dennis enviro 400 at ipswich transport museum in february 2009 parent ipswich buses founded 1985 headquarters ipswich service area essex suffolk destinations ipswich hadleigh holbrook capel st mary east bergholt colchester manningtree fleet 13 september 2013 website www.carterscoachservices.co.uk carters coach services 1 is a bus operator based in ipswich in suffolk england . the company operates services over a wide area in both suffolk and essex . 2 contents 1 history 2 services 3 fleet 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit mcv evolution bodied daf sb180 in september 2010 carters was set up as a family business in 1985 . the company first ran from a base in east bergholt suffolk . the depot relocated to a petrol station next to the a12 in capel st mary . on 27 may 2016 the company was taken over by ipswich buses and now use constantine road depot in ipswich . services edit carters operate a number of services both standard routes and more limited services . both urban and rural areas are served many of the company s routes running into ipswich and serving the old cattle market bus station . it also operates school services under contract to suffolk county council . 3 carters coaches have kept their separate identity although most tickets are now inter available with ipswich buses over common sections of route . 4 fleet edit as at september 2013 carters operate a fleet of 13 buses . it also owns 4 preserved double deckers 1 bristol lodekka 2 bristol vrs and 1 aec routemaster . 5 see also edit list of bus operators of the united kingdom references edit companies house extract company no 3373321 carters coach services limited carters coaches . retrieved september 20 2012 . timetable carters coach services 1 ipswich buses news item retrieved 4th july 2016 fleet list carters coach services external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to carters coach services . carters website suffolk passenger transport suffolkonboard.com suffolk passenger transport map 2008 v t e bus operators in the east of england bedfordshire arriva the shires centrebus arriva milton keynes stagecoach in bedford cambridgeshire go whippet stagecoach in cambridge stagecoach in peterborough stagecoach in the fens essex arriva east herts & essex arriva london north arriva southend arriva southern counties blue triangle carters coach services first essex hedingham omnibuses imperial buses network colchester regal busways sm coaches stephensons of essex hertfordshire arriva shires & essex arriva london centrebus excel passenger logistics metroline sm coaches stagecoach east sullivan buses uno norfolk anglian bus first norfolk & suffolk konectbus simonds of botesdale stagecoach in norfolk suffolk anglian bus carters coach services first norfolk & suffolk galloway european hc chambers & son ipswich buses simonds of botesdale national megabus national express retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title carters coach services & oldid 728292951 categories transport in suffolktransport in essexbus operators in suffolkbus operators in essex1985 establishments in the united kingdomcompanies established in 1985hidden categories commons 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 4 july 2016 at 12 28 . 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