Harris Bus
{{Short description|Bus operator in Essex and London, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
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|name = Harris Bus
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|image = Frank Harris of Grays DAF - Berkhof coach D401SHJ in East Berlin, DDR.January 1990.jpg
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|image_caption = DAF coach in East Berlin in January 1990
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|parent = Frank Harris
|founded = October 1986
|ceased = December 1999
|headquarters = Grays
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|service_area = Essex
London
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Harris Bus was an English bus operator that operated services under contract to Transport for London.
History
Harris Bus was established in October 1986 as bus and coach operator in Grays. In 1997 it diversified, operating routes under contract to London Regional Transport winning tenders to operate routes 108, 128, 129, 132, 150 and 180.{{cite book|last=Torde|first=Roger|title=Privatising London's Buses|date=2015|publisher=Capital Transport Publishing|location=Crowthorne|isbn=9781854143945|pages=230–231}}
In December 1999, Harris Bus was placed in administration, with its London services taken over by London Regional Transport's East Thames Buses subsidiary.{{cite magazine |title=Harris Bus: Why LT took over |magazine=Buses |issue=542 |date=May 2000 |location=Hersham |publisher=Ian Allan Publishing}}{{Page needed|date=June 2024}}{{cite press release |url=https://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2008/december/tfl-to-consider-whether-east-thames-buses-could-offer-better-value |title=TfL to consider whether East Thames Buses could offer better value |publisher=Transport for London |date=10 December 2008 |access-date=5 August 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=2688&categoryid=0 |title=Go-Ahead buys East Thames Buses |work=Bus & Coach Professional |date=3 August 2009 |access-date=5 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524003953/http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=2688&categoryid=0 |archive-date=24 May 2014}}
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{{commons category-inline|Harris Coaches (Essex bus company)|Harris Bus}}
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Category:Former London bus operators
Category:1986 establishments in England
Category:1999 disestablishments in England
Category:Former bus operators in Essex
Category:British companies established in 1986
Category:British companies disestablished in 1999
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