at st ives bus station in may 2012 slogan the community s local bus company parent transit systems founded 1919 headquarters swavesey service area cambridgeshire service type bus services destinations cambridge huntingdon peterborough st ives st neots website www.go whippet.co.uk go whippet 1 is a bus operator based in swavesey cambridgeshire . it is a subsidiary of transit systems . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 the busway 3 references 4 external links history edit plaxton centro bodied volvo b7rle on the cambridgeshire guided busway on the opening day 7 august 2011 northern counties palatine bodied volvo b10m in st neots in march 2012 whippet coaches was founded in huntingdonshire by bicycle salesman henry lee in 1919 . the first whippet coach was converted from an american ambulance . 2 originally based in the village of hilton they moved into a depot at fenstanton by the a14 in 1977 . in 2009 the company sold these buildings to stagecoach in the fens and moved to a modern depot at swavesey . in november 2014 the family business was sold to transit systems . 3 operations edit they currently operate a fleet of over 50 vehicles a mixture of single and double deck buses with around 8 coaches . local buses are run throughout north cambridgeshire and the company also operates a number of school and college contracts . go whippet operated some summer only services to the coast . these have been running in various forms from 1957 up to 2013 and ultimately served great yarmouth lowestoft felixstowe clacton on sea and southend on sea . it also operates services under contract to tesco in bar hill . 4 the busway edit go whippet run service c on the busway from somersham to cambridge centre on the cambridgeshire guided busway using four wright eclipse bodied volvo b7rles . this is being run in conjunction with stagecoach in huntingdonshire who run routes a & b who collectively have exclusive use of the route for a period of five years in exchange for providing a minimum service frequency between the times of 07 00 and 19 00 each week day . 5 whippet spent a total of 420 000 on three buses 140 000 each . 6 in january 2010 the contractors and members of cambridgeshire county council were still in discussion about what required finishing . 7 during february 2010 the directors of both the signed up bus operators andy campbell of stagecoach in cambridge and peter lee of go whippet both expressed their companies frustrations at the busway not being usable for the new buses they had bought to run on it . 6 8 9 the service finally started on 7 august 2011 . go whippet launched a new bus service route u for universal in cambridge in july 2016 running from madingley road park & ride to addenbrooke s hospital . it is subsidised by the university of cambridge . it replaced the uni4 service formerly operated by stagecoach in cambridge . the route between cambridge railway station and addenbrooke s will be diverted via the busway by the end of 2016 after delivery of new single deck buses fitted for use on the guided busway . references edit companies house extract company no 520428 whippet coaches limited about us . retrieved 17 september 2014 . lee family completes sale of whippet buses to aussie firm hunts post 18 november 2014 timetables . retrieved 17 september 2014 . menzies bob 26 november 2008 . guided busway your questions answered . bbc cambridgeshire . bbc online . a b elliot chris 1 february 2010 . operators hit out at costly hold ups to guided busway . cambridge news . retrieved 2 february 2010 . elliott chris 6 january 2010 . parties meet but no date for busway yet . cambridge news . retrieved 13 january 2010 . st ives to cambridge guided buses rebranded to show frustration at delays . hunts post . 19 february 2010 . retrieved 21 february 2010 . stagecoach expresses anger at cambridgeshire busway delays . new transit . transportxtra 9 . 25 february 2010 . retrieved 25 february 2010 . subscription required help . external 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