High Peak Buses
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Trans Peak Optare Excel in Buxton in May 2012 | |
| Parent |
Centrebus (50%) Wellglade Group (50%) |
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| Founded | 1 April 2012 |
| Headquarters | Dove Holes |
| Service area |
Derbyshire Greater Manchester High Peak |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Alliance |
Bowers Coaches Trent Barton |
| Destinations | Ashbourne, Buxton, Derby, Glossop, Macclesfield, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Stockport |
| Depots | 1 |
| Website | www.highpeakbuses.com |
High Peak Buses Limited is a bus company based in Dove Holes, Derbyshire.[1]
History
In April 2012 Centrebus and Wellglade Group entered a 50/50 joint venture. This saw Bowers Coaches and Trentbarton's Buxton operations combined based at the latter's Dove Holes depot.[2][3]
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Included were the Skyline 199 service from Buxton to Stockport and Manchester Airport.and Transpeak from Nottingham through Derby, Belper, Matlock, Bakewell, Buxton and Stockport to Manchester.[4][5] It has a fleet of 50 vehicles, which operates from the former Trent Barton depot at Dove Holes, and employs around 100 people.[6]
Most of the former Bowers fleet has the standard blue and orange corporate Centrebus livery, although Skyline buses retain their previous livery from Trentbarton, TransPeak has been given a refresh. Some buses are still in Bowers red livery while Cheshire Connect vehicles used on former Bowers route around the Macclesfield area retain the current livery as part of the contract with Cheshire East Council.
Centrebus are in the process of replacing the Optare Excels used on TransPeak with Scanias from other parts of the Centrebus Group.
Services
High Peak's services initially consisted of the operations of Bowers Coaches plus Trentbarton's services in the Buxton area.[2] The company also provides services in the Macclesfield and Congleton areas.[7]
References
- ↑ Companies House extract company no 7623806 High Peak Buses Limited
- 1 2 Wellglade/Centrebus join up in Buxton busandcoach.com 24 May 2011
- ↑ New bus operator hits the road Trentbarton
- ↑ "trent barton – news". Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ↑ "The High Peak bus company. Trents Dove Holes and Bowers operations set to merge.". Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ↑ "New High Peak bus company following merger.". Buxton Advertiser. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ↑ "Timetables". Highpeakbuses.com. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
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