hool t915 in may 2011 founded 1927 1 headquarters diss service area norfolk suffolk service type bus & coach services routes 9 destinations norwich diss long stratton & bury st edmunds fleet 52 october 2013 chief executive martyn simonds website www.simonds.co.uk simonds of botesdale 2 is a bus and coach operator based in diss . 3 4 they currently operate nine bus services in the diss norwich long stratton and bury st edmunds areas of east anglia as well as coach charter services and school buses 5 using a fleet of 52 buses and coaches . 6 under the branding of simonds countrylink . 7 in 2012 they won a london 2012 olympics contract to operate four coaches during a three week period . 8 previously the company operated services between diss and ipswich however these were withdrawn in 2015 and handed to galloway . the company s flagship route is the service 1 which operates between norwich and diss calling at burston long stratton tasburgh flordon newton flotman and travels into the city via ipswich road and norwich city college . 9 this competes head to head with first s 35 route which travels only as far as long stratton . 10 simonds is the only company to run a sunday service between norwich long stratton and diss.this service travels directly along the a140 . see also edit list of bus operators of the united kingdom references edit http www.whtimes.co.uk sport olympics 2 405 diss bus firm secures olympic contract 1 1112126 welwyn hatfield times companies house extract company no 2299468 simonds of botesdale limited inorfolk.co.uk . retrieved 22 may 2012 . home . simonds.co.uk . retrieved 8 august 2012 . local bus service simonds of botesdale simonds fleet list norwich bus page 1 october 2013 http www.simonds.co.uk local bus services local bus services http www.royston crow.co.uk news business 2 1572 diss bus drivers head to london to fulfil olympic contract 1 1450773 london 2012 contract simonds timetables . retrieved 15 october 2015 . first 35 timetable . retrieved 15 october 2015 . external links edit media related to simonds of botesdale at wikimedia commons company website v t e bus operators in the east of england bedfordshire arriva the shires centrebus arriva milton keynes stagecoach in bedford cambridgeshire go whippet stagecoach in cambridge stagecoach in peterborough stagecoach in the fens essex arriva east herts & essex arriva london north arriva southend arriva southern counties blue triangle carters coach services first essex hedingham omnibuses imperial buses network colchester regal busways sm coaches stephensons of essex hertfordshire arriva shires & essex arriva london centrebus excel passenger logistics metroline sm coaches stagecoach east sullivan buses uno norfolk anglian bus first norfolk & suffolk konectbus simonds of botesdale stagecoach in norfolk suffolk anglian bus carters coach services first norfolk & suffolk galloway european hc chambers & son ipswich buses simonds of botesdale national megabus national express retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title simonds of botesdale & oldid 727407233 categories bus operators in norfolkbus operators in suffolkhidden categories engvarb from june 2015use dmy dates from june 2015commons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 28 june 2016 at 19 56 . 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