High Peak Buses
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 Wright Solar on Skyline 199 in 2018 | |
| Parent | Centrebus Group (50%) Wellglade Group (50%) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1 April 2012 |
| Headquarters | Dove Holes |
| Service area | Derbyshire Greater Manchester High Peak |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Routes | 23 (June 2024) |
| Destinations | Ashbourne, Buxton, Derby, Glossop, Hyde, Macclesfield, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Marple, Stockport, Hazel Grove |
| Depots | 1 |
| Fleet | 40 (June 2024) |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Operator | Centrebus Group |
| Website | www |
High Peak Buses Limited is a bus company based in Dove Holes, Derbyshire, formed in 2012.[1] It operates a mixture of local and long-distance commercial and subsidised public bus services in and around the Borough of High Peak, after which it is named.
History
[edit]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]
Services
[edit]High Peak operates all services previously run by Bowers Coaches and the Buxton depot of Trentbarton,[2] including:
- Skyline 199 service from Buxton to Stockport and Manchester Airport
- Transpeak from Buxton, Bakewell, Matlock then onto Belper & Derby,[4] [5]
- Other local services serve Glossop, New Mills, Whaley Bridge, Ashbourne and Marple.[6]
Fleet
[edit]Most of the fleet wears the Centrebus corporate livery although the vehicles used on Skyline199 and Transpeak which have dedicated branded vehicles. Skyline199 has a dedicated fleet of 7 Mercedes-Benz Citaros while Transpeak uses 4 Enviro200s.[7]
High Peak has recently added two ADL Enviro200MMCs as part of an upgrade to its fleet which all have space saving features.[8]
Depot
[edit]High Peak has a fleet of around 50 vehicles all based at the former Trentbarton depot in Dove Holes and employs over 100 people.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Companies House extract company no 7623806 High Peak Buses Limited
- ^ a b Wellglade/Centrebus join up in Buxton Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine busandcoach.com 24 May 2011
- ^ New bus operator hits the road Trentbarton
- ^ "Service Changes | High Peak".
- ^ "Matlock bus service gets six-month lifeline after councils get on board". www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Timetables". Highpeakbuses.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Bowers Coaches".
- ^ "Centrebus takes three ADL Enviro200s for High Peak fleet". 24 May 2022.
- ^ "New High Peak bus company following merger". Buxton Advertiser. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.