Centrebus Group,[1] is a public transport company based in Leicester with bus services in the Midlands, North West and South East of England.
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| Company type | Private Limited |
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| Industry | Public transport |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Leicester, England |
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| Subsidiaries | Chaserider Centrebus High Peak Buses D&G Bus |
Owned by Julian Peddle, the group contains Chaserider,[2] Centrebus,[3][4][5] High Peak Buses[6] and D&G Bus.[7]
History
editCentrebus was founded during 2001 as Anstey Buslines. In 2002, they merged with the businesses of inMotion and Lutonian to form Centrebus.
Subsidiaries and interests
editHigh Peak Buses
editCentrebus purchased Bowers Coaches in 2007 who operated services around the Derbyshire peaks.
During 2012 they entered a joint partnership with Wellglade Group subsidiary trentbarton to form High Peak Buses, This saw the Bowers coaches and Trent Barton's Buxton area services combined into one operation based at the latter's Dove Holes depot.[8][9]
D&G Bus
editD&G Bus is a bus operator serving the West Midlands and North West formed by David Reeves and Gerald Henderson in April 1998 initially operating four buses on two routes under contract to Stoke-on-Trent City Council. It expanded with both route and school services in Cheshire and Staffordshire with 16 buses by the end of 1998. In April 2005 D&G Bus purchased Wednesfield based Midland,[10] which was sold to Arriva Midlands in 2012.[11] In 2006 following Gerald Henderson's sudden death Julian Peddle purchased Henderson's shareholding in the business.[12]
In December 2019, Julian Peddle's Centrebus Group purchased David Reeves shareholding in D&G bus, at present it will continue to operate as a separate unit from Centrebus.[13]
Chaserider
editDuring November 2020, D&G Bus announced they would be taking over the Cannock depot of Arriva Midlands from the end of January 2021 with operations in Cannock and Stafford running under the revived Chaserider brand.[14]
Former Interests
editIn January 2004, Centrebus acquired the St Albans operation of Blazefield although in March 2008 it was sold to Uno.[15]
In May 2008 Centrebus entered into a partnership with Arriva Bus UK to form Centrebus Holdings to allow the Huddersfield operations of Stagecoach Yorkshire to be purchased.[16] Despite the common name and livery, Centrebus Holdings has never been owned by Centrebus.[17]
In August 2008, Arriva Midlands' depot in Hinckley was transferred to Centrebus Holdings.[18] In September 2008, Centrebus purchased the bus operations of Woods Coaches in Leicester.
In 2013, Arriva purchased Centrebus' share of Centrebus Holdings and Hinckley operations,[19][20] rebranding the Huddersfield operations as Yorkshire Tiger and the Hinckley operations as Hinckley Bus. This received approval from regulators in May 2014.[21]
References
edit- ^ "Centrebus Limited overview - Find and update company information". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Chaserider Buses Ltd overview - Find and update company information". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Centrebus Limited overview - Find and update company information". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Centrebus East Ltd overview - Find and update company information". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Centrebus North Limited overview - Find and update company information". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "High Peak Buses Ltd overview - Find and update company information". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "D & G Bus Limited overview - Find and update company information". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "high peak". www.derbybusdepot.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "New bus operator hits the road". www.trentbarton.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "URI". data.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "gov.uk" (PDF).
- ^ "D&G Bus". Bus & Coach Buyer. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Deakin, Tim (18 December 2019). "D&G Bus taken over by Centrebus Group". routeone. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Dougall, Emily (1 December 2020). "Arriva to sell Cannock bus depot as the Chaserider brand returns". CBW. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ Expansion for Uno Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Oxford & Chiltern Bus Page issue 258 7 March 2008
- ^ Completed acquisition by Arriva Passenger Services Limited of the remainder of the entire share capital of Centrebus Holdings Limited Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Competition & Markets Authority 6 May 2014 page 1
- ^ "Centrebus teams up with Arriva to rival First in Huddersfield". Buses. June 2008.
- ^ Centrebus Herts & Beds Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Oxford & Chilterns Bus Page 31 August 2008
- ^ Hinckley Bus Archived 15 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Arriva
- ^ "The Rise and Decline of Arriva". www.keybuses.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Bus company deal cleared by watchdog". Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 14 May 2022.