BrightBus
{{short description|Bus operator in South Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox Bus transit
|name = BrightBus
|logo = BrightBus logo.png
|image = BrightBus bus 6050 (C50 HNF) 1986 Hong Kong tri-axle (KMB 3BL149, DJ 3052), North Anston depot, 26 May 2011.jpg
|image_caption = Alexander RH bodied Leyland Olympian in May 2011
|parent = Michael Strafford
|founded = May 1998
|ceased = July 2017
|headquarters = North Anston
|locale =
|service_area = South Yorkshire
|service_type = Bus services
|routes =
|destinations =
|stops =
|hubs =
|depots = 2
|lounge =
|fleet = 52 (May 2017)
|ceo =
|website = [https://brightbus.net/ www.brightbus.net]}}
BrightBus[http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/03550779 Companies House extract company no 3550779] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000643/http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/03550779 |date=4 March 2016 }} MAS Special Engineering Limited was a bus operator in South Yorkshire that traded from 1998 until 2017.
History
BrightBus was founded in May 1998 by Michael Strafford as an engineering business, performing contract maintenance for other operators. It also specialised in the conversion of buses for non-passenger use. It then diversified into the operation of school bus services.[http://brightbus.net/history History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607101326/http://brightbus.net/history |date=7 June 2015 }} Brightbus It ceased trading in July 2017 when the owner retired suffering ill health. At the time operations ceased it operated 86 routes serving 32 schools.[http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/breaking-school-bus-that-transports-15-000-passengers-a-day-across-south-yorkshire-to-be-cut-1-8522212 School bus that transports 15,000 passengers a day across South Yorkshire to be cut] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610055338/http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/breaking-school-bus-that-transports-15-000-passengers-a-day-across-south-yorkshire-to-be-cut-1-8522212 |date=10 June 2017 }} Sheffield Star 2 May 2017[http://www.route-one.net/articles/Partnerships/BrightBus_to_close__in_structured_way__in_July BrightBus to close in structured way] Route One 4 May 2017[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-39845555 Uncertain future for South Yorkshire bus service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721195902/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-39845555 |date=21 July 2017 }} BBC News 8 May 2017{{cite news|url=http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/view,school-bus-company-to-close-in-july_22468.htm|title=School bus company to close in July|work=Rotherham Advertiser|access-date=4 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505143842/http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/view,school-bus-company-to-close-in-july_22468.htm|archive-date=5 May 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/view,drivers-takeover-of-closing-school-bus-firm-not-feasible_22552.htm|title=Drivers' takeover of closing school bus firm "not feasible"|work=Rotherham Advertiser|access-date=4 June 2017}}
Former operations
Between 2001 and 2005, Brightbus, then known as Mass Transit, had a substantial presence in Lincolnshire, following the acquisition of the bus operations of Applebys Coaches, Reliance Travel of Great Gonerby and the Grantham depot of RoadCar. The Grantham operation failed under Mass ownership and was sold to Centrebus, and the Lincoln area operations to Dunn-Line in 2005.
In 2004, BrightBus purchased the long established Leon Motors of Finningley that was formed in 1922 and operated buses in Doncaster. By 2008 the company's stage-carriage work had passed to First South Yorkshire and the remaining operations were integrated into the main BrightBus depot at North Anston.
Fleet
As at May 2017, BrightBus operated a fleet of 73 buses, including many English built three-axle Dennis Dragons and Leyland Olympians repatriated from Hong Kong.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222415/http://www.soes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/docs/fleets/brightbus.pdf Brightbus] Sheffield Omnibus Enthusiast Society
References
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External links
{{commons category-inline|BrightBus (bus company)|BrightBus}}
- {{Official website|https://brightbus.net/}}
{{Defunct British Bus Companies|state=collapsed}}
Category:Companies based in Rotherham
Category:Transport companies established in 1998
Category:1998 establishments in England