city centre in october 2011 slogan it s a bus that takes you into the centre founded 2001 south yorkshire north yorkshire 25 july 2010 centrebus west yorkshire defunct 13 september 2013 centrebus west yorkshire headquarters leicester service area current service operations bedfordshire hertfordshire leicestershire lincolnshire northamptonshire rutland former service operations leeds wakefield huddersfield service type bus services chief executive julian peddle website www.centrebus.info centrebus 1 is a bus company operating services in bedfordshire hertfordshire leicestershire lincolnshire northamptonshire nottinghamshire and rutland . it is also has a shareholding in high peak buses . contents 1 history 2 expansion 3 references 4 external links history edit plaxton centro bodied vdl sb120 in april 2007 northern counties palatine bodied volvo b10m 50 in september 2008 centrebus was founded in 2001 it was previously known as anstey buslines . in 2002 the businesses of inmotion dunstable 2 3 and centrebus leicester merged to form the basis of the business today . expansion edit the business expanded through acquisition . in january 2004 centrebus acquired the st albans operation of blazefield . 3 the business expanded with hertfordshire contract wins and taking over the harpenden to hemel hempstead commercial route from arriva shires & essex . in march 2008 centrebus sold its st albans operations to uno . 4 on 12 february 2005 centrebus commenced operating in grantham following the cessation of mass transit . 5 in june 2007 centrebus purchased bowers coaches 6 a local bus operator based in chapel en le frith derbyshire . bowers operated services in cheshire derbyshire and greater manchester . in april 2012 centrebus transferred the business into a joint venture with the wellglade group to form high peak buses with bowers operations relocated to trent barton s dove holes depot . 7 8 in may 2008 the centrebus shareholders headed by director julian peddle formed centrebus holdings with arriva taking a 40 % shareholding . centrebus holdings was an independent company from the main business but was managed by centrebus on a day to day basis . in september 2013 arriva bought out its partners with the west yorkshire operations rebranded as yorkshire tiger and the hinckley operations as hinckley bus . 9 10 11 12 despite the name centrebus holdings has never had any shareholding in centrebus and was formed to take over k line and stagecoach huddersfield and subsequently the hinckley operations of arriva midlands . in september 2008 centrebus purchased the local bus operations of the woods coaches leicestershire business . in august 2009 the business of trustybus 13 with operations in essex and hertfordshire was purchased by centrebus . 14 in august 2010 centrebus took over the operations of judges mini coaches corby with routes serving kettering milton keynes welford wellingborough wicken and yardley gobion . in may 2011 centrebus took over west end travel 15 and its fleet of buses and services in melton mowbray and rural rider services . in october 2011 centrebus purchased paul james coaches 16 saxby from veolia transport with 21 buses . in july 2011 centrebus took over the business of kimes buses folkingham . kimes was founded in 1945 and sold in january 1997 to its employees . 17 it operated a fleet of 23 vehicles at the time of the takeover . its green and cream livery and the kimes name were retained by centrebus . 18 in august 2013 the depot was closed with operations transferred to centrebus grantham depot . 19 in november 2012 centrebus closed its harlow depot with most routes passing to roadrunner buses . 20 the remaining routes moved to the stevenage depot allowing the business to consolidate its east hertfordshire operations on a single site . references edit companies house extract company no 3872099 centrebus limited companies house extract company no 4490145 lqt limited a b the proposed acquisition by arriva plc of the business of sovereign bus & coach company ltd competition commission december 2004 expansion for uno oxford & chiltern bus page issue 258 7 march 2008 reliance of great gonerby country bus companies house extract company no 548351 eric w bowers coaches limited wellglade centrebus join up in buxton bus & coach professional 24 may 2011 new bus operator hits the road trentbarton centrebus holdings limited arriva 9 september 2013 arriva takes joint venture control bus & coach professional 12 september 2013 arriva unleases its yorkshire tiger bus & coach professional 9 october 2013 hinckley bus arriva companies house extract company no 4717739 galleon travel limited centrebus harlow bus travel information companies house extract company no 3741213 romdrive limited companies house extract company no 4314235 garrison street limited formerly paul james coaches limited kimes of folkingham country bus millar alan september 2011 . centrebus and go ahead grow with latest takeovers . buses . ian allan publishing 678 6 . owner to close kimes buses in folkingham grantham journal 12 july 2013 registrations received and service changes advised intalink november 2012 external links edit media related to centrebus at wikimedia commons centrebus website v t e buses in derbyshire operators andrews of tideswell arriva derby bowers centrebus cox s of belper doyles coaches felix of stanley glovers g & j holmes harpurs coaches hawkes coaches high peak hulley s of baslow stagecoach east midlands stagecoach in chesterfield stagecoach manchester tm travel trentbarton warringtons unibus bus stations alfreton bus station ashbourne bus station chesterfield coach station derby bus station glossop henry street hayfield bus station new mills bus station sutton bus station v t e buses in leicestershire operators arriva fox county centrebus first leicester kinchbus stagecoach in warwickshire stagecoach midlands trent barton bus stations haymarket bus station st margaret s bus station v t e 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