Abellio_Surrey

Abellio Surrey

Abellio Surrey

Former bus company


Abellio Surrey was a bus company operating services in Surrey, England from 2009 to 2018. It was a subsidiary of Abellio.

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History

In 2005, National Express purchased the Tellings-Golden Miller operations in Surrey with a garage in Byfleet and various Surrey County Council contracts.[1] The business was rebranded as Travel Surrey in September 2007.[2]

On 21 May 2009, National Express sold Travel Surrey to Abellio.[3][4] On 30 October 2009 the businesses was rebranded as Abellio Surrey.[5]

As at February 2013, it operated 63 buses on 34 routes.[6] In September 2017, all 17 Surrey County Council-tendered routes passed to other operators.[7][8] Commercially operated route 441 was taken over by White Bus Services in March 2018, and route 461 by Falcon Buses in September 2018.[9][10][11][12]


References

  1. Abellio: a brief history Coach & Bus Week issue 1077 6 March 2013 page 16
  2. Wharmby, Matthew (2016). The London Enviro400. Pen & Sword. ISBN 9781473862319.
  3. Abellio outside the capital Coach & Bus Week issue 1977 6 March 2013 pages 30-32
  4. Abellio Surrey maintain a commercial toehold in Surrey Buses issue 749 August 2017 page 7
  5. Falcon Coaches to take over Abellio's remaining Surrey route Coach & Bus Week issue 1357 28 August 2018 page 11
  6. Falcon flies in as Abellio finally quits Surrey Buses issue 763 October 2018 page 24

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