please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message optare tempo in loughborough in april 2011 slogan loughborough s finest parent wellglade group founded 1987 headquarters loughborough service area derbyshire leicestershire nottinghamshire service type bus services routes 10 october 2013 hubs loughborough depots 1 fleet 34 november 2012 chief executive tom morgan website www.kinchbus.co.uk kinchbus 1 is a bus operator in loughborough england . it is a subsidiary of the wellglade group . contents 1 history 2 services 3 fleet 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit park royal bodied leyland atlantean in loughborough in 1987 skylink branded plaxton centro bodied volvo b7rle in the old skylink livery in october 2011 kinchbus was founded by former leicester city football club director gilbert kinch in 1987 trading as gk kinch and based in barrow upon soar . prior to moving into local bus services kinch had operated coaches from nearby mountsorrel since at least 1972 . during the early 1990s kinchbus began to expand with services around leicestershire and nottinghamshire . in 1998 kinchbus was sold to the wellglade group . since 2008 kinchbus have been operating the skylink service originally between derby and loughborough but following the withdrawal of the arriva leicester service in april 2009 it was extended into leicester . 2 following the collapse of nottingham based premiere travel on 25 january 2013 kinchbus announced that they would be re introducing their number 9 service between loughborough and nottingham as a replacement for premiere s red9 service . 3 services edit kinchbus operate a number of services that service local estates within loughborough along with some leicester city council contracted services in leicester . they also operate the skylink service to east midlands airport that operates from st margaret s bus station in leicester to derby . 4 fleet edit as of november 2012 the fleet consisted of 34 buses . 5 see also edit list of bus operators of the united kingdom references edit companies house extract company no 2116469 kinchbus limited formerly loughborough coach and bus company limited new operator for leicester skylink bus service uk airports information blog 17 march 2009 kinchbus steps in to help premiere customers kinchbus 30 january 2013 maps & times kinchbus the wellglade group fleet list derby bus depot november 2012 external links edit company website showbus gallery v t e bus operators in the east midlands derbyshire arriva derby high peak buses hulleys of baslow kinchbus stagecoach in chesterfield notts derby tm travel trentbarton yourbus leicestershire arriva fox county centrebus first leicester part of first midlands kinchbus trent barton lincolnshire centrebus delaine buses stagecoach in lincolnshire northamptonshire centrebus stagecoach in northants as part of stagecoach midlands nottinghamshire centrebus johnson bros tours kinchbus nottingham city transport stagecoach in lincolnshire stagecoach in mansfield tm travel trentbarton yourbus national megabus national express retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kinchbus & oldid 707410404 categories bus operators in derbyshirebus operators in leicestershirebus operators in nottinghamshirecompanies based in leicestershiretransport in leicestershirehidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2009all articles needing additional references 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 28 february 2016 at 18 42 . 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