Acquisitions

Anglian Bus^[9] was a bus operator based in Beccles. A subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group, it operated services in both Norfolk and Suffolk from 1981 until 2017.

Anglian Bus was formed in 1981 by David and Christine Pursey, operating charter services and school services from a depot in Loddon. In January 1999, Anglian Bus began operating its first public bus service numbered 580 between Diss and Great Yarmouth under contract to Norfolk County Council.^[3][10]

In October 2000, the depot was relocated to Beccles Business Park, where a purpose built garage was constructed on 5 acres (20,000 m²) of freehold land.^[3] This depot had a MOT testing facility.^[11] In 2003, the company began its first commercial service from Halesworth to Norwich. In 2004, a second depot at New Rackheath, near Norwich opened. It has since closed and is now used as an outstation by sister company Konectbus.^[3][10]

In April 2012, Anglian Bus was sold to the Go-Ahead Group.^[12][13] On 19 November 2017, Anglian Bus ceased trading with all routes and buses transferred to Konectbus.^[6][7][8]

Anglian Bus operated a number of services, both standard routes and more limited services. Both urban and rural areas were served, with many of the company's routes running into the city of Norwich serving Norwich bus station. Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft were also served by many routes.^[14] At the time operations ceased in November 2017, the fleet comprised twenty vehicles.^[8]

Former Services

The company formerly operated route X6 from Thetford to Norwich via Attleborough. It was withdrawn in 2019.^[19][20]