TM Travel is a bus operator based in Halfway,

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, operating bus services in

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and

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. Founded in 1995 as a family-owned operation with one bus, by March 2008 it had expanded to become the largest independent operator in Derbyshire. The company was taken over by the

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in January 2010.

History

TM Travel was founded in November 1995 by former

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employee Tim Watts. Their first vehicle was a

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coach used on coach hire operations from a depot near

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. Two similar vehicles were added to the fleet in early 1996. Two school bus services were taken on in the same year and the fleet expanded to ten vehicles. In 1997 vehicles maintenance work was taken in-house by the company, and work on

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services was introduced. The company moved into scheduled bus service operation in 1999, winning a contract from Derbyshire County Council. A local route in

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was launched a year later. In 2004 TM Travel took over a route between

and Chesterfield previously run by Thompson Travel. A number of

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contracts were won over the following few years and the fleet increased in size to over 100 vehicles, prompting a move from Chesterfield to Halfway.Wellglade acquires TM Travel ''Buses'' issue 659 February 2010 page 8 As of March 2008, TM Travel was the largest independent coach and bus operator in Derbyshire, employing 120 staff, with all operations (including maintaining the fleet of vehicles) handled in-house. On 5 January 2010 TM Travel was sold to the

. In October 2015, the company was given a formal warning by the Deputy Travel Comissioner over the performance of its services. The firm stated the single biggest problem with timetabling was with buses leaving

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Services

As of July 2022, TM Travel operates 14 services around Sheffield, Chesterfield and the surrounding areas.

Peak Line 218

Peak Line 218 operates between Sheffield,

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, and Chatsworth. In 2018, the frequency of the service was increased from hourly to every 30 minutes. Most services are operated commercially with some council supported.

Spira

Spira was a service between Sutton-in-Ashfield and Chesterfield. It was withdrawn after 2 March 2019.

Fleet

As of July 2022, the fleet consisted of 38 buses.Fleet list
TM Travel

References

External links

Company website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tm Travel Bus operators in Derbyshire Bus transport in Sheffield Transport companies established in 1995 1995 establishments in England