Sullivan Buses
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Sullivan Buses is one of many bus companies to operate service for London Buses.
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[edit] History
Sullivan Buses is based just outside London and was founded in 1998 by Dean Sullivan, a former London Underground manager.
Sullivan Buses operates public and school bus routes. Some buses are lent out for private and filming usage.
In January 2005, Sullivan Buses took over the company, Southlands of Polhill (Kent), but this operation was later passed on to its local management. Southlands used to have the following vehicles:
Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer:
- 602 J602 XHL
- 608 J608 XHL
- 614 J614 XHL
- 58 A58 THX
- 59 A59 THX
- 112 B112 WUV
- 442 KYV 442X (On loan from WK Hire)
- 627 A627 THV
- 33 LWS 33Y
- 912 JHU 912X
- 192 L192 LDW
- 195 L195 LDW
[edit] Operations
As at 1 May 2008 SB operates a fleet comprising both new and historic ex-London buses.
- 21 public bus routes
- 51 buses
- 3 depots: South Mimms, North Mymms and Thorpe Park
[edit] Fleet
Sullivan Buses have a mixed variety of vehicles in their fleet:
The oldest of the fleet which is currently active is a 1961 AEC Routemaster RML889 - 214 UXJ (was WLT 889).
The newest of the fleet is a 2004 Volvo B7TL/East Lancs ELV1 - EL04 SUL.
- Dennis Trident 2 / East Lancs Lolyne:
- DEL1 (PJ52 BYP)
- Volvo B7TL / East Lancs Vyking:
- ELV1 (EL04 SUL)
- Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President:
- VPL1 (X157 JOP)
- Volvo Olympian / N.C. Palatine I:
- NV26 (N426 JBV), NV44 (N544 LHG), NV45 (N545 LHG), NV46 (N546 LHG), NV50 (P550 WGT), NV51 (R251 LGH), NV106 (P906 RYO), NV118 (P918 RYO), NV122 (P922 RYO)
- Leyland Olympian / Eastern Coach Works (ECW):
- L41 (C41 CHM), L293 (G293 UYK), L298 (G298 UYK), L300 (G300 UYK)
- Leyland Titan:
- T66 (WYV 66T), T85 (CUL 85V), T172 (CUL 172V), T569 (NUW 569Y), T830 (A830 SUL), T889 (A889 SYE), T890 (A890 SYE), T995 (A995 SYE), T1027 (A627 THV - Southlands), T1098 (B98 WUV), T1983 (T747 - OHV 747Y)
- MCW Metrobus:
- MT2 (THX 102S), M73 (WYW 73T), M237 (BYX 237V), M276 (BYX 276V), M477 (GYE 477W), M563 (GYE 563W), M755 (KYV 755X), M842 (OJD 842Y), M854 (OJD 854Y), M1011 (A711 THV), M1069 (B69 WUL), M1097 (B97 WUL), M1098 (B98 WUL)
- AEC Routemaster:
- RML889 (214 UXJ - was WLT 889), RM1069 (69 CLT), RMC1487 (487 CLT - unused), RML2272 (CUV 272C), RML2428 (JJD 428D), RML2429 (JJD 429D)
- AEC Regent III:
- RT1107 (JXN 135 - unused)
- Dennis Dart / Carlyle:
- DT4 (G504 VYE)
- Dennis Dart SLF / Caetano Nimbus:
- DN1 (X2 SUL), DN2 (DN02 SUL), DN3 (SC02 SUL), DN4 (CN02 SUL)
- TransBus Dart SLF / Caetano Nimbus:
- DN5 (DN03 SUL), DN6 (DS03 SUL), DN7 (LT03 SUL)
- Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer:
- DLS103 (P103 OLX), LDP10 (P510 RYM), LDP17 (P517 RYM), LDP29 (P729 RYL), LDP31 (P731 RYL), LDP33 (P733 RYL)
- Dennis Lance SLF / Wright Pathfinder:
- LLW25 (L25 WLH), LLW26 (L26 WLH), LLW27 (L27 WLH), LLW31 (L31 WLH), LLW35 (L35 WLH), LLW36 (L36 WLH), LLW37 (L37 WLH)
- Leyland Tiger / Duple:
- TP201 (J201 FMX), TP202 (J202 FMX)
- Dennis Javelin / Plaxton Premiére:
- JP208 (M208 BGK), JP209 (M209 BGK), JP211 (N211 HGO)
- Volvo B10M-60 / Plaxton Paramount 3500:
- VP255 (G255 VPK)
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