New Enterprise Coaches
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New Enterprise Coaches is the coaching arm of Arriva Southern Counties Ltd, and is based in Tonbridge, Kent.
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[edit] History
The company started in 1974 as a small family-run business. In the early 1980s they started running local bus services in the Tonbridge area, mainly competing against Maidstone & District, who eventually bought the company. In 1997, British Bus - the company who owned Maidstone and District, was bought by Arriva. Unlike many of Arriva's acquisitions which have adopted a corporate livery of all-over aquamarine with a champagne scoop at the front and yellow coachline along the skirt, New Enterprise Coaches retained their all-over white with red and blue ribbon livery on their coaches, and white, blue and red standard livery on their service buses. Although some buses are often seen in service in Arriva corporate livery prior to being repainted.
[edit] Current operations
New Enterprise operates a number of local bus services in the Tonbridge and Sevenoaks areas under contract for Kent County Council from their Tonbridge base. They also operate London Express commuter services 781 and 784 to London from the Maidstone area out of Arriva's Maidstone Depot, which was inherited from Green Line in August 2005. They also offer a wide range of daybreaks and holidays from the Tonbridge and Maidstone areas, as well as quality coach hire with a choice of coaches from 49 to 53 seaters to fully air-conditioned coaches.
[edit] Current fleet
- Vehicles based at Maidstone depot
2898 (W198 CDN)
2900 (F621 HGO)
2901 (F901 GUM) Volvo/Plaxton Paramount
2903 (R903 BKO) DAF/Plaxton Prima
2904 (R904 BKO) DAF/Plaxton Prima
2905 (R905 BKO) DAF/Plaxton Prima
2906 (R906 BKO) DAF/Plaxton Prima
2907 (R907 BKO) DAF/Plaxton Prima
2908 (R908 BKO) DAF/Plaxton Prima
2910 (R910 BKO) DAF/Plaxton Prima
- Vehicles based at Tonbridge depot
2051 (M51 AWW) Scania/Van Hool
2054 (M54 AWW) Scania/Van Hool
2830 (TIB 5903)
2831 (TIB 5904)
2851 (G801 BPG) DAF/Plaxton Paramount
2890 (M945 LYR) DAF/Van Hool
2891 (M942 LYR) DAF/Van Hool
2892 (M946 LYR) DAF/Van Hool
2894 (W183 CDN)
2897 (R157 GNW)
3615 (M615 PKP) Volvo/Plaxton Pointer
3619 (M619 PKP) Volvo/Plaxton Pointer
5905 (G905 SKP) Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties
