navigation search crosville motor services open top bristol vrt and two door plaxton pointer photographed 2013 parent jonathon joines pratt founded 2005 headquarters weston super mare service area somerset routes 6 depots 1 fleet circa 30 2013 website www.crosvillemotorservices.co.uk crosville motor services 1 is a bus and coach operator based in weston super mare north somerset england . it operates both contract hire and stage carriage services with a fleet of modern and heritage vehicles . contents 1 history 2 fleet 2.1 heritage fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit the original crosville motor services 2 was a major bus operator covering mid and north wales and north west england . the name fell out of use after that company was privatised but has been resurrected by this new operator . some of the heritage fleet were once used by the original crosville . although contract and private hire work had been undertaken previously crosville s first four commercial bus routes commenced operation in april 2012 . these included routes from weston super mare to sand bay and burnham on sea also a sea front tour to uphill which was operated by heritage buses on summer sundays and public holidays . 3 in april 2013 crosville commenced operating a further two routes 4 and 83 . 4 in july 2015 somerset passenger solutions a 50 50 joint venture with first somerset & avon was announced as the preferred bidder to operate services during the construction of edf energy s hinkley point c nuclear power station which at its peak will require 160 buses . 5 6 7 these will be operated by southern national 8 which revived the name of another former national bus company subsidiary . 9 10 11 fleet edit in january 2012 the fleet comprised 25 vehicles including modern coaches and the heritage fleet . 12 to operate its first four commercial services it added two dennis dart single deck buses and a part open top leyland olympian from xelabus eastleigh also two optare solos and a mercedes benz 811d minibus from blue iris coaches nailsea . 13 some examples are illustrated below . sunsundegui sideral coach in taunton in 2012 alexander alx 200 bodied dennis dart slf in weston super mare in 2014 plaxton pointer ii bodied dennis dart slf in weston super mare in 2013 plaxton primo in westons super mare 2015 alexander alx400 bodied volvo b7l in uphill in 2014 heritage fleet edit ecw bodied bristol l ecw bodied bristol ld ecw bodied bristol fs ecw bodied bristol fsf ecw bodied bristol flf references edit companies house extract company no 5706548 crosville motor services limited companies house extract company no 248119 north british bus limited formerly crosville motor services limited news . crosville motor services . retrieved 4 april 2012 . crosville awarded 2 new routes crosville motor services 9 april 2013 find out more about the south west businesses that will benefit from hinkley point c edf energy 31 july 2015 crosville & first bus win contract to provide bus services to hpc crosville motors 31 july 2015 in brief buses magazine issue 726 september 2015 page 7 companies house extract company no 9795174 southern national limited about us southern national website you think green southern national buses no longer run in somerset watch this space chard & ilminster news 6 february 2016 southern national returns bus & coach buyer issue 1365 12 february 2016 page 9 wilcox tracy 14 november 2011 . coach firm offers vintage bus hire service . coachbroker.co.uk . retrieved 5 april 2012 . revised crosville challenges first . buses . key publishing 687 10 54 . june 2012 . external links edit media related to crosville motor services weston super mare at wikimedia commons company website v t e bus operators in south west england bristol ct plus first bristol first somerset & avon south gloucestershire bus & coach stagecoach west the kings ferry wessex bus cornwall first south west plymouth citybus stagecoach south west devon the buses of somerset plymouth citybus stagecoach south west dorset the buses of somerset first hampshire & dorset yellow buses wilts & dorset gloucestershire first somerset & avon stagecoach west thamesdown transport wessex bus somerset bakers dolphin bath bus company bugler coaches the buses of somerset crosville motor services damory coaches first hampshire & dorset first somerset & avon nippy bus quantock motor services south west coaches stagecoach south west wessex bus wiltshire connect2wiltshire first somerset & avon stagecoach west thamesdown transport wilts & dorset national megabus national express retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crosville motor services weston super mare & oldid 718888960 categories bus operators in somersetcompanies based in somersetvintage bus operators in the united kingdom2005 establishments in englandhidden categories use dmy dates from april 2014commons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged 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