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. However, some buses are often seen in service in Arriva corporate livery prior to being repainted, or when they are on loan.
[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 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.
From 18 March 2008, New Enterprise began to run the new EB3 easyBus service from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria, using a fleet of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter/Optare Soroco. A new outstation at Gatwick has been opened for this operation. While the new vehicles are awaited, some older easyBus minibuses are on loan from Arriva Shires & Essex.
[edit] Current fleet
[edit] Gatwick depot
Gatwick depot is used to run the easyBus EB3 service from their to London.
- 0291-3/5-8 (KE04 WBF/G/J/L/M/N/P): Mercedes-Benz 411CDi/Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. On loan from Arriva Shires & Essex for easyBus operation pending delivery of new vehicles
- 0304/9-14 (YX57 CAA, YX08 AOB-G): Mercedes-Benz 515CDi/Optare Soroco (easyBus)
- 1190 (P481 DPE) Mercedes-Benz 711D/Plaxton Beaver (easyBus driver shuttle)
[edit] Maidstone depot
2898 (W198 CDN) DAF SB3000 / Ikarus "Blue Danube" 350
2900 (F621 HGO) DAF MB230 / Van Hool Alizée DH
2903 (R903 BKO) DAF SB3000 / Plaxton Prima
2904 (R904 BKO) DAF SB3000 / Plaxton Prima
2905 (R905 BKO) DAF SB3000 / Plaxton Prima
2906 (R906 BKO) DAF SB3000 / Plaxton Prima
2907 (R907 BKO) DAF SB3000 / Plaxton Prima
2908 (R908 BKO) DAF SB3000 / Plaxton Prima
2910 (R910 BKO) DAF SB3000 / Plaxton Prima
[edit] Tonbridge depot
1193 (R193 DNM) Mercedes-Benz Vario O810D / Plaxton "Beaver 2"
2051 (M51 AWW) Scania K113CRB / Van Hool Alizée HE-II
2054 (M54 AWW) Scania K113CRB / Van Hool Alizée HE-II
2830 (TIB 5903) Volvo B10M-61 / Van Hool Alizée H
2831 (TIB 5904) Volvo B10M-61 / Van Hool Alizée H
2851 (G801 BPG) DAF MB230 / Plaxton Paramount
2890 (M945 LYR) DAF SB3000 / Van Hool Alizée HE-II
2891 (M942 LYR) DAF SB3000 / Van Hool Alizée HE-II
2892 (M946 LYR) DAF SB3000 / Van Hool Alizée HE-II
2894 (W183 CDN) DAF SB3000 / Van Hool Alizée T9
2895 (SCZ 9651) DAF SB3000 / Van Hool "Alizée T8"
2896 (SCZ 9652) DAF SB3000 / Van Hool "Alizée T8"
2897 (R157 GNW) DAF SB3000 / Ikarus "Blue Danube" 396
2901 (F901 GUM) DAF MB230 / Plaxton "Paramount 3500 3"
2902 (J36 GCX) DAF SB2305 / Duple "340"
2921 (YJ04 BND) VDLbus SB4000 / Van Hool Alizée T9
2920 (YJ07 JWN) VDLbus SB4000 / Temsa Safari HD-12 (Returned to Arriva Bus & Coach)
3039 (N239 VPH) Dennis Dart SLF / East Lancashire "Spryte"
3055 (P255 APM) Dennis Dart SLF / East Lancashire "Spryte"
3619 (M619 PKP) Volvo B6-50 / Plaxton Pointer
5905 (G905 SKP) Leyland Olympian (9.6m) / Northern Counties Countybus Palatine
5910 (K910 SKR) Leyland Olympian (10m) / Northern Counties Countybus Palatine
[edit] External links
- New Enterprise Coaches company website
- Arriva UK bus website
- Traveline website, UK public transport information
- Kent County Council's public transport website
- ADGroup - New Enterprise Coaches photos
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