Abellio Surrey Explained
| Abellio Surrey |
| Parent: | Abellio |
| Founded: | 21 May 2009 |
| Ceased: | 14 September 2018 |
| Headquarters: | Byfleet |
| Service Area: | Surrey |
| Service Type: | Bus services |
| Routes: | 34 (2013) |
| Depots: | 1 |
| Fleet: | 63 (2013) |
| Website: | www.abellio.co.uk |
Abellio Surrey was a bus company operating services in Surrey, England from 2009 to 2018. It was a subsidiary of Abellio.
History
In 2005, National Express purchased the Tellings-Golden Miller operations in Surrey with a garage in Byfleet and various Surrey County Council contracts.[1] The business was rebranded as Travel Surrey in September 2007.[2]
On 21 May 2009, National Express sold Travel Surrey to Abellio.[3] [4] On 30 October 2009 the businesses was rebranded as Abellio Surrey.[5]
As at February 2013, it operated 63 buses on 34 routes.[6] In September 2017, all 17 Surrey County Council-tendered routes passed to other operators.[7] [8] Commercially operated route 441 was taken over by White Bus Services in March 2018, and route 461 by Falcon Buses in September 2018.[9] [10] [11] [12]
Notes and References
- http://www.investegate.co.uk/article.aspx?id=200506010715009779M National Express Group purchases the London Bus Division of Tellings Golden Miller
- Abellio: a brief history Coach & Bus Week issue 1077 6 March 2013 page 16
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180915074322/https://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/newsmedia/corporate-news/2009/national-express-group-plc-agreement-to-sell-travel-london/ National Express Group PLC agreement to sell Travel London
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160118210918/http://www.abellio.com/pers/?key=1000000113&template=uk-pressarchive1&persitem=archief&pid=2 NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market
- Book: Wharmby, Matthew. The London Enviro400. 2016. Pen & Sword. 9781473862319.
- Abellio outside the capital Coach & Bus Week issue 1977 6 March 2013 pages 30-32
- https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/buses-and-trains/bus-timetable-changes/forthcoming-bus-timetable-changes Forthcoming bus timetable changes
- Abellio Surrey maintain a commercial toehold in Surrey Buses issue 749 August 2017 page 7
- Web site: New operator for Route 441 from 17th March 2018 . . 14 March 2018.
- Web site: New operator for Route 461 from 15th September . Abellio . 6 August 2018.
- Falcon Coaches to take over Abellio's remaining Surrey route Coach & Bus Week issue 1357 28 August 2018 page 11
- Falcon flies in as Abellio finally quits Surrey Buses issue 763 October 2018 page 24
