bus station in december 2009 parent island fortitude founded 1936 headquarters biddulph service area staffordshire cheshire shropshire service type bus & coach services fleet 70 website www.bakerbus.com bakerbus 1 was the trading name used by the bus fleet of bakers coaches a bus and coach operator based in biddulph staffordshire england . they operated a fleet of around 50 vehicles on local bus services and coach hire work . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit plaxton bodied volvo b10m 62 in june 2008 vdl berkhof bodied scania k114eb in llandudno in may 2013 alexander dash bodied volvo b6 in newport in february 2010 bakers coaches was founded in 1936 by james baker operating chauffeured car services before purchasing a small fleet of coaches in 1967 . 2 in 1990 it diversified into bus operation with the launch of the china link service connecting major pottery factories in stoke on trent for visitors to the area . it was withdrawn after three years . the company then launched an off peak service between leek and buxton which was later withdrawn . 3 in 1998 bakers were awarded cheshire county council contracted route 27 between macclesfield and knutsford . the route was initially operated every two hours with one bus but was doubled in frequency in 1999 . contracted journeys on route 99 biddulph congleton were also taken over in 1998 . the company joined julian peddle s newly formed status group in 1999 and the trading name bakerbus was adopted for local services . the company left status group in 2002 . 3 in 2001 two new routes were started both to the astrazeneca factory near alderley edge . both were withdrawn in 2007 as passenger numbers had fallen and astrazeneca withdrew funding . 3 however the company s route 99 was made fully commercial in 2006 and extended to operate to macclesfield and continued to serve the astrazeneca site at nearby hurdsfield . 4 in september 2004 first potteries had its operator licence cut and abandoned several routes with bakerbus taking over three routes in the newcastle under lyme area losing one after three years but retaining the other two routes 33 and 33a newcastle under lyme westlands on a long term basis . they have since been registered commercially to d & g bus . it also gained route 77 between hanley and congleton which it also registered commercially . in february 2005 a new limited stop route x1 was launched between hanley stoke on trent railway station and stafford . it was funded by staffordshire university whose campus it served . 3 from 2006 route x1 covered for the suspended train service between stafford and stone barlaston and wedgwood with funding from central trains ; stone had its services restored in 2008 but the others are still served only by the bus . at the same time the x1 service ceased to operate into stafford town centre and now terminates at the staffordshire university campus at beaconside . 5 the section between stafford town centre and stafford station was withdrawn in 2009 when funding from central trains successor london midland ceased . 6 in autumn 2007 bakers took over the operations of niddrie coaches of middlewich . 7 in 2007 the contract to operate route 27 on monday to saturday was lost but sunday operations on the route were retained and extended to serve tatton park . bakers also gained tendered route 108 between leek and stockport on a sunday . 3 a new network of town services in congleton branded as beartown bus with a new green livery was awarded by the council to bakerbus from august 2007 . 3 8 three new plaxton primo single deckers were acquired for the routes and all were later named after bears to highlight charity work to end bile farming . 9 in january 2009 the company won a council contract to operate routes 392 and 393 which were rebranded as the shuttle in recognition of the area s silk mills a shuttle being used in the manufacturing process . 10 11 this was followed in april 2009 by the takeover of former stagecoach in manchester service 191 which was renumbered 391 and became part of the shuttle family of services although the direct service between poynton and manchester provided by route 191 was withdrawn . 12 further expansion followed in july 2009 with the award of the 372 bramhall circular contract by transport for greater manchester this passed to stagecoach manchester in march 2011 . 13 in march 2011 bakerbus commenced operating route 11 between macclesfield and kerridge applying the shuttle branding to this route . 14 in october 2009 . the company took over the harrier route between crewe and sandbach from harrier travel and purchased another plaxton primo to operate it with . at the same time it launched its commercial service x38 between biddulph and crewe and gained contracted route 32 in crewe . 15 in august 2013 eight of the company s services ceased operating . 16 in the same month bakers was bought by barbados based company island fortitude incorporated . 17 in december 2014 the route operation was sold with nine buses to d & g bus . 18 19 no services are now operated by bakerbus . fleet edit bakerbus and bakers coaches operated a combined fleet of 70 vehicles . 20 fleet livery is blue and yellow for bakerbus and green and white for bakers coaches . 3 bakerbus fleet was originally dominated by mercedes benz minibuses with the first full size vehicle a volvo b10b arriving in 1993 . recent deliveries for bakerbus were five alexander dennis enviro 200 and five plaxton primo single deckers . 21 22 other types operated include mercedes benz vario minibuses volvo b6les daf sb120s and optare solos . in december 2008 following a partnership with cheshire county council bakerbus became one of the first operators to introduce ticket machines with smartcard readers for the pensioner s free travel scheme . 23 bakers coaches operate a small fleet of people carriers and coaches . 3 24 references edit companies house extract company no 2833153 guideissue limited about us bakerbus a b c d e f g h beeton cliff april 2009 . buses bring in the dough for bakers . buses 649 26 28 . interim review of the bus services working group minutes of evidence house of commons june 2006 bill cash mp asks london midland to investigate funding of re extension of x1 bakerbus service bill cash mp 1 december 2009 the right time to sell bus & coach professional 4 january 2008 new bakerbus beartown service starts on monday 20 august bakerbus 20 august 2007 animals asia all aboard the moon bear bus new bus services for macclesfield poynton and knutsford wilmslow maccweb.org.uk bakerbus to operate the silk road shuttle bakerbus 8 january 2009 uproar over bus services macclesfield express 18 february 2009 service 372 bakerbus 24 january 2013 public bus service timetables bakerbus bakerbus takes over the crewe harrier services bakerbus 12 october 2009 bus services axed after funding cuts the sentinel 7 august 2013 holley mel 28 august 2013 . bakers coaches changes hands . route one 501 12 . d & g buys bakerbus route one 2 january 2015 25 jobs saved after bakerbus is bought by crewe based d & g bus the sentinel 6 january 2015 bakers fleetlist wmbusphotsos.com media another new enviro200 for bakerbus alexander dennis fifth enviro200 for bakerbus fleet bus & coach professional 27 november 2009 cheshire county council new style ticket machines on bakerbus are amongst the first in the country cheshire county council coach types bakerbus external links edit media related to bakerbus at wikimedia commons company 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 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