D&G Bus

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D&G Bus
Bus in Bilston bus station - geograph.org.uk - 3015137.jpg
Midland Marshall Capital bodied Dennis Dart in Bilston in October 2011
Parent David Reeves 74%
Julian Peddle 26%
Founded April 1998
Headquarters Adderley Green
Service area Cheshire
Staffordshire
Depots 2
Fleet 81 (September 2015)
Website www.dgbus.co.uk

D&G Bus[1] is a bus operator based in Adderley Green in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

History

D&G Bus was 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.[2][3] In 2006 following Gerald Henderson's sudden death Julian Peddle purchased Henderson's shareholding in the business.[4]

In August 2011 the Staffordshire business was sold to Wardle Transport with 46 routes, 30 buses and the Adderley Green depot.[5][6] In September 2011 D&G Bus and Julian Peddle purchased South Lancs Travel in Atherton, Greater Manchester.[7] In August 2012 the Midland business was sold to Arriva Midlands with 61 buses.[3] In December 2014, the route operations of BakerBus were purchased with nine buses.[4][8][9]

In March 2015, D&G sold South Lancs Travel to Rotala[10] and in May 2015 purchased Wardle Transport back from Arriva Midlands with 19 buses.[11][12][13]

Fleet

As at September 2015, the fleet consisted of 81 buses.[14] Fleet livery was originally cream and blue, it has since been replaced by a red with yellow signwriting scheme.

References

  1. Companies House extract company no 6918592 Rolling Solutions Limited
  2. Companies House extract company no 2568750 Liyell Limited
  3. 3.0 3.1 Arriva Midlands to expand operations in the West Midlands Arriva 10 August 2012
  4. 4.0 4.1 D&G Bus Bus & Coach Buyer 29 January 2015
  5. Arriva Midlands acquires D&G Bus & Coach Professional 10 June 2011
  6. D&G Buses bought by Arriva - owners blame subsidy cuts for sale The Sentinel 11 June 2011
  7. D&G buys South Lancs Bus & Coach Professional 10 October 2011
  8. D&G buys BakerBus Route One 2 January 2015
  9. 25 jobs saved after BakerBus is bought by Crewe based D&G Bus The Sentinel 6 January 2015
  10. Acquisition in Greater Manchester Rotala 2 March 2015
  11. D&G Bus to takeover Wardle Transport routes
  12. D&G buys Wardle Transport Bus & Coach Buyer 18 March 2015
  13. "D&G Bus" Buses issue 723 June 2015 page 84
  14. Fleet List D&G Bus

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