Tates Travel
{{short description|Former Barnsley bus operator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
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|founded = 2003 by Graham Mallinson
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|headquarters = Barugh Green
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|service_area = South Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
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|routes = 55 (October 2013)
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|hubs = Barnsley Interchange
Rotherham Interchange
Wakefield bus station
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Tates Travel[http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/06481448 Companies House extract company no 6481448] Tates Travel Limited was a local bus operator based in Barnsley in England, operating services in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.
History
File:Tates Travel, Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer II (10654348116).jpg 2-bodied Dennis Dart SLF in Wakefield in October 2013]]
Tates Travel was founded in 2003 by Graham Mallinson in Stocksbridge, when he purchased a minibus to run private hire journeys before running a school minibus service for pupils at Millhouse Green Primary school.{{cite web|url=http://www.tates-travel.com/about_us.htm|title=About Us|publisher=Tates Travel|access-date=24 July 2011}}[http://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/tates-travels-sudden-closure/ Tate's Travel sudden closure] Bus & Coach Buyer 10 February 2016 Over the next two years, the company expanded its fleet to run school services before starting its first public bus service, route 18 between Barnsley and Mapplewell and relocating the depot to Dodworth in 2005.
In 2007 the depot again moved to Darton when the business of Stanley Gath Coaches,[http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/01039069 Companies House extract company no 1039069] Stanley Gath (Coaches) Limited Dewsbury was purchased. Between 2007 and 2010, the company increased the number of services in the Barnsley area, with services also running to Wakefield, following Arriva Yorkshire withdrawing services between Wakefield and Barnsley in January 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.wyita.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8FBFBB26-C1F7-48F0-9A0B-9976C01BCA55/0/WPCC14JANUARY2010ITEM4.pdf|title=Wakefield Passenger Consultative Committee – January 2010|publisher=West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority|access-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006212204/http://www.wyita.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8FBFBB26-C1F7-48F0-9A0B-9976C01BCA55/0/WPCC14JANUARY2010ITEM4.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2011}} Due to the expansion of services, the company moved once again in 2010 to a larger depot in Barugh Green.
In 2011, the company won several South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive contracts, including several services in the Penistone area from Stagecoach Yorkshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.tates-travel.com/news_20.htm|title=SYPTE Contract Awards|publisher=Tates Travel|access-date=24 July 2011}}
In 2012, the company won further contract but this time from the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. These were services operating from Wakefield to Hall Green, Hemsworth, Pontefract and South Elmsall which were all previously operated by Arriva Yorkshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.tates-travel.com/news_30.htm|title=METRO Contract Awards|publisher=Tates Travel|access-date=10 April 2012}}
In January 2013 Tates commenced operating further West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive services radiating from both Wakefield and Dewsbury, again were all previously operated by Arriva Yorkshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.tates-travel.com/latest_news.htm|title=METRO Contract Awards|publisher=Tates Travel|access-date=19 December 2012}}
In April 2013 Tates commenced operating the Dewsbury Free Town Bus.{{cite web|url=http://www.wymetro.com/travelnews/ServiceChanges/buschanges.htm|title=Service Changes before Saturday 27 April 2012|publisher=West Yorkshire Metro|access-date=21 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120224151946/http://www.wymetro.com/travelnews/ServiceChanges/buschanges.htm|archive-date=24 February 2012}} In August 2013 Tates took delivery of its first coach.[http://www.tates-travel.com/latest_news.htm Latest News from Tates Travel...] Tates Travel
On 8 February 2016, Tates Travel ceased trading after being placed in administration.[http://www.route-one.net/industry/tates-travel-collapses/ Tates Travel collapses] Route One 15 February 2016
Services
As at October 2013 Tates Travel operated 55 routes.[http://www.tates-travel.com/schedules_&_maps.htm Schedules & Maps...] Tates Travel
Fleet
As the time of its February 2016 cessation, the fleet comprised 74 buses.[http://www.soes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/docs/fleets/tates.pdf Tates Travel Group] Sheffield Omnibus Enthusiast Society
References
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Tates Travel (bus company)}}
- [http://www.tates-travel.com/ Company website]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/thespian/sets/72157624070998729/ Flickr gallery]
{{Defunct British Bus Companies}}
Category:Companies based in Barnsley
Category:2003 establishments in England
Category:2016 disestablishments in England