in september 2012 parent cen group ltd headquarters perry barr service area birmingham staffordshire warwickshire worcestershire shropshire service type bus services routes 19 march 2016 depots perry barr main hq kidderminster fleet 30 march 2016 chief executive geoff cross website www.centralbuses.com central buses 1 is a bus company based in birmingham england . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit plaxton pointer bodied dennis dart in september 2009 central buses was founded in september 2003 by 16 year old geoff cross in partnership with his father peter . 2 later a separate arm of the company was created . centrad was created under the cen group brand which central buses also joined . this supplies electronic equipment to the bus industry . 2 many of the current services operated by central buses are operated under contract to centro . all of the buses have been equipped to use prepaid fare cards . 3 4 5 6 fleet edit as of march 2016 the fleet consists of 30 buses . 7 fleet livery is red and grey . see also edit list of bus operators of the united kingdom references edit companies house extract company no 4754447 cen group limited a b start your own business young bus operator takes slow lane to success daily express 24 february 2010 buses to trial new pre paid systems . express & star . 1 january 2010 . retrieved 21 january 2010 . john patrice 9 october 2009 . date set for birmingham s delayed bus smartcard system . birmingham mail . retrieved 21 january 2010 . john patrice 17 october 2009 . west midlands public transport users soon to see electronic ticketing system . birmingham mail . retrieved 21 january 2010 . authi jasbir 20 january 2010 . smartcard a step closer on midlands transport . birmingham mail . retrieved 21 january 2010 . central buses fleet list central buses fleet list as of april 2016 . external links edit official website v t e bus operators in the west midlands herefordshire first midland red as part of first midlands shropshire arriva midlands bryn melyn minsterley motors tanat valley coaches staffordshire arriva midlands bakerbus diamond bus first potteries as part of first midlands midland classic wardle transport part of d & g bus warwickshire johnsons coach & bus travel stagecoach in warwickshire as part of stagecoach midlands transport for west midlands arriva midlands central buses diamond bus hanson s local buses national express coventry national express west midlands the green bus travel de courcey worcestershire diamond bus first midland red as part of first midlands hardings national megabus national express retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title central buses & oldid 737321461 categories transport in birmingham west midlandscompanies established in 2003bus operators in the west midlands county bus operators in worcestershirebus operators in shropshire2003 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories use dmy dates from march 2014 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 01 35 . 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