Go East Anglia is a bus operator in
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...
,
Suffolk and
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
, owned by the
Go-Ahead Group
The Go-Ahead Group plc is a passenger transport company based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, with operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Singapore, Norway and Germany. Formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in 2022 it was purchased ...
. The group consists of
Konectbus
Konectbus is a bus operator based in Dereham in Norfolk, England. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group and forms part of Go East Anglia.
History
Konectbus was formed in 1999 when the Saham Toney depot of Norfolk Green was purchased from wi ...
and
Hedingham & Chambers
Hedingham & Chambers is a bus operator, part of the larger Go East Anglia unit within Go-Ahead, consisting of the Hedingham and Chambers brands. The group was formed when Go-Ahead purchased the two firms in June 2012. Since the sale, the tw ...
.
History
Go East Anglia was initially formed in 2010, when the Go-Ahead Group purchased Konectbus.
In 2012, Go-Ahead also purchased Anglian Bus, Hedingham and Chambers. Anglian Bus was quickly merged into the Konectbus brand, rendering the name obsolete quickly.
Subsidiaries
Go East Anglia originally did not operate any buses in its own right, with all being legally operated by Konectbus Limited, H.C.Chambers & Son Limited or Hedingham & District Omnibuses Limited. However, the different companies remain distinct brands. In 2018, all the companies' vehicles were brought together under the Konectbus licence.
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Konectbus
Konectbus is a bus operator based in Dereham in Norfolk, England. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group and forms part of Go East Anglia.
History
Konectbus was formed in 1999 when the Saham Toney depot of Norfolk Green was purchased from wi ...
– Norfolk
** ''Park and Ride Norwich'' – A Konectbus brand operating the
Park and Ride
A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system ( ...
contract in Norwich.
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Hedingham & Chambers
Hedingham & Chambers is a bus operator, part of the larger Go East Anglia unit within Go-Ahead, consisting of the Hedingham and Chambers brands. The group was formed when Go-Ahead purchased the two firms in June 2012. Since the sale, the tw ...
– Essex & Suffolk
** Hedingham – Essex
** Chambers – Suffolk
Fleet
As at November 2019, Go East Anglia operated 190 buses and coaches from nine depots.
References
{{Go-Ahead Bus Companies, state=collapsed
Bus operators in Essex
Bus operators in Suffolk
Bus operators in Norfolk
Go-Ahead Group companies