Arriva ColchesterCompanies House extract company no 3506989
Arriva Colchester Limited formerly Burton's Coaches Limited (formerly Network Colchester) is a bus company operating services around

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colch ...

. It is a subsidiary of

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Tellings-Golden Miller Tellings-Golden Miller is a charter coach operator in England. It was a subsidiary of Arriva twice previously, but once again has returned to family ownership. The company is now a subsidiary of Falcon Coaches based in Byfleet, Surrey. History ...

company, which was owned by Arriva at the time, under the name of Network Colchester.

History

Network Colchester's origins can be traced to 1904 with the establishment of

Colchester Corporation Tramways Colchester Corporation Tramways served the town of Colchester in Essex from 28 July 1904 until 8 December 1929. History In 1901, Colchester Corporation authorised the construction of of track, but the actual building of the gauge track did n ...

, operating at its peak, four routes and 18 trams. Bus operation commenced in 1928 as Colchester Corporation Transport to replace the trams. To comply with the

Transport Act 1985 The Transport Act 1985 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It introduced privatised and deregulated bus services throughout Great Britain and came into effect in October of 1986. The Act was created as a response to growing concern ...

in 1986 the assets were transferred to a new legal entity, Colchester Borough Transport. In 1993, during a bus war with Eastern National, the company was sold to

British Bus British Bus was a bus group in the United Kingdom. It was sold to the Cowie Group in August 1996. History British Bus was founded in November 1992 when the Drawlane Transport Group split its bus interests from its National Express in the lead ...

for £1, but the new owners took on considerable debts. After discussions the bus war ended in 1994 with a share out of routes between the two companies. In August 1996 British Bus was purchased by the

Cowie Group Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Tellings-Golden Miller Tellings-Golden Miller is a charter coach operator in England. It was a subsidiary of Arriva twice previously, but once again has returned to family ownership. The company is now a subsidiary of Falcon Coaches based in Byfleet, Surrey. History ...

, placed under the control of Burton's Coaches and rebranded as Network Colchester. In 2008 Tellings-Golden Miller was sold to Arriva resulting in it once again owning the Colchester services. It continues to trade as Network Colchester. In early 2010 the Burton's Coaches business was sold to Yellow Star Travel Services in a

management buy out A management buyout (MBO) is a form of acquisition in which a company's existing managers acquire a large part, or all, of the company, whether from a parent company or individual. Management-, and/or leveraged buyout became noted phenomena of 19 ...

but ownership of Network Colchester remained with Tellings-Golden Miller.

Depots

The depot was at Magdalen Street, Colchester until March 2008 when relocated to expanded premises at Heath Business Park, Grange Way in the Old Heath district of Colchester. The depot was later used by First Essex, but in November 2018 sold for redevelopment.

References

External links

Company website
{{Bus companies in East England

Bus operators in Essex Transport companies established in 1904 1904 establishments in England