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File:Minehead - Quantock Motor Services R928XVM.jpg, Minehead sea front
File:Woodcombe YN55RDV.jpg, Woodcombe
File:Porlock Wier from Quantock Motor Services YN55RDV.jpg, Near the top of Porlock Hill
File:Lynmouth Countisbury Hill Quantock Motor Services YN55RDV.jpg, Countisbury Hill, Lynmouth
File:Langford Mead - Western National 1935 and Southern Vectis 501.jpg, Taunton
File:Bishops Lydeard Rossendale 45.jpg, Bishops Lydeard
File:Langley Marsh workshop Barton 467.jpg, Langley Marsh
Norton Fitzwarren - Barton 851 (851FNN).jpg, Northern Counties bodied
Quantock Motor Services is a privately owned bus operator in
Rexquote, a transport engineering business in
programme that featured "great South West journeys".
The regular vehicle for many years was an East Lancashire bodied Bishops Lydeard
Bishops Lydeard () is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, north-west of Taunton in the district of Somerset West and Taunton. The civil parish encompasses the hamlets of East Lydeard, Terhill, and East Bagborough, and had a ...
, Somerset
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, England. The company operates a substantial heritage fleet for private hire and on route 300.
History
Rexquote, a transport engineering business in Bishops Lydeard
Bishops Lydeard () is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, north-west of Taunton in the district of Somerset West and Taunton. The civil parish encompasses the hamlets of East Lydeard, Terhill, and East Bagborough, and had a ...
, operated a fleet of old buses under the name of ''Rexquote Heritage''. As well as private hire, some regular circular tourist routes were advertised. One such was between Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare, also known simply as Weston, is a seaside town in North Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel south-west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It includes the suburbs of Mead Vale, Milton, Oldmixon ...
, Sand Bay
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of ...
and nearby tourist attractions in the summer of 2000. In 2002 the Exmoor
Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England. It is named after the River Exe, the source of which is situated in the centre of the area, two miles north-west of Simonsbath. ...
Explorer circular service was started from Minehead.
In 2001 Rexquote established a new Quantock Motor Services operation. It was initially based in Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe ( ) is a seaside resort and civil parish on the North Devon coast, England, with a small harbour surrounded by cliffs.
The parish stretches along the coast from the 'Coastguard Cottages' in Hele Bay toward the east and along the ...
, with three vehicles to operate schools contracts and a service from Combe Martin
Combe Martin is a village, civil parish and former manor on the North Devon coast about east of Ilfracombe. It is a small seaside resort with a sheltered cove on the northwest edge of the Exmoor National Park.
Due to the narrowness of the ...
to Barnstaple
Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...
. On 6 September 2014, Quantock Motor Services ceased operating its four route services as well as school services. The vintage hire business continues to trade."Quantock Heritage bus operations cease trading" ''Buses
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...
'' issue 716 November 2014 p. 8
Routes
Public services ceased in September 2014, at which time four services were being operated: * 10Wellington
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- Wiveliscombe
Wiveliscombe (, ) is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The town has a population of 2,893. The Square, fronted by several listed structures, held the former ...
- Langley Marsh
* 25A Taunton
Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...
- Norton Fitzwarren
Norton Fitzwarren is a village, electoral ward, and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 3,046.
History
The village is on the southern slope ...
- Tithill
* 39 Minehead
Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the boundary with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National P ...
- Porlock Weir
Porlock Weir is a harbour settlement approximately west of the inland village of Porlock, Somerset, England. "Porlock" comes from the Old English ''port'' '' loca'', meaning an enclosure near a harbour. Porlock Weir refers to the salmon stakes a ...
* 300 Minehead - Lynmouth
Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge below Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built ...
Service 300
Route 300, betweenLynmouth
Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge below Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built ...
and Minehead
Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the boundary with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National P ...
, was for a time branded 'Exmoor Coastal Link'; it appeared in April 2008 in the ''Daily Telegraph
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'' list of the 20 best bus routes in England for over 60s to use free their bus passes. In 2010 it featured on a local BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...Scania N94UD
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The 4-series bus range was first presented in September 1996, when the integral low-floor city bus OmniCity was ...
open top bus. After the 2012 season this was sold and replaced with a single-deck open top Alexander PS
The Alexander PS-type was a step-floor single-decker bus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders in Falkirk, Scotland and was produced from 1988 to the late 1990s predominantly on the Dennis Lance, Mercedes-Benz O405, Scania N113, Volvo ...
bodied Volvo B10M
The Volvo B10M was a mid-engined city bus and coach chassis manufactured by Volvo between 1978 and 2003. It succeeded the B58 and was equipped with the same 9.6-litre horizontally mounted Volvo diesel engine mounted under the floor behind the ...
. The service ceased operating in September 2014, but returned the following summer using heritage (not necessarily open top) buses.
Service 400
Until 2011 the service 400 'Exmoor Explorer' operated a circular tour from Minehead toDunster
Dunster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the north-eastern boundary of Exmoor National Park. It lies on the Bristol Channel southeast of Minehead and northwest of Taunton. At the 2011 Census, it had a population ...
, Timberscombe
Timberscombe is a village and civil parish on the River Avill south-west of Dunster, and south of Minehead within the Exmoor National Park in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Bickham.
History
The parish was part of the hu ...
, Wheddon Cross
Cutcombe is a village and civil parish south of Minehead and north of Dulverton straddling the ridge between Exmoor and the Brendon Hills in Somerset. It has a population of 361.
The parish includes the hamlet of Wheddon Cross which is one of t ...
, Exford and Porlock. Operated by heritage open top buses, it only ran on selected days during the summer but was withdrawn after Somerset County Council
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On 1 April 2023 the county counc ...
funding was withdrawn. It had been a recommended route in ''Scenic Britain by Bus''.
Depots
During 2010 the depot was relocated fromNorton Fitzwarren
Norton Fitzwarren is a village, electoral ward, and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 3,046.
History
The village is on the southern slope ...
, to a facility next door to Bishops Lydeard railway station on the heritage West Somerset Railway
The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a heritage railway line in Somerset, England. The freehold of the line and stations is owned by Somerset County Council; the railway is leased to and operated by West Somerset Railway plc (WSR plc); which is ...
. Heritage vehicles undergoing restoration are at an outstation in Langley Marsh, Wiveliscombe
Wiveliscombe (, ) is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The town has a population of 2,893. The Square, fronted by several listed structures, held the former ...
.Fleet
As at October 2013 Quantock Motor Services operate 15 modern vehicles painted in a red livery. A newAlexander Dennis Enviro200
The Alexander Dennis Enviro200 (previously known as the TransBus Enviro200) is a midibus that was manufactured by TransBus International and later Alexander Dennis between 2003 and 2018. The original TransBus Enviro200 design was innovative but ...
was purchased in 2010 for new contracts.
Heritage vehicles
A number of older vehicles are operated by Quantock Motor Services, although not all are licensed for paid operations.AEC Regent V
The AEC Regent V was a front-engined double-decker bus built by the Associated Equipment Company between 1954 and 1969. It was the last AEC Regent series double-decker model, and was the successor to the AEC Regent III (not to be confused with ...
Taunton Castle Green - Blackburn 43 (ABV43B).jpg, East Lancashire bodied Leyland PD2
Taunton Castle Green - London Transport D130 (CCX777).jpg, Duple bodied Daimler
Taunton station - Ipswich 65 (DPV65D) beside old hotel.jpg, East Lancashire bodied AEC Regent V
Norton Fitzwarren - Northampton 258 (GNH258F).jpg, bodied Daimler CV
Taunton Castle Way - Crosville TA5 (JFM575).jpg, Strachan bodied AEC Regal
Minehead Western National 1936.jpg, ECW bodied Bristol LDL6G
References
External links
* {{Bus companies in South West England, state=collapsed Bus operators in Somerset Companies based in Somerset Transport companies established in 2001 Vintage bus operators in the United Kingdom 2001 establishments in England