Yourbus
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 Mercedes-Benz Citaro in September 2012 | |
| Parent | Scott Dunn |
|---|---|
| Founded | May 2009 |
| Headquarters | Heanor |
| Service area | Derbyshire Nottingham Sydney |
| Service type | Bus & coach services |
| Routes | 24 (May 2015) |
| Chief executive | Scott Dunn |
| Website | www.catchyourbus.co.uk |
Yourbus[1] is a bus and coach operator. It runs commercial and tendered local bus services and express coach services from depots in Heanor and Tuxford as well as Sydney, Australia.
United Kingdom
History
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Yourbus was founded by former Dunn-Line managing director Scott Dunn in May 2009. From a depot in Hucknall in May 2009 two services from Nottingham to Bulwell and Hempshill Vale commenced.[2]
In October 2009, Yourbus commenced operating routes 140, 141 and 142 under contract to Derbyshire County Council. In February 2010 Yourbus commenced operating route Y36 in competition with Nottingham City Transport. At this stage the Hucknall depot was relocated to Heanor and following some routes commencing under contract to Nottingham City Council in Retford and Tuxford, another opened in Tuxford. In August 2010, routes 228 and 229 commenced, again under contract to Nottinghamshire Council.[2]
In February 2011, route Y100 Nottingham – Southwell – Newark (peak time only) commenced. The service was withdrawn on 16 April 2011 following an increase in activity from the other operator along the route.
In January 2011, Yourbus were awarded a contract to operate services from the East Midlands to Bradford, London Heathrow Airport and London Victoria Coach Station on behalf of National Express. In June 2011, a number of National Express contracts including a depot in Durham were purchased from Veolia Transport.[3][4]
In January 2012, further National Express contracts were won, by this stage Yourbus were operating 55 coaches on express services.[2] In July 2013, a depot was opened in Bradford, primarily to stable coaches on National Express work.[5] Yourbus ceased operating services for National Express on 31 May 2015.[6]
Services
As at May 2015, Yourbus operates 24 route and school services in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.[7]
Fleet
Old Fleet livery is all over maroon. The new livery is similar to that of Lothian Buses of mainly white with a maroon swoop along the side.
Australia
In May 2014, Yourbus diversified into Australia, when it purchased Sydney charter operator Telford's Bus & Coach.[8][9][10] Yourbus had previously lodged a tender to operate a Sydney Metropolitan Bus Contract in August 2012.[11] In May 2015, Sydney charter operator Tiger Tours was purchased with 11 vehicles.[12][13]
References
- ^ Companies House extract company no 6806098 Dunn Motor Traction Limited
- ^ a b c The story so far... Yourbus
- ^ Veolia vanishing in the north-east Bus & Coach Professional 21 July 2011
- ^ Five years of growth for Heanor based Yourbus Route One 4 June 2014
- ^ "Yourbus" Buses issue 703 page 80
- ^ Yourbus and National Express part Route One 3 June 2015
- ^ Bus Information Yourbus
- ^ Marrickville Bus Lines Pty Ltd Australian Securities & Investments Commission
- ^ "Telford's take over" Australian Bus issue 64 July 2014 page 6
- ^ "Telford Tours Sold" Australian Bus Panorama issue 30/1 July 2014 pages 11/12
- ^ Bus Service Contracts NSW eTendering
- ^ Tiger Tours Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ^ "Tiger Tours" Australian Bus Panorama issue 31/1 July 2015 page 53
External links
Media related to Yourbus at Wikimedia Commons- Yourbus website
