Abellio Surrey
{{Short description|Former bus company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox bus transit
|name = Abellio Surrey
|logo = AbellioSurreyBus.svg
|image = Au Morandarte Flickr DSC01375 (11893523333).jpg
|image_caption = Abellio Surrey Alexander Dennis Enviro200 in January 2014
|parent = Abellio
|founded = 21 May 2009
|ceased = 14 September 2018
|headquarters = Byfleet
|service_area = Surrey
|service_type = Bus services
|routes = 34 (2013)
|depots = 1
|fleet = 63 (2013)
|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20171218153016/http://www.abellio.co.uk/abellio-surrey/ www.abellio.co.uk]}}
Abellio Surrey was a bus company operating services in Surrey, England from 2009 to 2018. It was a subsidiary of Abellio.
History
In 2005, National Express purchased the Tellings-Golden Miller operations in Surrey with a garage in Byfleet and various Surrey County Council contracts.[http://www.investegate.co.uk/article.aspx?id=200506010715009779M National Express Group purchases the London Bus Division of Tellings Golden Miller] National Express 1 June 2005 The business was rebranded as Travel Surrey in September 2007.Abellio: a brief history Coach & Bus Week issue 1077 6 March 2013 page 16
On 21 May 2009, National Express sold Travel Surrey to Abellio.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180915074322/https://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/newsmedia/corporate-news/2009/national-express-group-plc-agreement-to-sell-travel-london/ National Express Group PLC agreement to sell Travel London] National Express 21 May 2009[https://web.archive.org/web/20160118210918/http://www.abellio.com/pers/?key=1000000113&template=uk-pressarchive1&persitem=archief&pid=2 NedRailways acquisition reinforces long term commitment to UK transport market] NedRailways 9 June 2009 On 30 October 2009 the businesses was rebranded as Abellio Surrey.{{cite book|last=Wharmby|first=Matthew|title=The London Enviro400|date=2016|publisher=Pen & Sword|isbn=9781473862319}}
As at February 2013, it operated 63 buses on 34 routes.Abellio outside the capital Coach & Bus Week issue 1977 6 March 2013 pages 30-32 In September 2017, all 17 Surrey County Council-tendered routes passed to other operators.[https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/buses-and-trains/bus-timetable-changes/forthcoming-bus-timetable-changes Forthcoming bus timetable changes] Surrey County CouncilAbellio Surrey maintain a commercial toehold in Surrey Buses issue 749 August 2017 page 7 Commercially operated route 441 was taken over by White Bus Services in March 2018, and route 461 by Falcon Buses in September 2018.{{cite web | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829200039/http://www.abellio.co.uk/news/new-operator-for-route-441-from-17th-march-2018/ | title=New operator for Route 441 from 17th March 2018 | publisher=Abellio | date=14 March 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829200405/http://www.abellio.co.uk/news/new-operator-for-route-461-from-15th-september/ | title=New operator for Route 461 from 15th September | publisher=Abellio | date=6 August 2018}}Falcon Coaches to take over Abellio's remaining Surrey route Coach & Bus Week issue 1357 28 August 2018 page 11Falcon flies in as Abellio finally quits Surrey Buses issue 763 October 2018 page 24
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Category:Defunct companies based in Surrey
Category:Former bus operators in Surrey
Category:Transport companies established in 2009
Category:Transport companies disestablished in 2018