in october 2010 slogan serving derbyshire and south yorkshire parent wellglade group founded 1995 headquarters halfway service area derbyshire south yorkshire service type bus services destinations sheffield rotherham chesterfield barnsley doncaster fleet 73 august 2016 website www.tmtravel.co.uk tm travel 1 is a bus operator based in halfway sheffield operating bus services in south yorkshire and derbyshire . founded in 1995 as a family owned operation with one bus by march 2008 it had expanded to become the largest independent operator in derbyshire . the company was taken over by the wellglade group in january 2010 2 and as of august 2016 operate more than 70 buses . 3 contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit van hool bodied leyland tiger in chesterfield in march 2009 tm travel was founded in november 1995 by former hulleys of baslow employee tim watts . its first vehicle was a leyland tiger coach used on coach hire operations from a depot near chesterfield . two similar vehicles were added to the fleet in early 1996 . two school bus services were taken on in the same year and the fleet expanded to ten vehicles . in 1997 vehicles maintenance work was taken in house by the company and work on national express services was introduced . 4 the company moved into scheduled bus service operation in 1999 winning a contract from derbyshire county council . a local route in bolsover was launched a year later . in 2004 tm travel took over a route between sheffield and chesterfield previously run by thompson travel . a number of south yorkshire passenger transport executive contracts were won over the following few years and the fleet increased in size to over 100 vehicles prompting a move from chesterfield to halfway . 2 in december 2006 the south yorkshire passenger transport authority s transport user s advisory group noted that tm travel provided a punctual service although it was also suggested that larger buses could be used . 5 as of march 2008 tm travel was the largest independent coach and bus operator in derbyshire employing 120 staff with all operations including maintaining the fleet of vehicles handled in house . 6 on 5 january 2010 tm travel was sold to the wellglade group . 2 fleet edit as of august 2016 the fleet consisted of 73 buses . 7 references edit companies house extract company no 5028805 tm travel limited a b c millar alan february 2010 . wellglade acquires tm travel . buses . ian allan publishing 659 8 . http nebula.wsimg.com 6dd34ca97b848f6612914c6c3e57309d accesskeyid 8b7a174c4dd908996cd8 & disposition 0 & alloworigin 1 cash john october 1998 . tm travel starting at the ground floor . buses . ian allan publishing 523 20 23 . south yorkshire transport users advisory group minutes . south yorkshire passenger transport authority . 18 december 2006 . p. 2 . retrieved 25 august 2009 . sheffield public transport networks . european metropolitan transport authorities . march 2008 . retrieved 25 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