Delaine BusesCompanies House extract company no 367317
Delaine Buses Limited is a bus operator based in

Bourne, Lincolnshire Bourne is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the eastern slopes of the limestone Kesteven Uplands and the western edge of the Fens, 11 miles (18 km) north-east of Stamford, 12 ...

, England.

History

In 1890 William Smith began a horse drawn passenger service. After a taxi operation commenced in 1910, a 14-seat

Ford Model T The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, which made car travel available to middle-class Americans. The relati ...

bus was purchased in 1919 and services commenced to

Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln a ...

, Spalding and Stamford. In May 1941 the business was incorporated.

Services

As of July 2020, Delaine Buses operates seven bus routes.

Fleet

From the 1930s to the 1990s, the majority of vehicles in the Delaine fleet were of

Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst t ...

or Leyland manufacture. Since 1995 Delaine has standardised on Volvos with

East Lancs East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of bus bodies and carriages founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The company went into administration for a short while in August 2007, before being bought by Darwen Group ...

body, followed by switching over to Wrights in 2009 after East Lancs merged with

Optare Switch Mobility (originally called Optare) is an English bus manufacturer based in Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of Indian company Ashok Leyland. The company would be responsible for the EV operations of the group with ...

. As of September 2014 the fleet consisted of 26 buses. A heritage fleet is also maintained.Heritage Fleet List
Delaine Buses

Gallery

File:Delaine_Buses_bus_45_Leyland_Titan_KTL_780_September_2006.jpg, Preserved Leyland Titan in September 2006 File:Delaine_Atlantean_2.jpg, Preserved Northern Counties bodied

Leyland Atlantean The Leyland Atlantean is a predominantly double-decker bus chassis manufactured by Leyland Motors between 1958 and 1986. Only 17 Atlantean chassis were bodied as single deck from new. It pioneered the design of rear-engined, front entranc ...

in August 2007 Image:Delaine Buses 153 AD62 DBL.jpg,

Wright Eclipse Gemini The Wright Eclipse Gemini is a Low-floor bus, low-floor double-decker bus body that was built by Wrightbus since 2001, based on the single-deck Wright Eclipse design. The second-generation Eclipse Gemini 2 was launched in 2009, followed by the ...

2 bodied

Volvo B9TL The Volvo B9TL is a low-floor double-decker bus built by Volvo from 2002 until 2018. It superseded the Volvo Super Olympian and the Volvo B7TL. The 2-axle version has been superseded by the Volvo B5TL in 2014 and the 3-axle version has been su ...

in September 2012

References

External links

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Company website
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