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See also: Centrebus
Bowers Coaches
Bowers Coaches
ParentCentrebus Group
Founded1952
HeadquartersOperational: Aspincroft Garage, Town End, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, Derbyshire
Registered Office: Centrebus, 37 Wenlock Way, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 9HU[1]
LocaleNorth West, East Midlands
Service areaGreater Manchester, Derbyshire, Cheshire (Knutsford & Macclesfield)
Service typeBus, coach
HubsBuxton, New Mills, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Glossop, Hayfield, Marple, Macclesfield
OperatorCentrebus Group
WebsiteOfficial 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.

No. Route
27 (Tatton Park -) Knutsford - Chelford - (Astra Zeneca, Alderley Park -) Macclesfield - Congleton
42
42A 		Buxton - Ashbourne Direct
Buxton - Hartington - Ilam - Tissington - Ashbourne
58 (Chatsworth House - Bakewell -)Buxton - Cat & Fiddle - Macclesfield
60 (New Mills -) Whaley Bridge - Rainow - Macclesfield
61 Glossop – Hayfield - New Mills - Whaley Bridge - Buxton
62 Chapel-en-le-Frith – Hayfield - New Mills or
Hayfield - New Mills - Marple
62A Hayfield - Thornsett - New Mills (- Newtown[2] - Marple)
63 Whaley Bridge – Stoneheads Circular
64 Glossop - New Mills - Whaley Bridge - Rainow - Macclesfield
76 Buxton Town Service (Circular)
118 Buxton - Leek
177 Bakewell - Monyash - Chelmorton - Buxton
189
190 		Buxton - Dove Holes(189 only) - Peak Forest(190 only) – Chapel-en-le-Frith - Chinley – Whaley Bridge
200 Chapel-en-le-Frith – Edale - Castleton
300 Knutsford Town Circular
389 New Mills Town Services (Circulars)
393 Padfield – Glossop – Shirebrook Park (Circular)
411 Ashbourne – Carsington – Wirksworth - Matlock
42
42A
442 		Ashbourne – Hartington (442 only) – Warslow (442 only) – Longnor(442 only) - Buxton Combined
442 Ashbourne – Hartington – Warslow – Longnor - Buxton

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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.

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References

  1. ^ "Companies House - Web CHeck". Companies House. Retrieved 2009-03-26. Co Reg# 03872099
  2. ^ Early Morning Journeys Only
  3. ^ Public Transport in Derbyshire & the Peak District
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