates via Marple and Offerton, competing directly with Bowers' 62/62A for a small section of the route.
Coach operations
The company's originated with its coach operations hence the title Bowers Coaches but since being taken over by Centrebus the coach trips have been stopped. The company now relies firmly on local services.
External links
- Centrebus Official website (parent company)
- Bowers Coaches Official website
- Derbyshire Public Transport Timetables
- Derbyshire County Council
- Cheshire County Council
References
- ^ "Companies House - Web CHeck". Companies House. Retrieved 2009-03-26. Co Reg# 03872099
- ^ Early Morning Journeys Only
- ^ Public Transport in Derbyshire & the Peak District