volvo b9tl in april 2007 parent delaine smith family founded 1890 headquarters bourne service area peterborough service type bus services fleet 23 september 2013 website www.delainebuses.co.uk traditional delaine cast fleetname delaine buses 1 is a bus operator based in bourne lincolnshire england . contents 1 history 2 services 3 fleet 4 gallery 5 see also 6 further reading 7 references 8 external links history edit in 1890 william smith began a horse drawn passenger service . after a taxi operation commenced in 1910 a 14 seat ford model t bus was purchased in 1919 and services commenced to grantham spalding and stamford . in may 1941 the business was incorporated . 2 1 services edit as at october 2013 delaine buses operated eight bus routes . 3 fleet edit from the 1930s to the 1990s the majority of vehicles in the delaine fleet were of bedford or leyland manufacture . 4 since 1995 delaine has standardised on volvos with east lancs body followed by switching over to wrights in 2009 after east lancs has merged with optare . 5 as of september 2014 the fleet consisted of 26 buses . 6 a heritage fleet is also maintained . 7 gallery edit preserved leyland titan in september 2006 preserved northern counties bodied leyland atlantean in august 2007 wright eclipse gemini 2 bodied volvo b9tl in september 2012 see also edit list of bus operators of the united kingdom further reading edit moore peter 2010 . delaine 120 years of service . venture publications . isbn 978 190530438 7 . references edit a b companies house extract company no 367317 delaine buses limited the company history delaine buses timetables delaine buses fleet list 1919 2013 delaine buses switches to wrightbus busandcoach.com 26 september 2011 current fleet list delaine buses heritage fleet list delaine buses external links edit media related to delaine buses at wikimedia commons company website showbus gallery v t e bus operators in the east midlands derbyshire arriva derby high peak buses hulleys of baslow kinchbus stagecoach in chesterfield notts derby tm travel trentbarton yourbus leicestershire arriva fox county centrebus first leicester part of first midlands kinchbus trent barton lincolnshire centrebus delaine buses stagecoach in lincolnshire northamptonshire centrebus stagecoach in northants as part of stagecoach midlands nottinghamshire centrebus johnson bros tours kinchbus nottingham city transport stagecoach in lincolnshire stagecoach in mansfield tm travel trentbarton yourbus national megabus national express retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title delaine buses & oldid 735453107 categories bus operators in lincolnshirecompanies based in lincolnshiretransport in lincolnshirehidden categories use dmy dates from december 2015commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 20 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view