D&G Bus

D&G Bus^[1] is a bus operator based in Adderley Green in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

History

D&G Bus was formed by David Reeves and Gerald Henderson in April 1998 initially operating four buses on two routes under contract to Stoke-on-Trent City Council. It expanded with both route and school services in Cheshire and Staffordshire with 16 buses by the end of 1998. In April 2005 D&G Bus purchased Wednesfield based Midland.^[2][3] In 2006 following Gerald Henderson's sudden death Julian Peddle purchased Henderson's shareholding in the business.^[4]

In August 2011 the Staffordshire business was sold to Wardle Transport with 46 routes, 30 buses and the Adderley Green depot.^[5][6] In September 2011 D&G Bus and Julian Peddle purchased South Lancs Travel in Atherton, Greater Manchester.^[7] In August 2012 the Midland business was sold to Arriva Midlands with 61 buses.^[3] In December 2014, the route operations of BakerBus were purchased with nine buses.^[4][8][9]

In March 2015, D&G sold South Lancs Travel to Rotala^[10] and in May 2015 purchased Wardle Transport back from Arriva Midlands with 19 buses.^[11][12][13] In April 2016, D&G took over six routes from Routemaster Buses.^[14] In September 2016 D&G Bus took over the rest of the routes which Routemaster Buses had operated. In October 2016 D&G were awarded new 5 year contracts for eight Cheshire East routes which were operated by GHA Coaches prior to their collapse including the 88 Altrincham to Knutsford via Wilmslow service. ^[15]

Fleet

As at November 2016, the fleet consisted of 104 buses: 93 standard buses and 11 minibuses for 'D&G Little Bus' services.^[16] Fleet livery was originally cream and blue, it has since been replaced by a red with yellow signwriting scheme.

References

External links

• Company website
• Flickr gallery

Bus companies operating in North West England
Cheshire	Arriva North West D&G Bus Halton Transport Network Warrington Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
Cumbria	Mountain Goat Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Greater Manchester	Arriva North West Bullocks Coaches Diamond Bus North West First Greater Manchester Jim Stones Coaches Manchester Community Transport Rosso Stagecoach Manchester & Wigan Stotts
Lancashire	Arriva North West Blackburn Bus Company Blackpool Transport Blue Bus of Penwortham Pilkingtons Buses Preston Bus (Preston park and ride) Rosso Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire Transdev in Burnley & Pendle
Merseyside	Arriva North West Avon Buses Cumfybus HTL Buses Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire The Green Bus
Isle of Man	Bus Vannin
National	Megabus National Express